Oranda is famous and precious pet fish. I started to love this pet fish since I was young. Here in New Zealand, the quality or grade of oranda is very low compare to Southeast Asian countries.
I started purchasing low quality orandas and ryukins from different pet stores. Grade of the fish is not comparable to its Asian cousins. Without any breeding experience I just try to breed and at the same time look for any references related to breeding. Luckily I managed to breed them. You will not believe me, in a thousand fry only few appear to be in good quality. My orandas are unique in appearance. They are developed here in our isolated country in the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Emperors Goldfish, orandas are so beautiful and developed thousands of years in China and Japan with the influence and inspiration of the Emperors during their time. One of the famous characteristics of oranda is the crown like headgrowth or wen. These are the reasons why I called them the Emperors Goldfish.