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How to feed goldfish properly?

Goldfish — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:56:46 GMT

What is the best goldfish food? How many times should I feed my goldfish each day? Feeding goldfish is no easy task for a beginner. If you can grasp an understanding of the following principles that will go a long way towards helping you feed your goldfish.

What is the best goldfish food? Goldfish will eat almost anything such as cooked peas, insect larvae, fish flakes, flakes and even larvae.

Flake food often is preferred over pellet food or other types of sinking food, due to the fact that they are easier for the goldfish to see and to clean after. Food that floats on the top of the water is easier for the goldfish to find and easier to clean up. But just flake foods are not a good choice at all because they are not nutritionally balanced enough for your goldfish, and they are messy.

It is better to offer several small feedings rather than a single large feeding. The processed food available at pet stores include: Pellet food, Frozen food, Flake food, Homemade food, etc.

How many times should I feed my goldfish each day? Once a day, just 1 or 2 times is enough. Just how much they will eat in a few minutes without a lot accumulating on the bottom of the aquarium.

A good rule of thumb is to only feed as much as the size of the goldfish�s eye. If you overfeed them, they will eat it all and get poorly. Too much food will get the water all dirty. A good idea is the floating feed ring, which will keep all the food in one place so the goldfish know exactly where to find the food.

You can also put some plants in there, it will oxygenate the water and goldfish can nibble the leaves if they're a bit hungry after the feed without eating too much. Almost all healthy fish can go a week without food.

PearlScale Goldfish

AuggieFishie — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:10:20 GMT

My favorite fish, Auggie my pearlscale recently died and though he can never be replaced I am looking to buy a new pearlscale. However this time around I am looking for something a bit more unique. Does anyone know where I can find some exotic pearlscales. And by "exotic" I mean not gold or calico. something like red,white, yellow black (ect) or a combination of those. PLEEZZE HELP!!! :Fish_tank:

"free" ammonia

ichbins — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:52:08 GMT

I have a 75 gallon tank with 6, still small orandas. My ammonia reading is a constant 4(!). I know ammonia is bad for fish, but all are well and very active. somebody told me I have free ammonia in my tank and that is not harmfull. I have never heard of free ammonia. any ideas what is should do or should I leave well enough alone.

Standard of Perfection

GlassGoldfish — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:28:27 GMT

Hello Everyone :)

ladycrimson83 — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:42:24 GMT

My name is Ashley and I have kept fish since I was young. I am a Licensed Veterinary Technician that is pursuing to one day become a Parasitologist. I just bought two goldfish almost two weeks ago and temporarily have them in a 10 gallon tank. They were two inches when i bought them and I believe they have grown a little since then. I have a 20 gallon long that is cycling and earlier this week i set up a 100 gallon tank as well. This way they have the room that they need to grow happily. :) My interest is to try and raise show quality goldfish. I understand that goldfish in the petstore may not be show quality. I am doing my best with the two to understand what they need to grow nicely and happily. Eventually I would like to show goldfish and possibly breed them. I dont have names yet for the two but eventually they will be named. Im still looking for a place to post pictures of my goldies. I think my Crown Pearlie is absolutly adorable and I hope you enjoy "her" too. I understand its to young to tell gender, so i playfully call it a "her".

Mr. Oishi's instructions for raising ranchu

GlassGoldfish — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:58:24 GMT

Mr. Oishi�s recommendations.

1. Mr. Oishi recommends feeding them a mix of frozen (or live) brine shrimp, daphnia, and bloodworms until they begin changing colors.

2. When they begin changing colors, begin to phase out brineshrimp and add in a small pellet food.

3. After they adjust to the changes, you can also begin to phase out daphnia and increase the pellet and bloodworm intake.

4. He suggests feeding 4-6 time per day if possible.

5. Mr. Oishi raises his kuroko in about 12 inches of water. As they grow, he will increase the depth to 15 inches or so. By their first winter, he will increase the depth more if necessary.

6. He recommends 100% water changes (essentially moving them to a new container every 4-7 days) or some large water changes within the same time period. During the first few days after a move to a new pond or a large water change, the baby ranchu will put on body growth. During the last several days of the water change cycle, the ranchu will put on headgrowth.

7. If possible, try to keep your water temperature at a minimum of 72 degrees F as the babies are growing, but Mr. Oishi believes the best growth rates will be seen from 75-78F.

8. If you ponds or tanks do not have good algae growth, Mr. Oishi suggests including duckweed in the kuroko�s diet.

Greetings!

rzazero — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:29:16 GMT

Merry Christmas to all!!:yess:

plz help me guys

rage — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:03:01 GMT

i have two orandas and two blue shunkins i wanna breed them never done it before its going to be my first time so need help how to mak them breeed plz help me

How do i breed

rage — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:41:11 GMT

Hey i have blue shunkins and i wanna breed them its gonna be my first time >:d< can any one help me how do i do that

issues

Ranchufan16 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:23:15 GMT

I am having a few issues with my tank, I have a 55 gallon. I have a fluval 305 and a marineland off the back 350 (both are designed for 60 or more gallons) I am also running two 60 tetra whisper air pumps. The bubbles from the air pump are starting to amass at the top of my tank creating almost a film. I have seen many other tanks with the same set up and nothing like what I am getting with these bubbles. My nitrates, ph, alkalinity, and everything is fine, my nitrites are a bit high and I am doing weekly water changes to combat that. Any and all suggestions are MUCH appreciated. Thanks!!

Fish import horror story!

bodyboarder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:25:10 GMT

Hello, My name is Jeff, ( some of you may have known me as Bodyboarder my pseudoname in the forums)
I am 49 years old and have looked after Fish in aquariums and ponds for as long as I can remember. I do not deem myself as an expert or gods gift to fishkeeping, but i try my best in keeping my fish and breeding from them. I always have had goldfish and they are my first love, I am going to relate what happened to me with my last importation of fish from the UK.
Well after much trouble and trying to sort out a situation which has occured due to strange circumstances with this Importation of fish, I think I have no alternative but to tell my story so that anyone thinking of importing fish ask yourselves is it worth all this trouble.
I have previously in 2008 and again in 2009 imported fish direct from China and singapore via an Importer in Barcelona and apart from very high prices the fish i got were of quite good quality. (some of you may have seen the pictures in the several forums i move in).
on the 12th of February 2010 i wrote an e-mail to STARFISHERIES in the UK.
IT WROTE..
Hi Andy
I have just been given your E-mail by John Parker, in Brooklyn NYC in the states via the GK site.
I am very desperate in trying to get my hands on good quality breeding stock of Ryukins & Lionheads, Or Ranchu.
John has told me you export to Europe so how can we arrange to get out some Fish??
Can you find me some good quality female Ryukins?? I also need a Pair or two of Good quality Lionheads preferably or Ranchu failling the first??
I would be very interested in seeing what fish you stock, your prices and what sizes?? I can easily order 6 large fishes 5 to 6 inches or 12 smaller ones of 2.5 to 3 inches..
and i will certainly talk it out with one or two friends so there may be even more!! :-)

I await your reply,
all the best, and kind regards

ANDY REPLIED on the 13th Feb 2010

Hi Jeff

Thank you for your email.

I am fairly certain I have all the fish you are looking for.I am also fairly sure that I can send them to you in Spain as we send fish all over the world.

The important thing is for you to give me a list of what you and your friends are looking for and an idea of your budget per fish as I have different qualities and grades of fish.Just for your information there is a lot of difference in a fancy goldfish at 5-6" over size 2-3".This being body size,stature and age.However at this larger size they are very impressive but obviously the price reflects this.That is why it is best if you could give me an idea of budget per fish this would then help me try and find what you are looking for.

I am not sure how quick you would want these but I am selecting fish out of the ponds for customers over the next coming week so I could possibly try and find what you may require as well.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Andy

I was very excited at the prospect of getting good quality fish, and replied to him.

Well I would be interested in Good quality Fish, firstly
"High backed" "Good humped" "preferably Short Tailed" Ryukins I need 3 females preferably RED/WHITE or WHITE. sizes would be 5" to 6" you cuote them at around �75.00 a head..
secondly "Well arched backed" "Good head growth" Ranchu I need 1 Male & 2 females Iwould prefer a two WHITE fish and one BLACK one
You cuote them at the same price of �150.00 a head.. So that would be my budget!
If you were as kind as to send me photos of the fish you selected for me i would be very grateful! as its important for me to see how they will look!!
My closest airports would be Malaga or Seville ( I prefer the former as Its better connected and i always use it for my Travels).
Do i need to do any paperwork on my side?? How much would this order be with all added???
I am just about talking to friends over the phone and internet so if there is more i will be contacting you later..
Thanks for the opportunity and lets see what we can buy off you :-)
Kind regards

HIS REPLY.

Thanks for the email.Before I check the fish availability I guess to fly the fish to you would be around �250.00.I could check this exactly if this cost is ok with yourself.

You would have to collect the fish from the Airport( not sure which yet) and as far as I am aware this should be fairly straight forward although it would be worth checking from your end as maybe there is some criteria which you may need my help with.

The starting point is could you confirm the freight rate is acceptable.I can then start to check things out.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Andy

I replied saying yes i agreed with the Price of the frieght, would like photos of the fish and awaited news from him.. and on the 16th informed him of my working hours and the long periods of time i would be unavailable due to my shifts and inability to carry a mobile phone on me due to work restraints.
on the same day came his reply

Sorting out the fish.Pictures will be with you Thursday evening.You can let me know if they are ok and then I will hopefully send the fish to you Monday.

I will be in touch.

Kind Regards

Andy

I replied promptly as i was very eager,
Hi Andy so I will reply to you on thursday night and If I agree( Which i am sure i will) I will promptly send you the money on Friday so the cash will be at your bank 42 hours later.
Please also send me the total amount i need to pay you, your account number to do the transaction and any details that i may need to pay you up in full.
Lastly a copy of the bill of health and an invoice numbre so i can present this at the Spanish side of things prior to collecting them OK
Once again thank you very much indeed and looking forwards to seeing the fotos..
kind regards and best wishes

his reply below, spelled out that here comes the First signs of things not going to go well !! I was willing to pay for everthing including the Bill of health..
Hi Jeff
No problem.Will need a quick reply from yourself once you have all the information so that I can action the flights etc.

As my farm is a regulated site my Government does not require me to send with the fish any bill of health as this is all checked when we buy the fish otherwise they would not be able to enter into the UK.My site is also checked on a regular basis by our Government.

We have sent quite a number of fish into Europe and this has not been a problem and I believe Spain has no controls in place for diseases affecting Goldfish so again this should not be a problem.

I will send the photos through on Thursday and I look forward to hearing from you.Bank details will be supplied at the time but I must stress the money must be in my account prior to Monday and I wiill have to pay the freight on Friday.I hope this is ok.
Kind Regards
So the bill of health was not needed!! I was not unduly worried and this was a big mistake on my part..
I then replied

Hi Andy
Do You want me to get the money in Tomorrow Wednesday?? If so Reply with details and amount OK! If i do not hear from you tonight or early tomorrow morning i will get the money in on Thrusday.. I think there should be no problems with the money reaching your account promptly OK.

Thanks for clearing that theres no problem with the health bill then its fine by me, I thought this were still in place, I stand corrected..
Ok awaiting your reply with details

to which he replied
Thursday will be ok.You need to agree what fish you would like and I am just awaiting exact flight costing before I take any money.
I am not around tomorrow but sorting all this out on Thursday for you.
We normally take payment by Card which avoids any problems but if you can get the money into the account by Monday that is fine.

I will be in touch.

Kind Regards

The following day i wrote back to him 17thFeb 2010

Andy try passing me your details and bank account ASAP, so i can quickly get to do the Transfer on Thursday so the money will be in the account even sooner OK ( If you can send them of later tonight!!)
Thanks again
looking forwards to the seeing the fish.

arrg

afertuna — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:34:15 GMT

Some days you wake up and wonder why you do this. Today is just that went to feed and found a couple issues in a couple tanks. I hate it when this happens.I will get over it and they will be fine I have just been issue free for so long I was really enjoying it. LOL cant ever relax can you.:me:

Fingers crossed

afertuna — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:12:42 GMT

My f2 black bristols are spawning!!! I have them breeding back to some extreamly amazing longbodied Moores with long flowing finnage. I hope they do well and I get a great hatch. I am hoping to achieve a A solid black Bristol. I also have my metalic yellow commons with some of my Bristols. I want to achieve a metallic yellow on a Bristol. Dont know if its possible or not thought I would give it a try.Both of these are going to be seperate from my main Bristol lines. Those guys have spawned 8 times in the last week!!!!! Gary most of the ones I got from you were males LOL! which is great I had a shortage of males. so in my Main Bristols two major lines the Valerie Burtson line and the Gary hater lines. Michelle yours are Burtson line.

Bristols

afertuna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:50:46 GMT

Gary I dont know how you do it:worship::worship: Hand spawning large bristols is like oil wrestling eels lol. But I did it. Between the mops,the matts and the handspawning I am overwelmed with eggs right now. LOL I hope that they will be a great hatch for me. I am extreamly happy right now

Part 5: Jones Fish Hatchery -plants and Infrastructure

Cincy Ranchu — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:12:01 GMT

Back,

Just a quick clip of their oxygen tank;

I had to show some of the marginal plants and infrastructure, It is still a little early for the plants, but some of the new varieties are pretty cool;

I almost forgot a quick shot of some small golden orfes. The clip also shows the pure oxygen diffusers;

Lastly, a pictures of some fountains and some of the ponds that house hybrid striped bass and Amurs;

I had a great time, I left with some Prazi, some light bulbs and a new plant extract for shedding bacteria that is supposed to be similair to Melafix but a different plant and at a hicher concentration.

WWW.JonesFish.com

If you order a catalog it is my grandson on the back cover and Ada( the GM) is my son..

Cheers GH