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When we bought our Red Oranda we were looking at some of the Calico's as well, a few of them had one black eye like you have mentioned, so I would think it is just the way your fish is marked really and nothing more serious than that.

You did the right thing in my opinion too, it must have been incredibly hard to do this but it would have been even harder to watch your beloved fish suffering more each day, especially if it had stopped eating too. I have a red metallic Oranda, only a baby yet but it is a worry of mine that it...

Many Thanks for taking the time do this most informative post!! Have enjoyed reading this very much and it has certainly given much to think about! :good:

Oh you are in the wars right now aren't you?? Hope things start looking up for you really soon, after all the only you can go when you hit the bottom is back up again eh??

Hi! I'm new on here and have absolutely NO knowledge of these fish in the slightest, but I do know a beautiful fish when I see one, just wanted to say that I hope that Jaffa pulls through for you, will watch and see what progress he makes, thinking of you and your beautiful Jaffa!! :wub:

Many thanks for the advice Colin! :good: Will stop off at the aquriam shop and get one when I've dropped the kids into school! Hi! Thanks for the Welcome!! Good old Leicestershire eh? :good: HI! Thanks for the Welcome!! :good:

Hi! Many Thanks for the advice! Little fish we have now is quite small, about 1 &1/2 inches max so loads of room for him right now, roll on payday and being able to get a larger tank!! :good: MANY, years back when I was a kid I had a common goldfish in a tank half the size of this one...

Hi! Thanks for the Welcome! I should point out that my 9yr old named the fish (It's her pet!) Bless her, my youngest daughter wants a Calico so she can call it "Spotty"! Hmmm!! :lol: Many Thanks for the tips, it's an undergravel filter any pointers on cleaning that?? If you think fish...

Hi! Thanks for the Welcome!! It's a little starter tank by Aqua One, dimensions are 30 x 33 x38 holds 28 litres, so not massive by any means, we intend to upgrade fairly quickly to a 100 Litre Plus tank (in about 6 weeks) then use this little one as a quarantine/hospital tank as I am keen to...

Hi! Just wanted to say Hello to you all, have just joined these forums as we have just started keeping coldwater fancy goldfish, still a very new tank so far and we have just the one fish at the moment, a red metallic Oranda who was chosen by my eldest daughter and promptly named "Comet"...