The other day I went to my local goldfish importer and they were so happen to be harvesting their top grade ranchu for their store. I noticed two ranchu with Red caps and asked if I could purchase them. Being good friends with them, they gave me the two I selected and said they are very rare in Australia. They said in a year they probably receive about 10 red cap ranchus and only a few are worth growing on.

Here they are:


Mango

nice! im kinda curious to see if the new mixes that they're comming up with will become the norm.

Cool! any chance of a side shot?

LUCKY

they're adorable.

i wish they had some of those here in jersey...

I"ve been seeing them in stores lately, very cute

I actually saw several redcap ranchus for sale on eBay yesterday. Maybe they're becoming more common?

If you're interested, go to the Tropical Fish section of Pet Supplies on eBay and search for "Goldfish." You'll see the redcap ranchus and MANY MORE!

mmm think your right have never seen a red cap ranchu at my lfs

Looks like my Mr. Big from the top.

Most red cap so called ranchus ive seen are actually red cap lion heads...

Where abouts is your Goldfish importer? I would love to go check it out

Yeah, I recently acquired a male/female pair of Red Cap Lionheads - definately a very distinctive goldfish, not seen any Red Cap Ranchu though

Dan, his in Market City in China Town. You might know him. His name is Tao. Many fellow Goldfish hobbyists in Australia purchase from him.

Im going to be purchasing some nice small black Butterflies, black oranda and big crown pearlscales from him tomorrow. ALso his getting in some nice black ranchu.

Taking some pictures of Mr. Tao's store, Mango? Yes? Make us all suffer, will you?

Andrea, he got no store. He got like 4 fishtanks with goldfish for hobby and to sell. He operates from home with green water

Very good quality fish

Yes i read about him in Australian Aquarium Keeper magazine. Hmmmm getting ideas may have to ring Mr.Tao lol

very cool fish either way