desdemona, my little orange telescope, has over the last year developed a little orange wen on the top of her head! it's not as bobbly as a lionhead or oranda wen, but there is a definite growth on her head is this a particularly variety of telescope? like you can get hama-nishikoi (excuse spelling...) - pearlscales with wens? i might be able to get a photo later on to see what you think

Possibility your fish is a cross with an oranda but a pic would be nice so we can all see what you mean

does it look like my avatar a bit .daryl thinks the fish in my avatar is possibly a cross with a lionhead and a telescope ..

here's a couple of pics (not too good) and a link to a couple of videos - see what you think!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/al...ish_10/des3.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/al...ish_10/des1.jpg

http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/al...breedingvid.flv

http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/al...nt=S8300433.flv

I think maybe he is ..I hope he is ,he is way to cute in the first pic ,he looks like he is pouting..

he is cute he's my favourite in that tank, mainly cos he's still so tiny

Definitely an oranda-telescope cross. Must have been a result of a pond springtime mass-spawning in the goldfish farm.