My New, Odd Looking Lionhead.

[thelastbetta]

Ok here is the fish I was talking about in this post.

(Without Flash)

(With Flash)

Strange huh? I mean look at his back.. it's flat almost.

 

[WILDER]

Or bless him, he does look weird, also his tummy looks bloated, can he maintain his balance in the water, and what do you feed the fish, though he quite cute in a weird way.

 

[debiasir]

ah he is soo cute

 

[thelastbetta]

Or bless him, he does look weird, also his tummy looks bloated, can he maintain his balance in the water, and what do you feed the fish, though he quite cute in a weird way.

I think his belly is supposed to be that way cause he's not showing any signs of bloat, no string of poo and his balance is particularly good, not to mention he's a really fast swimmer (which surprises me cause I heard fish with big bellies aren't the fastest.) I only just got him so the only thing I've fed him so far is some fresh boiled spinach which I feed my goldies every other Monday.

 

[WILDER]

Good he is cute though, try him on some shelled peas as well, as he probably been fed only flakes at the store, that will give him a flush through, good luck.

 

[thelastbetta]

Will do. Thanks.

 

[LucyHurst]

OMG hes so sweet his biiiig eyes aaWWWWW He looks very healthy to me, he does have unusually big eyes, but thats not a problem, they just make him sooo adorable!

 

[George&Ade]

OMG hes so sweet his biiiig eyes aaWWWWW He looks very healthy to me, he does have unusually big eyes, but thats not a problem, they just make him sooo adorable!

Hi....thought you might like to see a picture of mine.....almost similar to yoursView attachment 32745

 

[WILDER]

Little cutie pies.

 

[George&Ade]

Or maybe another of my strange looking tank occupants........haha

 

[WILDER]

Maybe not Not keen on them fish the eyes freak me out.

 

[George&Ade]

Maybe not Not keen on them fish the eyes freak me out.

True.....he is a bit strange looking....you should see him when its feeding time.....he cant see straight ahead and its touch and go wether he gets any food or not......ha ha.(only joking....i make sure he gets his fair share)..

Justa thought...is that YOU "jessica" ???........you collected some koi from me last year??

 

[lizjamie]

The first fish is vvv cute, but how did he get like that? Just through some bizarre breeding program/an accident?

What do they use those fins for, will he have "special needs"?

 

[LucyHurst]

He's not special needs, hes a typical Lionhead goldfish, well not typical, just VERY CUTE!!
All fancy goldfish are mutations of the common goldfish, so they sort of do have special needs compared to commons, just some mutated breeds of fancy are alot weirder! or rare-er..