Lion Head Gold Fish

Lion head is a great fish to be in your pond.The Lionhead Goldfish requires quite a large space as it is one of the larger types of goldfish.The body of a Lionhead Goldfish is egg shaped and rather streamlined.The Lionhead can be Visually impared due to the heavy muscle growth on the head and these fishes thrive well with telescopic eye fishes which has the same problem.These goldfish comes on lot of colours like red, orange, chocolate, blue and black.It also comes in the combination of colours like tri-coloured in red/white/black and bi-coloured with red/white or red/black.It grows more than 10 inches in sizebut the average is 7 inches.The male is usually smaller and more slender that the female,difficult to identify in their young age.They are egg layers and they spawn in suitable conditions.They are slow eaters of food,So not put these Gold fish with fast eating fishes.It is good to give the lionhead gold fish pellets and vegeables.
They are omimivorus.Goldfish are a cold water fish

Conditions for the Lion Head Ponds:
Suitable Temp:65 - 72° F (18°- 22° C)
Hardness: 5 - 19° dGH
Ph: 6.0 to 8.0