We also keep a few goldfish around.

This was an experiment taking pictures with a Snappy

This is a Ranchu in a mixing bowl on the dinner table, no we didn't stew him, he went back to the pond. We were trying to get some pictures using something called a Snappy, a device that captures to your computer from video. Not bad, but not as good as scanned 35 mm photos. Would have been better if we would have had another inch of water in the bowl!

This is a scanned photograph.

Actually these guys live in a 400 gallon "above ground" pond made of landscape timbers. For a filter I use a 5 gallon bucket of PVC ribbon. Makes an excellent filter media, a 5 gallon bucket is light enough to lift out and clean. To clean, once a month, I just lift it out of the pond, pour the water in it out, refill it once or twice, this is gentle cleaning, the bacteria doesn't get too upset, and the excess just falls off when dumped out. I run a 1" PVC pipe to the bottom and put a tee on the bottom so that the water, when pumped in gets fairly even distribution into the gravel. Use a 500 gallon per hour Mag-Drive (by Danner Mfg.) pump. These pumps are rebuildable, can be used submerged or inline (out of the pond) and use about 30 watts of power. And list at about $75. For pictures of this filter see the link from our home page.

These are known as 12 point demekins. They are very rare goldfish and we do not know where this picture originated. If anyone knows could you please let me know by email.

They are called 12 points because they have 12 points of red , i.e., eyes, mouth, and all the fins.

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