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#65400 Tancho Oranda

Nice overall fish with meaty tancho head.

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    $99.00

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    $99.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#65377 Red Butterfly Telescope

Spunky young butterfly with nice potential.  Very friendly fish.

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    $49.99

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    $79.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#65355 Black Butterfly Telescope

Large eyes on this one with nice motion and balance.

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    $54.99

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    $89.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#64967 Red Bubble-Eye

Large bubbles on this one in nice size.

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    $50.00

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    $69.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#64664 Red Butterfly Telescope

Large showy tail on this one with nice eyes.

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    $79.00

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    $79.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#64508 Red/White Ryukin

Very active and responsive young ryukin with nice color.

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    $59.00

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    $59.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#63979 Red/White Ryukin Longtail

Very long showy tail on this one.  I’ve had this fish for over a year, and it always shows a just little redness in the tail.  This area will “blush” a bit more when the fish is handled.   Not a sign of irritation or pathogen, it’s more just how the architecture of the blood […]

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    $109.00

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    $109.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#63712 Red/White Butterfly Telescope

Super round body on this one with nice large eyes.   RELISTED.  Unfortunately a 14 year old in Utah decided to play games with my site two weeks ago, and didn’t actually do the “buy it now”.  It’s sad that some people do not take their bids seriously and spoil the auction experience for everyone […]

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    $69.99

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    $89.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#62842 Red/White Oranda

Super stout high-quality oranda.  Nice overall fish.

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    $149.00

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    21 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66504 Wakin

Very rich color on this one.  Nice young wakin.

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    $49.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66494 Wakin

Vivid red color on this large wakin.  Nice overall fish.

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    $69.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66483 Jikin

Hard to find jikin.  This one is very nice overall.

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    $139.00

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    $139.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66464 Ebony Scissortail

I imported some of these over 8 years ago, and found them to be amazing fish.  Very friendly , SUPER responsive and active, and extremely hardy and robust.   They were called “black comets”, but I understood them to be a hybrid of sorts.  I verified that they are a koi/comet hybrid when I visited […]

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    $79.00

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    $79.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66444 Red Ranchu

Nice tail-tuck on this one in large size.  Very friendly and responsive fish.

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    $149.00

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    $149.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66423 Black Ranchu

ONLY one available.  Nice fish in large size.

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    $199.00

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    $199.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66414 Lemon Telescope Comet

Big eyes on this one.  Hard to find variety in RICH yellow color really stands out.

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    $25.00

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    $49.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66399 Lemon/Black Telescope Comet

Hard to find variety with telescope eyes.  Very unusual fish.  Super spunky and active.

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    $25.00

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66392 Soilent Green Gel Food (1.1 Pounds)

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, […]

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    $25.99

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66385 Soilent Green Gel Food (1.1 Pounds)

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, […]

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    $25.99

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    $25.99

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

#66377 Soilent Green Gel Food (1.1 Pounds)

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, […]

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    $25.99

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    $25.99

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    14 October 2016 8:00 PM

Nice overall fish with meaty tancho head.

Spunky young butterfly with nice potential.  Very friendly fish.

Large eyes on this one with nice motion and balance.

Large bubbles on this one in nice size.

Large showy tail on this one with nice eyes.

Very active and responsive young ryukin with nice color.

Very long showy tail on this one.  I’ve had this fish for over a year, and it always shows a just little redness in the tail.  This area will “blush” a bit more when the fish is handled.   Not a sign of irritation or pathogen, it’s more just how the architecture of the blood vessels shows on the white tail, especially in the photo tank after being moved.  Nice fish in large size.  RELISTED as previous buyer does not respond to my emails.  Here’s another chance at this very large showy ryukin.

Super round body on this one with nice large eyes.

 

RELISTED.  Unfortunately a 14 year old in Utah decided to play games with my site two weeks ago, and didn’t actually do the “buy it now”.  It’s sad that some people do not take their bids seriously and spoil the auction experience for everyone else.  For many years as a small business, I’ve always tried to optimize the customer experience while also keeping things simple.  Now with the website and auction format, it’s a constant battle just trying to protect myself from various forms of automated hacking, fake registrations, spam, etc., etc..   It comes from countries all over the world, and I don’t even understand the motivation for most of it.

In addition to the web tech/security stuff , I now have problems every few weeks with new “customers”.  With my reputation, and weekly auctions, the audience is bigger than ever, but that also brings more people that do not take their part in the auctions seriously.   I believe that some people really do think they want the fish at the time, but then change their minds for various reasons.  I’ve been interested in goldfish most of my life, so I can kind of relate.  The term OGD (obsessive goldfish disorder) has been around for decades, and I can understand the excitement that comes with the hobby and these beautiful fish!   I also understand that sometimes things change.  If a good customer is communicative, and reasonable, then I’ve always worked with them regarding delays or cancellations.  Unfortunately, many of these new “customers” do not even give me the courtesy of a reply after winning an auction.  So, I’m sorry to have to relist some of these fish, and am currently working with my webmaster to develop ways to minimize these problems.  I’ve been cancelling accounts of deadbeat customers, but that doesn’t stop the next person from doing the same thing.  Soon there will be additional steps to better qualify accounts as being legitimate.  Having Dandyorandas.com has been a continuously evolving endeavor, and I hope that future updates will make it better for everyone involved.

Super stout high-quality oranda.  Nice overall fish.

Very rich color on this one.  Nice young wakin.

Vivid red color on this large wakin.  Nice overall fish.

Hard to find jikin.  This one is very nice overall.

I imported some of these over 8 years ago, and found them to be amazing fish.  Very friendly , SUPER responsive and active, and extremely hardy and robust.   They were called “black comets”, but I understood them to be a hybrid of sorts.  I verified that they are a koi/comet hybrid when I visited China.  I also discovered that they’ve become extremely popular in the European market.  The creator of this fish has finally given it a proper name…. Ebony scissortail.  These can get large showy broad tails on them as they grow, but will not get nearly as big as Koi.  I have some that are about 9 years old, and they are about 18 inches with huge tails.  Very unique and interesting fish, and much more hardy than most fancies.  Photos don’t do them justice.  This one has a very nice broad tail.

Nice tail-tuck on this one in large size.  Very friendly and responsive fish.

ONLY one available.  Nice fish in large size.

Big eyes on this one.  Hard to find variety in RICH yellow color really stands out.

Hard to find variety with telescope eyes.  Very unusual fish.  Super spunky and active.

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, so will be using this method for now.  

If you want to JUST BUY FOOD, please use the link on the homepage, which adds $6.80 to cover USPS Priority Shipping.  

I have been advocating the use of moist food for years.  Moist food moves more easily through the digestive tract, results in more efficient nutrient assimilation, and also minimizes balance/buoyancy problems many fish have after eating dry food.  Unfortunately, most goldfish foods have no moisture content at all.   That’s because, with the exception of frozen foods, others would spoil and have no shelf-life.  So, most goldfish food is “dry as a bone”, and ultimately not the best for the fish, even if the ingredients are high quality.   Our fish farmers raise the goldfish on moist food, so it makes no sense to switch them to a dry diet after they are imported.  I’ve addressed this issue for years by “hydrating” all of the pellets we’ve fed.  This involved a slow process of introducing moisture and refrigerating pellets to make sure they were soft throughout, and not just wetted on the outside.   This made them like little meatballs, but they still held together and didn’t fall apart in the tank.  Well, I have quit messing around with pellets!  That’s because after months of trials, and many conversations with fellow hobbyists for over a year, I feel that Soilent Green is the best solution for the main staple in the Goldfish diet.  I used to make my own gel food, but it was time consuming, messy, and I never felt confident that the mix of ingredients was optimal.  Soilent Green solves these issues with an easy to make product.   Brought to a boil in a non-stick pan, and poured onto a non-stick cookie sheet, it gels quickly with little to no clean up.  Anything left in the pan gels up and peels right off.  Once a batch is made, I chop it up on a cutting board into bite size pieces and store in the fridge.  I am actually making pounds of it every other day, but the average hobbyist should be able to make a small batch every week or two, spending less than 15 minutes to do so.

I’ve always said that I’d rather concentrate on the fish, and not get into selling products or food.   That was mostly because I never felt enough confidence in any food that I wanted to promote or represent it.  The other reason is the nature of internet commerce.  Huge companies can offer some retail products for less than I can even get them wholesale.  Being a small business, it’s hard to compete, and I simply wasn’t going to try to.  I’d have to buy, stock, sell, and ship hundreds of pounds of food just to make a tiny profit.  Again, it made sense to just focus on the fish, especially since that takes a huge amount of time already, and because goldfish is what Dandy Orandas does best.  : )

All of that being said, I have now decided to offer this Repashy Soilent Green.  After years of being asked about food, and seeing many people struggle with food related issues, I think this is a great solution.  Repashy has high quality ingredients, plus the moisture that I’ve always advocated, and we’ve seen great results using it.   Fish are active, healthy, with vibrant color and none of the goofy post-feeding buoyancy issues seen with dry foods.  Repashy also has a good relationship with its retailers, and sets MAP pricing for their products.  This is Minimum Advertised Pricing, which keeps huge sellers from undercutting small business.   So, you should see similar pricing no matter what the source, leaving you to support good merchants instead of buying simply based on price.   Speaking of price….Repashy does come in smaller quantities, but the unit cost is much more optimal at the 1.1lb. size.   I am stocking this size ONLY, since it is a better value.  While it is a lot of food, it does have a good shelf-life until gelled, so it shouldn’t go to waste.

SHIPPING INFO.  If you are getting fish, a 1.1 lb. bag can be added to your shipment for no additional shipping cost.  If you are just getting food, then shipping will be via USPS priority mail, and will be $6.80, for a total of $32.79 delivered.  (Please note if just getting food, please use the link on the homepage for food.)

NET WEIGHT 500 GRAMS  (makes approximately 4 times the amount once gelled, mixed at 1 part powder/3 parts water)

 

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, so will be using this method for now.  

If you want to JUST BUY FOOD, please use the link on the homepage, which adds $6.80 to cover USPS Priority Shipping.  

I have been advocating the use of moist food for years.  Moist food moves more easily through the digestive tract, results in more efficient nutrient assimilation, and also minimizes balance/buoyancy problems many fish have after eating dry food.  Unfortunately, most goldfish foods have no moisture content at all.   That’s because, with the exception of frozen foods, others would spoil and have no shelf-life.  So, most goldfish food is “dry as a bone”, and ultimately not the best for the fish, even if the ingredients are high quality.   Our fish farmers raise the goldfish on moist food, so it makes no sense to switch them to a dry diet after they are imported.  I’ve addressed this issue for years by “hydrating” all of the pellets we’ve fed.  This involved a slow process of introducing moisture and refrigerating pellets to make sure they were soft throughout, and not just wetted on the outside.   This made them like little meatballs, but they still held together and didn’t fall apart in the tank.  Well, I have quit messing around with pellets!  That’s because after months of trials, and many conversations with fellow hobbyists for over a year, I feel that Soilent Green is the best solution for the main staple in the Goldfish diet.  I used to make my own gel food, but it was time consuming, messy, and I never felt confident that the mix of ingredients was optimal.  Soilent Green solves these issues with an easy to make product.   Brought to a boil in a non-stick pan, and poured onto a non-stick cookie sheet, it gels quickly with little to no clean up.  Anything left in the pan gels up and peels right off.  Once a batch is made, I chop it up on a cutting board into bite size pieces and store in the fridge.  I am actually making pounds of it every other day, but the average hobbyist should be able to make a small batch every week or two, spending less than 15 minutes to do so.

I’ve always said that I’d rather concentrate on the fish, and not get into selling products or food.   That was mostly because I never felt enough confidence in any food that I wanted to promote or represent it.  The other reason is the nature of internet commerce.  Huge companies can offer some retail products for less than I can even get them wholesale.  Being a small business, it’s hard to compete, and I simply wasn’t going to try to.  I’d have to buy, stock, sell, and ship hundreds of pounds of food just to make a tiny profit.  Again, it made sense to just focus on the fish, especially since that takes a huge amount of time already, and because goldfish is what Dandy Orandas does best.  : )

All of that being said, I have now decided to offer this Repashy Soilent Green.  After years of being asked about food, and seeing many people struggle with food related issues, I think this is a great solution.  Repashy has high quality ingredients, plus the moisture that I’ve always advocated, and we’ve seen great results using it.   Fish are active, healthy, with vibrant color and none of the goofy post-feeding buoyancy issues seen with dry foods.  Repashy also has a good relationship with its retailers, and sets MAP pricing for their products.  This is Minimum Advertised Pricing, which keeps huge sellers from undercutting small business.   So, you should see similar pricing no matter what the source, leaving you to support good merchants instead of buying simply based on price.   Speaking of price….Repashy does come in smaller quantities, but the unit cost is much more optimal at the 1.1lb. size.   I am stocking this size ONLY, since it is a better value.  While it is a lot of food, it does have a good shelf-life until gelled, so it shouldn’t go to waste.

SHIPPING INFO.  If you are getting fish, a 1.1 lb. bag can be added to your shipment for no additional shipping cost.  If you are just getting food, then shipping will be via USPS priority mail, and will be $6.80, for a total of $32.79 delivered.  (Please note if just getting food, please use the link on the homepage for food.)

NET WEIGHT 500 GRAMS  (makes approximately 4 times the amount once gelled, mixed at 1 part powder/3 parts water)

 

If you want to ADD 500 Grams of Soilent Green to your FISH ORDER, please use this “buy it now” option.  This will add it to your fish invoice, and there will be no additional shipping charges when added to your fish shipment.   I don’t have another way implemented to add food to your order, so will be using this method for now.  

If you want to JUST BUY FOOD, please use the link on the homepage, which adds $6.80 to cover USPS Priority Shipping.  

I have been advocating the use of moist food for years.  Moist food moves more easily through the digestive tract, results in more efficient nutrient assimilation, and also minimizes balance/buoyancy problems many fish have after eating dry food.  Unfortunately, most goldfish foods have no moisture content at all.   That’s because, with the exception of frozen foods, others would spoil and have no shelf-life.  So, most goldfish food is “dry as a bone”, and ultimately not the best for the fish, even if the ingredients are high quality.   Our fish farmers raise the goldfish on moist food, so it makes no sense to switch them to a dry diet after they are imported.  I’ve addressed this issue for years by “hydrating” all of the pellets we’ve fed.  This involved a slow process of introducing moisture and refrigerating pellets to make sure they were soft throughout, and not just wetted on the outside.   This made them like little meatballs, but they still held together and didn’t fall apart in the tank.  Well, I have quit messing around with pellets!  That’s because after months of trials, and many conversations with fellow hobbyists for over a year, I feel that Soilent Green is the best solution for the main staple in the Goldfish diet.  I used to make my own gel food, but it was time consuming, messy, and I never felt confident that the mix of ingredients was optimal.  Soilent Green solves these issues with an easy to make product.   Brought to a boil in a non-stick pan, and poured onto a non-stick cookie sheet, it gels quickly with little to no clean up.  Anything left in the pan gels up and peels right off.  Once a batch is made, I chop it up on a cutting board into bite size pieces and store in the fridge.  I am actually making pounds of it every other day, but the average hobbyist should be able to make a small batch every week or two, spending less than 15 minutes to do so.

I’ve always said that I’d rather concentrate on the fish, and not get into selling products or food.   That was mostly because I never felt enough confidence in any food that I wanted to promote or represent it.  The other reason is the nature of internet commerce.  Huge companies can offer some retail products for less than I can even get them wholesale.  Being a small business, it’s hard to compete, and I simply wasn’t going to try to.  I’d have to buy, stock, sell, and ship hundreds of pounds of food just to make a tiny profit.  Again, it made sense to just focus on the fish, especially since that takes a huge amount of time already, and because goldfish is what Dandy Orandas does best.  : )

All of that being said, I have now decided to offer this Repashy Soilent Green.  After years of being asked about food, and seeing many people struggle with food related issues, I think this is a great solution.  Repashy has high quality ingredients, plus the moisture that I’ve always advocated, and we’ve seen great results using it.   Fish are active, healthy, with vibrant color and none of the goofy post-feeding buoyancy issues seen with dry foods.  Repashy also has a good relationship with its retailers, and sets MAP pricing for their products.  This is Minimum Advertised Pricing, which keeps huge sellers from undercutting small business.   So, you should see similar pricing no matter what the source, leaving you to support good merchants instead of buying simply based on price.   Speaking of price….Repashy does come in smaller quantities, but the unit cost is much more optimal at the 1.1lb. size.   I am stocking this size ONLY, since it is a better value.  While it is a lot of food, it does have a good shelf-life until gelled, so it shouldn’t go to waste.

SHIPPING INFO.  If you are getting fish, a 1.1 lb. bag can be added to your shipment for no additional shipping cost.  If you are just getting food, then shipping will be via USPS priority mail, and will be $6.80, for a total of $32.79 delivered.  (Please note if just getting food, please use the link on the homepage for food.)

NET WEIGHT 500 GRAMS  (makes approximately 4 times the amount once gelled, mixed at 1 part powder/3 parts water)