Thursday, September 3, 2009

Redcap Oranda Goldfish











The Oranda goldfish is one of the most popular goldfish in the world. The oranda goldfish has been around for over 400 years. The Redcap Oranda is a favorite and a very fancy species with long flowing fins and slow graceful movement. It has a magnificent red spot on its head. The red oranda cap has very lower tolerance for pollution so you must provide him good filtration especially biological and the right temp that is 18°- 22° C , A large surface area of water will help minimize goldfish suffering from an oxygen shortage. Goldfish produce a lot of waste so regular water changes is strongly recommended to keep this fish healthy. Goldfish have the same diseases as tropical fish, the most common diseases are: ich, bladder disease and external parasites including flukes so pay attention to your fish and look for this diseases .To prevent this diseases from happening keep the right temp especially when you perform water changes.

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