We always pass this strolling pet store in Pedro Gil after office hours. Goldfish, Fighting fish, Japanese Koi, Salamander, Snake (?), Eel are just some of the fish they sell. I bought a pair of Japanese Koi and Lhet had a Salamander, a lizard looking animal with black skin but have an orange bottom.
After that incident I bought another two pairs of these nice looking carp and a water filter and a big aquarium, I always want one! Then my dad added four golden aquarium animal but it is not a gold fish! He forgot what it’s called..
My brother is always checking if my fishes are dead so I researched how to keep a Japanese Koi! I learned that keeping a Koi as a pet started in Japan and it is not known as Japanese Koi but a colorful carp and always mistaken as a goldfish. I also learned that my fishes had different names depending on their color, maybe mine is Kohaku since it is the most common variety. I will post another article regarding this topic but the names are like Anime.
One thing I noticed is that they like to eat and my father divulge them in their eating habits! Then I learned that my pets have no stomachs. What they do have are expandable small intestines. Also further researched, they are the pigs of water simply because they love and eat anything. They can consume up to 2% of its body weight a day. One day they will grow as big as one feet he he..
I want to have a fish in the house because I believe that they are lucky! In fact, the Chinese word for fish sounds similar the word for ’surplus’ or ‘abundance’. It would also be great if I can set up my own pond for them, not now. When they multiply a lot and can’t fit on the big aquarium!
I added thirteen Shinbunkin fish, they are more likely to be recognize as gold fish.vOne amazing thing about them is when they are hungry they tend to follow anyone who walks or pass by on the aquarium, very clever! Speaking of survival he he..
Tags: Animal, Carp, Fish, Japanese Koi, Kohaku, Leticia Langcay, Lhet Langcay, Pet, Shinbunkin
Gusto ko din ng pet fish, you know naman di me pede sa mga pet kagaya ng dog kasi takot ako makagat, at least pag fish, tahimik lang sila, hehehehe.
Dati may pet kame na ganyan kaso pahirapan naman sa paglilinis ng aquarium, ayun nagkatamaran na at pinamigay na lang.
wow! base ka pickle minded! meron na ko 22 fish ngayon, japanese koi and shinbunkin fish ang cute nila!
wahhh! my two shinbunkin fish died this morning.. wawa naman mga fish ko.. hu hu
i have new set of fish but i dont know their names..
have my own pet fishes! love them!
i have my gold fish, almost the same as carp or koi. and they are pretty big and hope to multiply more..
japanese koi also known as colorful carp.
angel fish
tiger fish
janitor fish
i have that in my aquarium
[...] of the time, I would see Dad staring at our aquarium. I have read once that the fluidity of the movement of the fishes ease the stress of a person; [...]