Hey Gin, those "hoods" are called wens
I used to have a huge orange/white oranda but he just died suddenly. He was alive when I left for school and was dead at the bottom when I got home, only a few hours. I don't know what it was, my other two ryukins are fine, and they are about 5-6 years old and 7-8 inches long. I love Lionheads, they are just so "puppy-faced". So cute. There are a couple of breeders I would like to buy from, but they are SOOO expensive, but the fish are gorgeous and H-U-G-E. Anyway, enough about my goofy fish...