I am very appreciative of the enthusiastic hobbyists and breeders that have been inquiring about and purchasing my ranchu. Thank you! Besides funding the food, water and electric needs of my ranchu the proceeds from the sales of this spring's ranchu offerings are going towards several upgrades to the ranchu house.
Three of the large (4.5 gallon) brine shrimp hatching cones will be added to the system this year. I've been using 5 gallon buckets to hatch large volumes of eggs, but the problem is that the bucket is flat-bottomed. In order to keep the eggs in suspension the airstone must produce a violent amount of air bubbles and I've been getting an orange paste accumulation on the interior of the bucket, airline and airstone. These are pulverized newly-hatched brineshrimp, pulverized by the extreme air bubbles. The cone's design allows a small amount of air to keep the eggs in suspension.
Adding several large ponds will be a major focus as well and I'm currently looking at 8x4 and 4x4 sizes for about 6 new ponds this year.
