Our New Pair of Apricot & Black Oranda Goldfish
October 21, 2008 by Kimberly
We welcome our new pair of oranda.
I’ll bet you’ve never heard of apricot oranda before, and I had never seen anything like them before.
They were actually labeled orange and black oranda and were in a tank full of them, except these two weren’t the typical orange or “gold” color. They are clearly apricot in color and stood out to me!
Of course, loving unique animals, I fell in love right away.
I left the pet store and ran a bunch of errands for most of the day, but could not get these two off my mind.
So, What Did I Do?
I drove right back to the pet store and hoped for the best that they would still be there.
They were meant for us…They were staring me in the face when I got there.
I was only going to get one, but they followed each other all over the tank through the crowd of other orandas.
I didn’t have the heart to break them up, so they both came home with me.
They both are unique in their black markings, and are both equally beautiful!
I hope they’re a breeding pair! My “guess” is that the one with black markings on his lion-head is a boy, and the one that has no markings on her head is a girl…
Problem is, we don’t have names yet. As most of you know, we name ALL of our animals with “K” names.
So, we want your help with name suggestions for these beautiful apricot & black oranda…
Our 3 other fish are named, “Kalypso” (red-capped lion-head oranda), “Kalico” (calico ryukin), “Mr. Klean” (pleco/sucker fish)…
Be Kreative and be Klever people! LOL…Leave your suggestions in the Comment Box below!
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I hope you enjoy this Fish post on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
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me, as another fish owner have just bougt an new 10 gallon tank and a new fish friend! my first fish (Black moor) is either tera if its a boy or brownie if its a girl, my new fish (red cap oranda) is gonna be named clyde as a boy or kazooie as a girl your “boy” in my thinking should be named krockoar and the “girl” should be named kleventine
Hi Andrew! Congrats on your new fish family! That’s so exciting!
Thanks for your ideas for names – you are very creative! Cool stuff!
Our “girl” apricot & black oranda passed away only about 1 month after getting her. She had no visible problems and we woke up to her not with us anymore. Very sad.
However, our “boy” is actually a girl, as our calico ryukin is nudging her to lay eggs – he is definitely a boy. We have named her kumquat – like the fruit!
Drop back in and let us know how your fish are doing in your new tank, okay?
Thanks for coming by!
Kimberly
Wow…I’m amazed looking at these photos…
I just happened to look at them today and realized that our goldfish, shown here on the left, didn’t have a black mark on her lip when we first got her.
Today, she has a black smudge-like marking on her top lip, similar to that of her tail and other black marks on her body.
Neat!!!
Kimberly
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