Over the Years I've had many fish. many years ago while living in Alaska I had three Orandas.
Of all the fish I've ever had these three Orandas, were my fondest, bought as babies lived with me for many year's grew to full maturity.
I didn't know what I had at first , the first one went in to a community tank, which was a mistake.
"Red" had difficulty competing for food, I had to isolate him from the more aggressive fish he wound up alone.
This where it began, he needed company they need a bigger tank, I custom built, a huge aggressive filtration system, regular biweekly water changes.
It was all worth the extra attention they needed, I had three of the healthiest happiest fish I knew of! "Red" grew to be 14 in nose to Vail tail tip he had a perfect crown and egg shape to his body, his two companions "Titanium", and "Chocolate".
"Titanium" grew to be 12 inches long, he appeared to be a perfect example, of the breed, Titanium white with a red crown, perfect egg shape body and long Vail like tail.
It was suppose to end there, but have you ever spotted a fish and had to have it?
"Chocolate" grew to be 10 inches, he was a beautiful brown and when he turned, he had a bronze shine.
These three fish are by far the best looking and most friendly fish I've ever had.

Note I used to have elaborately decorated tanks, the Orandas broke me of this.

I have two red capped orandas and i love them!

For years I have bred Angelfish and Discus and continue to do so...But...I cannot deny that my favorite fish by far are my Oranda's (the super 7).I love my chubbo's they are so cute. I have them in a 55 gallon tank in my room so they are usually the first thing I see in the morning because they are so endearing and funny.
I have a solid black (Oprah LaDanian)
a solid white (Lady GaGa) she is always sprawled on the bottom of the tank, but the first to investigate food and pretty much jumps into my hand when I give them frozen worms.
Spot is my Calico
My Orange guy has a white widow's peak and the chubbiest cheeks ( mo' cheeks)
The other orange one has black tiger markings and a beauty mark on the upper right lip ( I call him Tiger Crawford; tiger for the bengali stripes and Crawford for cindy Crawford's beauty mark).
My two redcaps are very unusual looking with the hugest wens they're red caps extend as a stripe down the spine .Origninally named PuffyFluffy cause he looked like a little kid with food stuffed in his cheeks...now I call him Satchmo...cause he does kind of look like Louie Armstrong. The biggest of the super 7 (the other red cap)...also has black outline markings on all finnage...but he looks alot like Tweety bird from warner bros cartoons, because his wen is so big it makes him look like he has a nasty overbite. I named it Tweety but I really think he/she needs a superhero name like Shazaam or by the way he wiggles his jigglies maybe Electra.
thanks for humoring me everyone as it is nice to have a forum like this, where people don't look at me like the old lady down the street with the 30 cats...catlady/fishman...I know I need a life.

Look at those cute TeleTubbie faced fishie.

i just bought two of these little cuties today..one has settled well in the new tank but the larger of the two doesnt seem quite at home yet.Fingers crossed he will perk up.

so i see that the temperature is between (65-72 F) does that mean i need a heater to keep it between that ?

The last two orandas I've purchased came from my local Petsmart. They are healthy and lovely, with unique personalities, but they were not originally the fish I wanted. Both of them were in a tank labeled "Ryukin." I don't know if anyone else has encountered this problem or not as their wens didn't start developing until weeks after purchase. I can't complain because they're super sweet, and they've made my five year old lionhead very happy. But I still don't have a ryukin!

my red cap oranda looks just like my ranchu minus the dorsal fin :D

my oranda is totally ok but the jelly in the head is not much or growing..m confused abt that,,is thata problem

my oranda has one blue/green rimmed eye. the othre eye has the normal dark rim. i just noticed the change yesterday. i would have noticed it if he had it more than a few days. is there something wrong with it? the watr hs been pretty cool because of the winter stroms we've been having. thank you.

hey amm im not sure about orandas but he might be sick or lonely. i used to have a calico he died because he was sick it depends on were you get your fish. because at stores one fish could get sick and infect all the others.

I agree with Reddy. cause we are Ohioans

I have 5 goldfish, my favorite a black moor a comet ,fantail a shubunkin and i don't know what kind .my black moor is named Rocky bow Bubbles. i was at pets mart a few times and i just love the red caped orandas i also like the bubble eye and telescope eye.

Hi i love my organda, but today noticed it is more bloatedand its scales are what id say hackled can anyone help ??? I have other fish with it

Ok so really???? Orandas are NOT blind, as for it being a deformed disgusting growth that is all a matter of oppinion. I think these fish are beautiful, and that so call deformity causes them no pain nor discomfort dont be ignorant. Also just as and FYI there are tons of fish that are geneticly altered as well and if you have a fresh water tank i would be willing to bet you have a geneticly altered fish, so dont make people feel guilty about likeing, owning, or wanting this type of fish. If you want to complain go stand up for all the animals that are up for adoption, abused, or tested on for you hand creams, makeup and so forth.
Orandas are awsome :)
Sincerly,
diehard animal enthusiest and researcher.

I just brought home my Oranda Goldfish and named him Oswald. He is a cutie (Black with a gold belly) and I am really excited to have him. My only concern is that he has been swimming along the bottom of the tank the past day and a half (his dorsal fin is up and perky which I know is a good thing). I know my tank is probably colder than he likes but it has been gradually getting warmer. Any advice?

what do you do if the growth around my orandas head looks like he cant see

I have a beautiful little red cap and Ihave an all deep orange and it is larger and is not very nice to the sweet little red cap. Can one tell the difference between a male and female?

@Nat

They are not handicapped in any way you have described. They are not blind, I don't know where you read that. I have a Redcap Oranda myself and I know for a fact that he is not blind, because he gets excited when I wave at him from across the room. He has no trouble swimming, and no trouble finding food in his tank. I have several toys in the tank with him, too, and he has no difficulty navigating among them.

I think it would be wise for you to go to Youtube and watch some video footage of these fish before you call them "deformed" and "blind." Ignorance is not a flattering feature to possess.

It is not mean at all gwen. It is simply true that people have bread these poor creatures to bring out unnatural and decapitating features and growths such as present in this fish.

I originally thought it would be neat to look at the different species of goldfish available, but after seeing the crippled creatures humans have made of this beautiful carp originating fish, I am disgusted.

These creatures are bred to be BLIND! Would you like to be born as a blind individual bred for a strange growth on your body?

If you answered yes, then this is the world you deserve to be in.

not to be mean , but they almost look like coliflower...

I'm new to the aquarium world and have bought my first fish - a red and white Oranda that I've named Lucy. I had bought 2, but the other (a sweet calico) never grew in the 2 months I had them and passed away. Lucy has grown tremendously. Question: the pet shop assures me that Orandas are loner fish, but should I try to replace the calico? It's been a few weeks and the pet shop tells me Lucy would now be territorial. Thanks!

I just got a beautiful calico oranda goldfish . I really would like to know what types of plants i should but her. so she could snake on it while im at work . I really fell in love with her as soon as i saw her. she's about 2 yrs old by the look of her wen. GREAT PET . Catches everyones eye once they walk in the house I LOVE IT

i think the red cap one is very very nice

i love the one at the top... the ones with the little poof on their head scare me

Red Cap Orandas are cool. the white body brings out the color of the thingy on it's head. I can't remember what it's called.