Oranda Wen

[vildotcom]

the hood or wen on my trio of orandas just aren't developing. i know that when they are young it can be small, but these guys are at least two inches long each and used to have a more developed hood. now they are almost smooth.

any reason as to why they aren't developing? i have temps higher because they're fancy (74 degrees) and i am feeding them hikari oranda w/ lionhead enhancer (more protein, i guess). i also include tetrafin crisps.



thank you in advance

 

[WILDER]

To be honest need more info on size of tank in gallons or litres, how many fish in the tank, plus which type, also it not a very good diet there on to many dried foods, as fancy goldfish are very prone to swimbladder promblems and constipation.
They needs frozen foods like bloodworms, brimestrimp, and daphnia, plus plenty of green veg in there diet.

 

[vildotcom]

29 gallon. fish are.......black and red oranda 2inches, red oranda 1.5inches, bluescale oranda 1.5 inches.

yah, i guess i need more frozens. thank you for the tip.

oh yes, they also eat the java moss that is in the tank.

 

[WILDER]

What filter are you using, well your 10gal short as really with all them fish they need 10gal each.

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

A 29 gallon tank is only one gallon short of thirty and so long as you keep an eye on the water quality, have a decent filter (by decent I mean at least 10 x filtration per hour) and are happy with the level of maintenance required to keep the tank healthy it's fine for three fancies in my opinion. But obviously, to each their own .
I agree about feeding more frozen foods (particularly bloodworm)... a high protein diet can really help the wen to develop. Aside from the java moss they like to eat, other veggies you could try them on are shelled cooked peas, blanched spinach, blanched courgette (zucchini) and blanched pak choi/bok choi. It's funny... mine won't eat aquatic plants, but they love spinach, peas, courgette and pak choi!

 

[LucyHurst]

To add to what everyone has said, it can also just be genetics, maybe by chance you happen to have three fish with 'small wen' genetics or they will have small wens for a year or two then suddenly it will start to grow, the maiin factors are diet and genetics.

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

True enough. I have a little runty oranda from Pets at Home (haha... need I say more?) who I've had for over three years with practically no wen growths at all. I thought he was just an odd-shaped fantail for a while until I looked closely and saw that his wen was ever so slightly raised with translucent bobbly skin. At a glance you can hardly tell he's an oranda... it's just his shape that gives it away. So yes... breeding will have something to do with it. Just keep feeding all your fancies a nice wide variety of high protein foods and also veggies and they either will or won't develop a decent wen. If they're going to then a high protein diet can help a lot.