M-M-M-MY SHUBUNKIN

[Backfromthedead]

I moved the tropical tank to the garage after getting tired of my hot humid house in the summer. So for a few months now ive been a goldfish keeper.


They are too cool! As entertaining at feeding time as any fish ive owned.

I ordered 9x from nextdaykoi, received 10x, now 7x remain after i struggled to but was ultimately somewhat successful in treating some kind of unfamiliar fungal outbreak.


For some reason they get into goal line formation when i change water.


When i received these fish by airmail, i thought all of the water had drained out of the bag, but it turns out they had been packaged in just barely enough water to keep them wet. I immediately thought they were all dead and there had been a mistake, but looked closer to see they were all breathing fine. Is this common when shipping fancy goldies? Maybe to keep them from damaging fins in transit or something? Or maybe just to show off how resilient shubunkin are to oxygen deprevation?

 

[justintheodd]

To answer your question, most goldfish breeders and fish breeders in general will put just enough water to cover the fish, because more water does not necessarily equate to more oxygen. More often than not, they will leave most of the room in the bag filled with air so there is more air to dizzolve into the water therefore equating to more oxygen for the fish. Hope this helps!