Ranchus in my urn

[elmike]

I would think thrice about filling up a dragon urn to the brim and have this sit at home, particularly if there are toddlers or young children running around. NONG NONG ...there used to be a Chinese school textbook ago that told a story of a kid stuck in there, and whose life his precocious little sister's quick thinking saved...by throwing a piece of rock at it... and out came the water and the boy tumbling out.

The pictorial representation of that potential disaster really scared the pants of me till this day. Be careful guys.

[Justikanz]

Elmike, it's Sima Guang and he's a boy.

And what is NONG NONG?

But yes, it is always a danger to leave such accessible urns too fully filled...

[Fei Miao]

I'm familiar with that story ...the urn is not fill to the brim lots of plants sort of surrounding it, so it's difficult for a kid to go too near.... moreover I do not have young kids running around

[elmike]

There was this walk-up block near my area. Outside one particular unit, the lady owner used to have a big dragon urn sitting at the 5-foot walkway, filled to the brim...where she kept guppies and duckweeds. I see that she had disposed of the water and had it filled instead with soil now that her grandson is starting to take his maiden steps. I've been telling myself that if she doesn't do that, then I'm going to have to point out to her the potential danger.

Still, be very careful, as there may be visitors to your home with kids in tow.

[Fei Miao]

This is one of the 2 ranchus now in the urn, not top quality but a reject I picked up from a farm.

[leeruisheng]

Your style of photography, at first look thought that it was a chinese painting. Quite impressive though.

[budak]

nice fish, though looks like a Chinese lionhead though... I thought ranchus should have dorsal fins... but it's a nice fish for overhead viewing.

[Fei Miao]

I think oranda are the ones with dorsal fin; Lion heads, ranchus, I don't really know the difference, the fella really swims like a "tua pui kia", that I like

[valice]

how come it got green stuff on the top of its left eye?
I thought ranchus don't have dorsal? And the boxier from the top the better the quality..

[budak]

ya.. sorry.. confused ranchu and oranda... mybad. what i read is that the boxy compact strain is known as the Japanese ranchu while the longer slimmer type is the Chinese.

[Fei Miao]

Update pic of my ranchu called pui pui