At long last I've finally compiled a photo collection of my newest fish, Elsie Amber. She is a chocolate oranda female (at least, that's my best guess) with stunning amber coloring and a very fiesty disposition. I know I never get tired of looking at other's fishies on this forum, so I figured I'd post a handful.
Enjoy

Oh my gosh her eyes are so big!!!

I call he Baby most of the time, just because But she's got a second name! Sort of... Ponyo, it is

Maybe she'll become darker as she grows older?

Orandas always have such expressive eyes! Some of them have those chubby cheeks that make them look like they're smiling at you, and then there are those with huge eyes xD Berry has simply crazy eyes since there's no headgrowth around them xD It's like she's staring at you intensely!

Hahaha, "peepers"!!

Oh man, the day I'd have a cute lil' ranchu with chubby cheeks... I've wanted one ever since I bought the Fancy Goldfish book

She does look cheerful!  I'd love an oranda myself, but we'd need a new tank- our comets would outswim an oranda in no time.

I do think the fluffy cheeks simply is headgrowh, it's not like obese fish get fat cheeks... xD
And I did try to look online for some local/domestic breeders but... no luck :/ I heard of some people that breed zebra plecos but.. that's not a goldfish xD

Berry swims really fast, but when I did see a comet (such an old-man comet!!) at the pet shop last time I visited, even if he was just swimming small distances he went much, much faster than any of my fancies! :O It's hard to imagine the difference before you'd see it!

Ooooooooh chocolate!

OMG! I wish it was cold enough for hot chocalate!

What a rare coclor for a Oranda! It's a very pretty fish.

SHE DIED! MY POOR ELSIE AMBER DIED!!! 

I left the lid 1/2 way open the other night after feeding them, which I rarely do, but in the morning I discovered her dried body on the ground - she had flipped out of the water after I went to bed. And she was soooo pretty and sweet. Why did she have to flip?!

I am having a very bad time lately with fish...

Oh no!Why happen when your gone!?

Nossie: Thank you. It seems they always jump out when you are unable to snatch them and throw them back in the tank before they die. And that's awful about your fish!

fantailer: yes, it just had to happen when I wasn't there! It was so heartbreaking to look in the tank in the morning smiling at all my babies, then to have a cold wave rush over me when I couldn't see Elsie in there, who was usually the first one always to greet me. I just burst out crying at the sight of her lifeless body on the carpet 

Ron H: Thank you so much for your kind words. It's just hard not to want to give up completely when something like this happends... especially to your favorite.

I always have heard that it was bad to have the lid on all the way because it minimized oxygenation, but if I just had closed it all the way she wouldn't have gotten out...from now on I'll only take it off when I'm around to supervise.

I bet that was scary! Good thing she didn't encounter further complications having the water messed up so 

If you had gotten home later it might have been a much worse dilema...

Dropsy is one of THE ALL TIME WORST fish diseases. It's so hard to get rid of, and its sad to watch the fish suffer. When I was at Petco the other day they had a tank full of pearlscales that had dropsy so bad that their heads were literally sinking into their bodies. I felt so bad for them 

I never want to leave home now so I can guard my fishies from such perilous situations 

I wish fish never got sick...especially when they can't be cared for.