Minde: So do I Sometimes it's plain annoying thinking that "IF I ONLY HAD THAT KIND OF MEDICINE I MIGHT HAVE HELPED!! " But really, it's all a learning experience in the end, not to mention that NOW, I have that kind of medicine, and NOW I know how to deal with it all if anything similar would happen to me again! In other words, I do value all the things. Nothing happens without some kind of reason or "useful" consequence. (Argh, I really do need another goldfish setup... I need to find more orandas D8)

fishfriend: I agree with previous posters But I'd like to add, that if he's been like this for long, you may also want to buy some Epsom salt, (aka magnesium sulfate) it can be bought in the pharmacy and is relatively cheap (I got a kilogram for 15€). You then dose this at a rate of 1/4 teaspoon per gallon (right, Minde??) to make it spread better in the tank, I'd dissolve the correct amount of salt in a small cup/bucket of tank water and pour it in close to the filter outtake
I would recommend a set of water tests (pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) followed by a 50-70% water change before you add the salt.
Just in case, it may be an idea not to feed your fish for a day or two before you start giving them defrosted, shelled peas, as described I would like to know what you usually feed your fish? If it's only flakes, stop it. Buy some good quality staple pellet instead, these fish are so big that the flakes are just annoying for them to eat anyway, they swallow too much air Supplement this diet with live foods, such as frozen blood worms/shrimp, or freeze-dried tubifex, shrimp, blood worms... and add some veggies to their diet a few times a week They love peas and zucchini for example! You can also try lettuce and paprika

Cali is still swimming in there!
All redness and red streaks are gone from her body and fins!
I do a water change today and am using something different, a water condtioner that has methylene blue in it.
Her fins are still shredded terribly.
I'm going to repeat the antibiotic water treatment and continue with the antibiotic fish food 2 X's a day and then the Aqueon granules mixed into Tetracycline HCL 1X's a day.
I will also add another dose of The Kordon fish Protect with the echineacea and Vit B 12 in it.
I decided to eliminate the salt since the first ingredient in the water condtioner and the water treat antibiotics is sodium chloride.
At the end of this week if Cali is still swimming I will post new pictures of her.
She eats like a horse!  And I think she has grown in just the few days I've had her!

Minde, I am so positive about Cali, too. Eating like a horse, lol is she chasing the jockey too?
This is a very good sign. It will take a while for her fins to grow back I think... (took about 2 months for Barbies fins to grow back)
  All the best my Fishyfriend 

Thanks you guys!!
It's nice to have supportive fishy friends!
I'm hoping that Cali continues to improve each day!
I checked the water parameters and they were perfect before I did the water change.  So! that means the nitrogen cycle hasn't been compromised by the treatment I've been doing! YAY!

Awww...Kat, what a very nice thng to say!

*KARMA* FOR EVERYONE!!! 

She's looking better already I have reasons to believe Cali is the luckiest and also the happiest goldfish in the world  It makes me extremely happy to see how good she is doing!

Yay! Karma for you Mindemae!

You truly are a healer Minde, your little baby Cali is so precious and such a gentle little soul ♥ Bravo on your continued success, the love and devotion you have shown her is so beautiful, *sniff another tear of joy for you and Cali.

I'm so glad that you managed to reach some sort of results with those shop-people! Hopefully they'll have healthier fish from now on Congrats

How is her dorsal fin? Is it starting to grow together again?

Well, on Orandas with little developed headgrowth, the eyes may appear slightly protruding

Hope that dorsal fin grows back!

Berry doesn't have much of headgrowth around her eyes, so they look pretty big and crazy actually xD It's really cute, but sometimes is looks like she's staring at you VERY, VERY intensely

Aww Minde, Karma for you, just read the latest posts. Good on you getting on to those people, lets hope they really do sth about it.

Calli will be fine, I am so positive about it, she's a sweet little fishie and I love her speckles, maybe you call her "Speckles", LOL But I love "CALLI" too

That's the beautiful thing that separates Calicos from tri-colored goldies I love the soft blue color of the skin on calico goldfish! They sometimes look slightly pink too And when you look close, you can almost see how the spots are "layered" on the lower layers of skin Like, some spots are more transparent than others

I was comparing the first photos with these, and... her fins do look better I think you actually got yourself a little Calico oranda