"Mandarin" Cap Orandas 2018 - Produced by Green Water Ranchu
Mandarin Cap Orandas produced by Green Water Ranchu
Q: What is a Mandarin Cap Oranda?
A: a Mandarin cap oranda is a color morph that I started by crossing a red Oranda, and a redcap oranda.
The Mama's name happens to be Mandarin, and is a top head growth only variety of Oranda. Though she is called a red fish, she is actually orange in color.
the Papa is a Redcap Oranda. pure red cap only, no color bleed to his body, and just a pure white fish. As a result of breeding these two types of fish, I have produced fry in the colors of:
- Red
- White (not lemon head or albino, literally pure white and not transparent, either)
- Red/White
- Lemonhead
- Black and, what I like to call,
- "Mandarin Caps"
Paying homage to their mama, Mandarin, who is a top head growth only variety of oranda, and there papa, who is a redcap Oranda. I've decided to name the fry carrying this trait Mandarin Cap Orandas.
Essentially, a Mandarin cap oranda is a pure white fish, with an orange top head-growth. They are similar to a redcap oranda, but, rather then the top head-growth being deep red in color, it's orange in color, resembling that of a Mandarin orange 🍊.
-Stina <3
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Now left with only 10 "Mandarin" Caps worth keeping, here is a video update on how they are doing 6-months later. They are still pretty small, maybe reaching about 3.00"-4.00" inches in body growth, not including tail, some a bit bigger then others, but, overall, I think they are growing and developing very well. I don't think i am going to sell these guys just yet, I would like to see how they develop in the coming months, and i might try to stabilize the genes in the future to make them really stand out. but, it is hard to tell if that is even possible. What I do know for sure is that the remaining orange they have on their fins or body will fade, as some of my other fish have lost the orange coloration over time. Excited to see how they will develop.
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Mandarin Caps update: Oct 16, 2018 - 6-month update
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Now left with only 10 "Mandarin" Caps worth keeping, here is a video update on how they are doing 6-months later. They are still pretty small, maybe reaching about 3.00"-4.00" inches in body growth, not including tail, some a bit bigger then others, but, overall, I think they are growing and developing very well. I don't think i am going to sell these guys just yet, I would like to see how they develop in the coming months, and i might try to stabilize the genes in the future to make them really stand out. but, it is hard to tell if that is even possible. What I do know for sure is that the remaining orange they have on their fins or body will fade, as some of my other fish have lost the orange coloration over time. Excited to see how they will develop.
