Ivy - 2011-07-12 So, I have a 3 gallon fish tank with a filter, (yes, I will upgrade when it gets bigger) and the room is pretty warm in which it is in...does it really need a heater?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-13 Not positive but kind of a circle here. Your Organda needs a ten gallon tank as he will be about 7 inches when grown. Rule of thumb, you need a gallon of water for each inch the fish is going to be as an adult. You also need the larger tank for oxygen. You have to subtract gallons for gravel, plants and decorations. Temperature should be 65 - 72 degrees. If you can maintain that - which isn't hard in Fl - then you're fine. You probably need a filter though, unless you want to clean the water, frequently. Goldfish have a whole lot of waste.
Cara - 2011-05-21 I have a red cap Oranda and a chocolate Oranda. The red cap is more slender and smaller than the chocolate, who seems quite fat. They are about 1 1/2 to two inches long. When will I be able to tell which is a male and which is a female? I am just wondering.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-21 Although is it impossible to sex Goldfish when they are young and not in breeding season, the male is usually smaller and more slender that the female. In the breeding season the male has white prickles, called breeding tubercles, on its gill covers and head. Seen from above the female will have a fatter appearance as she is carrying eggs.
Karen - 2011-06-09 I had one that was doing the same thing. My water was too warm for them.
LaDonna - 2011-03-07 My oranda, Bubbles, has been laying in a corner in the front of the tank for a couple of days, he swims fast and doesn't appear sick but seems to need to rest from swimming throughout the day by laying on the bottom. Is this a sign of something going wrong with him? Please help I love my baby and want him to be okay!
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Sydney - 2011-05-11 Frequent laying on the bottom of the tank with gills clamped shut is usually an indicator of high nitrate levels. Buy a full test kit- the liquid type is way more accurate than strips (API is a good kit, and pretty common). Perform 20-30% water changes daily for 3-4 days to see if it improves. Live plants are the best nitrate reducers, but additives like Tetra "Easy Balance" help, too. API/Rena makes a filter media called "Nitra-Zorb" that can drop the nitrate levels around 10 ppm, but it has to be recharged every 48 hours.
Paban - 2008-06-25 I have 500 gallon outdoor artificial goldfish pond where I have 6 orandas, whereas 4 of them are cherry red and 2 of them are red cap orandas. They all grew up to 6 inches now and still growing. I've kept these goldfish for 4 months and when I bought them they were just 1 or 1 and a half inches long, but surprizingly they grew very fast. I have lots of plants in my pond too; water lettuce, hornwart, and some water hyacinth. My orandas love to eat these plant's root. I just feed them dry fish powder. They are very healthy and happy.
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Brayan - 2011-01-02 So in 4 months they grew about 5 inches?
Sharon Goodman - 2010-08-17 How can you tell if your fish is pregnant? I have two red Oranda Goldfish. One is white with a red cap. The other one is gold. Recently I noticed that the gold one sides appear swollen. Also, how long would the gestation period be.
Garry - 2010-07-25 What's the best way to get rid of white spot out of my fish pond I am living in Perth Australia we are in winter at the moment and the water temperature is down to 10 degrees or lower my fish are all suffering from it.
I have tried white spot remover and its seems as if it's not doing anything does anyone know of a product that is good?
Jezra - 2006-03-14 I bought my Oranda about two wks. ago and love him dearly. I named him Shadao. He's not very big yet but I keep him at the end of my couch in a ten gallon tank. I am planning on buying Shadao a friend since he has told me he's lonely. The pet store has a beautiful black and red Oranda that I have been wanting to bring home. Thank you to everyone who has posted, not knowing much about these wonderful fish, I found your postings very informative.
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eddie - 2010-07-13 So what's the question? Are you asking if it's a good idea? I would say no since it's only a ten gallon I would upgrade first to maybe a 30 what is your filtration right now?
jess - 2006-07-20 I currently have three oranda gold fish in my 46 Gal Euro. I prefer a cold water set up, double filter, natural rock decor, and a bubble wall. My female is all gold, my breeding male is a panda(black and white), and my other male oranda is calico. I find that they are pretty easy to keep as far as fish are concerned. They have only had ich three times(which I'm proud to say all lived) and nothing else thus far. I keep large gravel in the bottom of the tank since they will pick up the smaller bits and get it caught in their throats. Most people recommend feeding their fish once a day but I was taught in the asian method of up to 4 times daily. I feed them Hikari Oranda Gold since it increases color and lionhead growth and eliminates the need to feed live or freeze dried foods. Orandas will come to the top of the water and pop at you to get you to feed them, but you'll have to ignore it or you will soon have an overfeeding problem. I keep a sword plant in my tank that they will not touch which is good since Goldfish eat almost anything. I have noticed though that you need to keep a good deal of Stress Enzyme or Stress Coat in the water since they are easily stressed and prone to ich.
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chris - 2010-06-26 Hi jess I've had orands and each time I got them they got ick like two to three weeks later how did you get rid of your ick? What did you use?
Rebekah - 2010-02-10 I wonder if anyone can help, I have a large Oranda and he/she doesn't seem to be able to swim any longer. He has sunk to the bottom of the tank and doesn't appear to be able to swim up to the surface to feed. Can anyone advise as to how I can help him. I don't want to lose him as I've had him for a long time.
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Katie - 2010-03-04 Make sure you have a large enough tank with adequate filtration and aeration. You need a minimum of 2 gallons per inch of goldfish, and you could eventually need a 59 gallon tank!
norine edgar - 2010-03-05 I'm sure your Oranda has a wen(head growth) if that wen is growing over your Oranda's eyes, that means he can't see, so he'll stay to the bottom instead of swimming and bumping into things, eventually the wen will need to be trimmed surgically. If you know a fish vet. call them and take him there, they'll examine him and if his wen needs to be trimmed they wiill probably trim it, don't worry about him eating because he probably gets the food that goes to the bottom. I have an Oranda that is swimming/floating upside down(swimbladder problem) I have to hold my fish down on the bottom of the tank for him to eat or I put it in my hand and he eats from my hand, so if your Oranda is not eating put his food in the palm of your hand and he can eat that way at least you'll know he's eating instead of starving to death. Good Luck.
x - 2010-03-18 Your oranda is constipated, assuming water quality is good and there's no physical sign of disease and no fish nipping its tail or otherwise harassing the fish. Make certain there's plenty of oxygen in the water and feed your fish less quantity(but high quality) of food and no more than 2-3 times a day for the next 2 weeks. Also feed it boiled lettuce or any thin, leafy vegetable once a day. Since the fish isn't active you may have to break the boiled vegetable into bite-size pieces and hand feed. Start this regimen as soon as you can.
gigi - 2010-03-22 Well 1 thing that I did before was get a piece of string, tie it around his body and attach a foam peanut to it. It helps them to float.
Jim - 2010-03-28 Pretty sure one oranda requires one 10 gallon tank and at least a 30 gallon rated filter system. I have 2 orandas (6 months and counting). They are in a 29 gallon tank and very healthy, but I'm about to add 2 more fish with them. Right now I have 2 Penguin 150's running (each rated for a 30 gallon tank), and they're keeping up. Of course, I have to change both filters every few days. All filter inserts today are made to clog up fast so you have to use as many of them as your budget can tolerate. Is that a dirty capitalist trick? I loved my old Whisper 20 with the rinse-able, refillable, and re-usable Bio-bag. Wish someone made them for Penguins. Anyway, if I add 2 more orandas to a 29 gallon tank, I may have to add one more filter (external canister this time). Seems to me that filtration and water changes (frequency and volume) is a part of the fish per gallon formula. That's how the pet store keeps 500 goldfish alive in a 30 gallon feeder tank, you know.
I don't know what to tell you about non-swimming, sinking fish. That always meant someone was one step away from a burial at sea for my old tropical fish tank. I LOL'd at the comment about the string and floatation device, though, to be sure! Hope you weren't serious.
sue - 2010-05-22 It may have a parasite or a swim bladder disorder. Ich is common and can be spotted rather easily, ich appears as white dots. An internal parasite is hard to diagnose. But if he/she is sitting at the bottom and appears to have a problem balancing it's her/his swim bladder. This is a common issue with fancies caused bye overfeeding gulping air at the top for food etc. Try correcting it's diet and switching to a sinking pellet.
Jan - 2010-06-02 My Oranda did the same, and it was because he had out grown his tank's filtration level and had ammonia poisoning. Does he have black marks appearing on his fins or body? Check the Nitrite levels with a good test kit quick, and do regular water changes to get levels down. You may need to upgrade to a larger tank?
The Oranda Goldfish is like a Veiltail Goldfish but with a bit shorter tail, and develops a hood similar to the Lionhead Goldfish!
So, I have a 3 gallon fish tank with a filter, (yes, I will upgrade when it gets bigger) and the room is pretty warm in which it is in...does it really need a heater?
Not positive but kind of a circle here. Your Organda needs a ten gallon tank as he will be about 7 inches when grown. Rule of thumb, you need a gallon of water for each inch the fish is going to be as an adult. You also need the larger tank for oxygen. You have to subtract gallons for gravel, plants and decorations. Temperature should be 65 - 72 degrees.
If you can maintain that - which isn't hard in Fl - then you're fine. You probably need a filter though, unless you want to clean the water, frequently. Goldfish have a whole lot of waste.
I have a red cap Oranda and a chocolate Oranda. The red cap is more slender and smaller than the chocolate, who seems quite fat. They are about 1 1/2 to two inches long. When will I be able to tell which is a male and which is a female? I am just wondering.
Although is it impossible to sex Goldfish when they are young and not in breeding season, the male is usually smaller and more slender that the female. In the breeding season the male has white prickles, called breeding tubercles, on its gill covers and head. Seen from above the female will have a fatter appearance as she is carrying eggs.
I had one that was doing the same thing. My water was too warm for them.
My oranda, Bubbles, has been laying in a corner in the front of the tank for a couple of days, he swims fast and doesn't appear sick but seems to need to rest from swimming throughout the day by laying on the bottom. Is this a sign of something going wrong with him? Please help I love my baby and want him to be okay!
Frequent laying on the bottom of the tank with gills clamped shut is usually an indicator of high nitrate levels. Buy a full test kit- the liquid type is way more accurate than strips (API is a good kit, and pretty common). Perform 20-30% water changes daily for 3-4 days to see if it improves. Live plants are the best nitrate reducers, but additives like Tetra "Easy Balance" help, too. API/Rena makes a filter media called "Nitra-Zorb" that can drop the nitrate levels around 10 ppm, but it has to be recharged every 48 hours.
I have 500 gallon outdoor artificial goldfish pond where I have 6 orandas, whereas 4 of them are cherry red and 2 of them are red cap orandas. They all grew up to 6 inches now and still growing. I've kept these goldfish for 4 months and when I bought them they were just 1 or 1 and a half inches long, but surprizingly they grew very fast. I have lots of plants in my pond too; water lettuce, hornwart, and some water hyacinth. My orandas love to eat these plant's root. I just feed them dry fish powder. They are very healthy and happy.
So in 4 months they grew about 5 inches?
Hi I have just bought a bronze oranda and named him fudge.
How can you tell if your fish is pregnant? I have two red Oranda Goldfish. One is white with a red cap. The other one is gold. Recently I noticed that the gold one sides appear swollen. Also, how long would the gestation period be.
What's the best way to get rid of white spot out of my fish pond I am living in Perth Australia we are in winter at the moment and the water temperature is down to 10 degrees or lower my fish are all suffering from it.
I have tried white spot remover and its seems as if it's not doing anything
does anyone know of a product that is good?
I bought my Oranda about two wks. ago and love him dearly. I named him Shadao. He's not very big yet but I keep him at the end of my couch in a ten gallon tank. I am planning on buying Shadao a friend since he has told me he's lonely. The pet store has a beautiful black and red Oranda that I have been wanting to bring home. Thank you to everyone who has posted, not knowing much about these wonderful fish, I found your postings very informative.
So what's the question?
Are you asking if it's a good idea? I would say no since it's only a ten gallon I would upgrade first to maybe a 30 what is your filtration right now?
I currently have three oranda gold fish in my 46 Gal Euro. I prefer a cold water set up, double filter, natural rock decor, and a bubble wall. My female is all gold, my breeding male is a panda(black and white), and my other male oranda is calico. I find that they are pretty easy to keep as far as fish are concerned. They have only had ich three times(which I'm proud to say all lived) and nothing else thus far. I keep large gravel in the bottom of the tank since they will pick up the smaller bits and get it caught in their throats. Most people recommend feeding their fish once a day but I was taught in the asian method of up to 4 times daily. I feed them Hikari Oranda Gold since it increases color and lionhead growth and eliminates the need to feed live or freeze dried foods. Orandas will come to the top of the water and pop at you to get you to feed them, but you'll have to ignore it or you will soon have an overfeeding problem. I keep a sword plant in my tank that they will not touch which is good since Goldfish eat almost anything. I have noticed though that you need to keep a good deal of Stress Enzyme or Stress Coat in the water since they are easily stressed and prone to ich.
Hi jess I've had orands and each time I got them they got ick like two to three weeks later how did you get rid of your ick? What did you use?
I wonder if anyone can help, I have a large Oranda and he/she doesn't seem to be able to swim any longer. He has sunk to the bottom of the tank and doesn't appear to be able to swim up to the surface to feed. Can anyone advise as to how I can help him. I don't want to lose him as I've had him for a long time.
Make sure you have a large enough tank with adequate filtration and aeration. You need a minimum of 2 gallons per inch of goldfish, and you could eventually need a 59 gallon tank!
I'm sure your Oranda has a wen(head growth) if that wen is growing over your Oranda's eyes, that means he can't see, so he'll stay to the bottom instead of swimming and bumping into things, eventually the wen will need to be trimmed surgically. If you know a fish vet. call them and take him there, they'll examine him and if his wen needs to be trimmed they wiill probably trim it, don't worry about him eating because he probably gets the food that goes to the bottom. I have an Oranda that is swimming/floating upside down(swimbladder problem) I have to hold my fish down on the bottom of the tank for him to eat or I put it in my hand and he eats from my hand, so if your Oranda is not eating put his food in the palm of your hand and he can eat that way at least you'll know he's eating instead of starving to death. Good Luck.
Your oranda is constipated, assuming water quality is good and there's no physical sign of disease and no fish nipping its tail or otherwise harassing the fish. Make certain there's plenty of oxygen in the water and feed your fish less quantity(but high quality) of food and no more than 2-3 times a day for the next 2 weeks. Also feed it boiled lettuce or any thin, leafy vegetable once a day. Since the fish isn't active you may have to break the boiled vegetable into bite-size pieces and hand feed. Start this regimen as soon as you can.
Well 1 thing that I did before was get a piece of string, tie it around his body and attach a foam peanut to it. It helps them to float.
Pretty sure one oranda requires one 10 gallon tank and at least a 30 gallon rated filter system. I have 2 orandas (6 months and counting). They are in a 29 gallon tank and very healthy, but I'm about to add 2 more fish with them. Right now I have 2 Penguin 150's running (each rated for a 30 gallon tank), and they're keeping up. Of course, I have to change both filters every few days. All filter inserts today are made to clog up fast so you have to use as many of them as your budget can tolerate. Is that a dirty capitalist trick? I loved my old Whisper 20 with the rinse-able, refillable, and re-usable Bio-bag. Wish someone made them for Penguins. Anyway, if I add 2 more orandas to a 29 gallon tank, I may have to add one more filter (external canister this time). Seems to me that filtration and water changes (frequency and volume) is a part of the fish per gallon formula. That's how the pet store keeps 500 goldfish alive in a 30 gallon feeder tank, you know.
I don't know what to tell you about non-swimming, sinking fish. That always meant someone was one step away from a burial at sea for my old tropical fish tank. I LOL'd at the comment about the string and floatation device, though, to be sure! Hope you weren't serious.
It may have a parasite or a swim bladder disorder. Ich is common and can be spotted rather easily, ich appears as white dots. An internal parasite is hard to diagnose. But if he/she is sitting at the bottom and appears to have a problem balancing it's her/his swim bladder. This is a common issue with fancies caused bye overfeeding gulping air at the top for food etc. Try correcting it's diet and switching to a sinking pellet.
My Oranda did the same, and it was because he had out grown his tank's filtration level and had ammonia poisoning. Does he have black marks appearing on his fins or body? Check the Nitrite levels with a good test kit quick, and do regular water changes to get levels down. You may need to upgrade to a larger tank?