Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Black moor


The black moors goldfish is a very unique fish because of it's eyes. Like the telescope eyed goldfish his eyes protrude his head. This fish is a very good beginner fish because he looks so cool, yet, he's not that hard to take care of. These guys can grow 8-10 inches long, but, they
can adapt to your tank size. Black moors will do well in big tank rather than ponds, but, they
still like ponds. I personally love black moors but they should be kept with other handicapped
fish like Telescope eyed, celestials, bubble eyed and the lionhead or red capped oranda.
The black moors will stay black all it's life, but, this only happens very rarely, they might
change colour when they get older (this don't happen often) and chances are he will turn blue
if he changes colour. Here are some care tips:
-Keep black moors with other visually handicapped fish (listed above) and try not to use floating
food (frozen or flake foods) because since his eyes are bulged out of his head it's harder for him to see and sinking foods make it easier for him.
-Make sure you don't have sharp objects in his tank because if he scrapes his eyes against them he could go blind, get infected or his eye could completely fall out. Even the plants, try to stick with the silk plants because there not as sharp
-Keep them in a 10 gallon tank minimum and they prefer big tanks than ponds, but, black moors will still do healthy in a pond
Any more questions please contact me at fishfreakhealey@gmail.com.

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