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u/TheYetiCall · 7 pointsr/Goldfish

We have a beginner guide on our wiki for setting up proper tanks as well as guides on breeds for free.

personally I found a lot of the beginner books to be a bit too... idk, shallow? There wasn't much depth to the information. Then there are nicer books that are like text books... and cost about as much. I know a lot of people like this one and this one but I've never read either personally and I have a hard time recommending the mini one as it's talking about putting goldfish in 10gal tanks which just doesn't work (the smallest get to about the size of an adult hand. they wont fit in a 10gal...) but I've never read it so I'm not sure if there are some other great tidbits muddled in with bad info.

u/poisson_rouge · 1 pointr/Goldfish

I'm so sorry for your loss :( There are things that you can do to help protect your other fish from getting sick, but I hope you still recognize that you've already been taking extremely good care of your fish -- your little oranda was lucky that you were the one to take him home.

Goldfish are "unnatural" fish that are bred to maintain traits from their egg-shaped bodies to their fancy fins -- even their color is the product of specific breeding. This makes it so that sometimes, their breeding can compromise their health (like what may have happened with your oranda with his puffy wen). To be on the safe side, you might want to try to source your fancies from a respectable breeder (or even just shop around for the best pet store in your area). Goldfish can also be extremely difficult to take care of, mainly because so much about their care is still wrapped in unhealthy traditions and real experts are so few and far between. (I first got my comet from a pet shop that sold me a bowl, no water conditioner and told me he'd only live a month or two.)

This book from the creator of the Goldfish Connection is really helpful. Again, sorry for your loss.

Edit : BlueSanctum had the great idea of doing a garlic treatment for your sick fish, and thinking about it, maybe you should now look into feeding your other Oranda some garlic and/or doing some kind of garlic treatment ? Just in case your first oranda had a parasite or something which may spread to your second fish. In addition to the Koko's site, Goldfish Emergency has a good article on it.