Tidebound · Aquariums
Harbour 120 tank and cabinet set
A 120cm tank on a moisture resistant cabinet, sized so a canister filter fits without a fight.
4.7 (11)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 11 reviews
AED 2,740
Available nowOranda goldfish
Carassius auratus
A cold water fish that grows to 20cm and lives twenty years. Please read that sentence twice.
Indicative starting priceAED 140
Size, colour and how many you take all move this figure. We confirm the real number before anything is held.
Four in stock, 8 to 10cm body length
The message arrives with this listing already written into it. Answered by a person during shop hours, 9:00 to 13:00, 16:00 to 22:00, Saturday to Thursday.
Care at a glance
What this animal will ask of you
Read this before the price. If any line here does not fit your week, tell us and we will point you at something that does.
Experience level
Some experience
Not difficult, but it punishes guesswork. Much easier if you have kept something through a full year already.
Oranda goldfish is rated Some experience, 2 out of 3 on our scale.
- Tank
- 75 litres for one, plus 40 litres per additional fish
- Temperament
- Calm, slow, greedy
- Diet
- Sinking goldfish pellets, blanched vegetables twice weekly
- Lifespan
- 15 to 20 years
- Social needs
- Good in pairs or groups, only with other fancy goldfish
The longer answer
About the oranda goldfish
Goldfish are given to children in bowls and die in months, and it is entirely avoidable. An oranda needs 75 litres for the first fish and 40 more for each after, heavy filtration because they are messy, and no heater. Done properly this is a two decade animal that learns to take food from your hand.
If any of that changes your mind, that is the page doing its job. Nobody loses a deposit for deciding against an animal after reading about it.
Vitals
Measured on the animals we have in the shop now, not copied off a supplier sheet.
| Adult size | 18 to 22cm |
|---|---|
| Water | 18 to 23 degrees, no heater |
| Filtration | Rated for double the tank volume |
| Tankmates | Fancy goldfish only, no tropicals |
| Quarantine | 14 days in store |
What you will need
The kit we would send home with it
Not an upsell list. These are the items we put on the counter beside a oranda goldfish because leaving one of them out is usually what goes wrong in the first month. Supplies can be ordered online and delivered. The animal cannot.
Together about AED 3,528, VAT included
Mangrove · Fish supplies
Mangrove 700 canister filter
700 litres an hour, four media baskets, and a priming pump that actually primes on the first pull.
4.8 (41)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 41 reviewsAED 620
BestsellerReef & Rill · Care and health
Reefline 6 in 1 water test kit
Liquid reagents for the six numbers that decide whether a tank is fine or about to crash.
4.8 (74)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 74 reviewsAED 168
Before you send the message
Three things that do not change, whatever the animal
We do not ship live animals
No courier, no cargo hold, no airport collection. Every animal leaves in your hands from the counter on Al Muntasir Road. Supplies travel in our van across the northern emirates. Animals never do.
A person answers, not a form
Your enquiry lands on the phone behind the counter and comes back with questions. Nothing is reserved by clicking a button, and no deposit is taken until we have both said yes.
We will decline if the setup is not right
If the tank has not cycled or the housing is undersized, we will say so, tell you what would change it, and hold the animal while you sort it out. That is the reason there is no checkout on this page.
Shop 4, Al Muntasir Road, Al Nakheel, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Trade licence RAK-1104782.
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