I didn’t realize how much I had missed Lemont until I started watching these older videos. He didn’t have Dean’s charisma, but his knowledge overall on fish was comparable to Deans. You, Dean and Lemont sitting in a room talking fish would be pure gold! Love to all at the Coop!
Such an old video but I’ve been hunting down all your goldfish videos because I’m goldfish obsessed. I think you should do more goldfish stuff this year (2019) 🙂. I feed repashy gold, repashy soilent Green, saki hilari, some North fin, brine shrimp, emerald green, blood worms, daphnia, and my goldfish love spinach, peas, and broccoli. Think I’ll try some cucumber bits tomorrow.
This video demonstrates the reasons I subscribed to your channel. You are so thorough yet still realistic when it comes to fish keeping, while staying non bias. At least from what I can see. I've been keeping goldfish for 24 years and I'd say your info was very accurate and It even caused me to question all my fish food choices.
Anthony's Outdoors Hi I hope you don't mind me asking but what is the largest tank you keep for a goldfish? Two years ago a carnival and a ping-pong ball brought us Bernard. He has grown huge. I'm told a goldfish will always outgrow the tank. Do you find that to be true? We need to move him out of the 10 gallon tank but we would like to be able to get a tank big enough that he can live his life in. I am understanding one fish equals 40 to 50 gallon tank. But will he grow too big for that tank? Just wondering what your opinion is. ❤️🌞
I feed my goldfish depending on the water temperature/ season. The feed packages I buy normally last about a month. So, for example, in July and June when the temperature is usually 26+ I give colour-enhancing feed with 45% protein. In August when it's cooler and in January when the central heating is at maximum, making the temperature around 24-26 degrees, I give regular tropical feed with 40% protein. In May and September when the weather is cold, but the central heating isn't working, dropping the temperature below 22, I give fish food for herbivores with 30% protein. When the temperature is 22-24 degrees, I give regular goldfish feed with 35% protein.
I feed a mixture of saki hikari, hikari lion head, hikari wheatgerm, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, assorted veggies depending on what I have and nutrifin flakes (as filler to make my feeder work properly when I need to use it). This mixture seems to work well. My fish have grown quite larger and have started spawning a couples times each spring.
My Oranda ate so much it was upside down but fighting so hard to right side up. I put it in a fry net with a large Anubis. It was able to take a break wedging itself between the leaf and net wall. It was smart because it stayed there. Next morning it pooped and I didn't feed it two days because I was concerned of muscle or internal damage. It's all healthy now buddy as cute as it is I'm not feeding it. Got it from King Discus in Tukwila. I look forward to seeing you guys in the Seattle area.
So true it seems any sole can go get fish and they are hard work and you must know what you're doing I do not agree with fair fish I have one and it's killed all my exsotic ones there evil lol.
Another great video as always, Corey! IMHO, you have the most informative and thorough aquarium channel on YT. Hopefully in time more people will begin to recognize what an invaluable resource this is, and your sub count will shoot through the roof. It's also nice to see Lamont(?) starting to add more to the discussion, he's an interesting guy, and I can tell that he has a lot more to offer. Anyways, I hope you're having a great Sunday!
My room temp here in Sarasota Florida is 78-ish... That's inside the house with central air conditioning... With a lid, light and a sponge filter or air stone(a lot of my tanks have no filter, only an air stone and tons of plants), my water Temps are 80-81... I have zero heaters running, there was 5 days this winter that I had to pull out a heater for my 125 in the garage... It houses my clown loach collection, the biggest 4 are at the 6" range... They're quite chunky...! Anyway, with my warm water Temps, goldfish have have done well for me, I have only purchased some feeder comets for an outdoor 900 gallon pond for duckweed consumption, but I have acquired a 4 pack of black moors and they stayed constantly un-well until I sold em to a local store... Another pair of some dumb looking "fancy" goldfish acquired from someone else with same results... I'm not really ever interested in any of the "fancies", I do kinda like the concerts though, since they can actually swim like a fish should...! Thanks for more free education though...! Keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...!
Good info! I've had my FG for about 6 weeks so I'm still learning. I've been feeding mostly Repashy gel. I also tried making a homemade gel food out of broccoli, kale, canned pumpkin, canned salmon, garlic, paprika, probiotic. They loved it but I didn't add enough gelatin so it was very messy in the tank and I tossed it. I will be feeding more brine shrimp, bloodworms, and veggies now.
i take it you have never seen a dollar stoke steak... lol this is interesting stuff to me, i never got into goldfish because im more into planted tanks. It's good to know more about them, even if i don't ever keep them.
Omg! I already love you guys for being so informative, but for me this video came at a perfect time. I’ve never had goldfish being a planted tank kind of grrrl, however I recently adopted a 4 year old male fantail goldfish that was living in a tiny half filled tank in a community college library. He just came home two days ago. Before bringing him home I purchased Omega One GF Flakes because I couldn’t find anything else. This information has been sooooo helpful to me. I’ve researched diets for fantail goldfish and was getting incredibly frustrated. Now I know what to feed and important things to look for. Thank you both so much!
@@AquariumCoop I'm excited about making my very first order from you all today. I can't wait to receive the food for my new goldfish fellow. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge, and for having high quality products.
Just found this video as I've got a new Fancy Goldfish. I also wonder how much of the issue with floating foods is feeding pellets that are too big. I'm going with smaller pellets, hoping that might mitigate/prevent the issue in my new Goldfish. Trying to figure out what to feed. It's a little more confusing for me as he's out in my tub pond and it will soon be Winter here in California. I'm doing my best to feed him properly for the season. I looked at a lot of koi and goldfish pond resources and they say a wheat germ based food is best for colder water temps, so that's what I'm going with. I've got Hikari Cichlid Excel and Hikari Goldfish Wheat Germ for now. I may try Omeag One Wheat Germ pellets too. I'll try to branch out with other foods in the Spring/Summer. So far, I'm concerned about sinking pellets dropping out of sight and getting lost in the substrate of my tub pond and not getting eaten. Many years ago I rescued some badly treated fancy goldfish. The Ryukin ended up with horrendous swim bladder issues from his prior neglect. I cured them all with homemade gel food, because Repashy didn't exist. My parents thought I was nuts, cooking for my goldfish, but everyone with thrilled and impressed when the fish stopped floating upside down. Veggie jar baby food and gelatin plus some blanched frozen peas. Eventually I got them on frozen Emerald Entree and they did really well. 😊
UV Sterilizers do I need one and why? or why not? This was so helpful, I've never had a Goldfish before and was worried about what to feed it. Turns out I have a lot of the foods on had for my other fish so YAY. And some great ideas on foods to try out.
Ok so i live way up north in northern British Columbia Canada some of the food products you suggest are not available to me here so what I would like to know is what ingredients should we avoid feeding are fish like for example I avoid feeding corn meal added colour or artificial flavours to my dogs and cats. Thank you and keep doing what you do i so appreciate your dedication to this hobby
i love seeing videos like this, i'm a pet nutritionist and care about every pet's nutrition whether it's a tetra or a great dane! personally my goldfish do really well on Omega One pellets, API algae pellets, and Repashy soi lent green, and i'm so with you on Aqueon being a shit food hahaha. i don't get the hype with New Life Spectrum, it doesn't appear to be a very high-quality product, considering it uses a few fillers as well as anonymous "fish meal", but hey to each his own
I’ve got 4 common goldfish and they are spoiled little fish. I bought them duckweed from some online shop and they didn’t even touch it 🙄 It’s pretty much wasted purchase. I tried mixing it aka sneaking it into home safe gel food and steamed egg 😺
It's a personal choice. The stream is about different factors to take into consideration. They give the info and suggestions but it's your choice at the end of the day
Thank you Cory for your advice about getting a fish that eats plants (too much overgrowth from Easy Green). I decided on having goldfish and they are munching down on my duckweed! I can tell from their green poops. I wonder if I should just put a goldfish in each and every tank that I have. :)
Someone released koi fish in pond I fish at a huge one but do they survive in cold winters? It gets -20 below zero up here where I live I wanted to catch a few sell them maybe
So I guess I can keep feeding my goldfish the floating pellets. I don't know if there's more common for the fancy ones to get problems. I have a couple of comets which I feed floating pellets and freeze dried blood worms.
Hey Cory, you should do a Livestream or video on different diseases and parasites, and the best way to cure them. Also, thanks for doing what your doing
I haven't undertaken the project, as it's so massive to actually pull it off in a manor that will be beneficial. It is on my to do list, It's probably a 6 month project though.
+1deaver I think DIY gel foods can be great, it's just hard to get a mix going that the fish want to eat, as well as the right mixture of gel to food ratio so they fish CAN eat it, different strength of gel for fry/adults and size of fish etc.
I haven't used it so it would be hard for me to weigh in on it. What I do know is northfin food comes at a premium price. I think frozen foods would be a better choice.
Aquarium Co-Op thank for the feedback, it’s much appreciated! I’m currently using it on my goldfish as a staple, don’t mind paying a bit extra (especially because I live in Canada so it’s ver accessible here), but will be sure to switch it up with frozen foods and peas 😁👍🏼.
Cool video Corey We have a problem here in Canada in some of our lakes that goldfish have killed off other fish population. I was also told that they destroyed all of the plants on the lake bottom. In the wild they are destructive. but i did not know brine shrimp were a laxative. do you know how long of a process it is to chuck peas lol I thought i knew a lot about goldfish but wow i was wrong. This is a great series.. Thumbs up
+AQUA NUT Usually you'd just use frozen peas and when thawed, you'd just smush the pea insides out into the tank. As the shell itself isn't good for digestion.
Yeah we make a batch at a time. That's what i meant by chucking the shell. We make up batches of our own home made fish food. our goldies love it. We use all fresh organic produce fresh Tilapia It lets us control what they are eating. Most people wont go that far though. But if you mix it in with quality food like we do im sure its a lot more healthy for them then flakes or pellets all of the time.
Oh i did not know that was a thing i will have to look in to that. It sounds like it would work great in a gel food. A subscriber of mine recommended organic pea baby food. I will look into both options. I sure know i wont be doing it the hard way anymore lol
In addition to some other foods, I'm considering trying Hikari Seaweed Extreme to my new Fancy Goldfish, due to the high vegetable content. He seems to like it so far, but I need to switch to the medium (larger) size. He's a bit big for the small size, which is a tiny mini pellet. Any thoughts?
Would you be interested in trying Northfin goldfish food. I use the northfin cichlid formula for my African cichlids and its awesome. I'm interested to see if the goldfish formula is any good.
+tim adkins I haven't tried it. A few breeder friends tried a bunch of different blends and felt it wasn't worth the price so I personally haven't tested any of it yet.
When you talk about Aquari-yum, are you talking about the gumdrops because those are made by sanfrancisco bay too. If you aren't then I haven't seen them ever which is great since I couldnt make the mistake of buying it :P
+Aquarium Co-Op Ah, I think Aquari-yum is out of business in the food industry though, and might have sold their gumdrops to San Fran Bay since they have the gum drops (the bubble looking brine shrimp) and their normal square packaging of frozen brine shrimp. If it was the gum drops type (bubble packaging) and they did sell their brine shrimp brand to San Fran, can I expect San Fran quality from the bubble ones?
Cory do you know if frozen foods can still carry parasites which can come back to life and invade the pond or tank? Like parasite eggs that maybe dormant while frozen. What do you think? I want to be very careful about what goes into my pond and tanks when it comes to frozen foods. One of the other TH-camrs thought they could still get diseases from frozen foods but I don’t know for sure and if there is ANY chance of this.. maybe I will cook it before feeding it to the fish?
I know right! Ponds outdoors in the open get exposed to all kinds of bad things, mother nature takes over the life of the fish. My pond is an above ground pond in my large screened in room, it has roof coverage. I made it into a relaxing oasis with tropical plants and water fall built in. The roof and screen works well so no rain, bugs, birds or snakes get into it but it’s still outdoors. I do have to supply lighting to it and the plants though. I think I will cook the frozen foods for them LOL! that’s how paranoid I am LOL! over protected I guess LOL
How would you treat ich in a goldfish tank? They're "cold water" fish and most hobbyist say to raise temps and throw aquarium salt in the tank. Could you raise the temperature of a goldfish tank and they don't cook? I ask because I've had ich wipe out an entire tank before.
I know this is an older video, but I'm currently feeding my goldfish New Life Spectrum Thera A+ and Hikari Algae Wafers. I usually just throw in an algae wafer in for the day and New Life Spectrum twice a week. Thoughts? Suggestions? He's still a small fish (about 2 inches).
I know this is an old video. I've had cichlids for over 10 years and I recently decided to start a goldfish project. What do you think about feeding goldfish algae wafers? (They're crap Wardley brand but I can't find a better brand in my town).
+Rico Suave Sure, but in general I think tropheus are over fed which leads to bloat as opposed to them "needing" spirulina flake only. I've bred a few different strains of trophs and I always use the same pellets I'd feed mawali cichlids and never have run into bloat. I think the bloat stems from over feeding cause tropheus won't stop.
i was trying to focus on high quality food with high quality ingredients that people would feed their wild caught tropheus so they have an alternative to the goldfish food thats lesser grade
Sure, in general yes high quality food is high quality food. But a lot of troph guys also feed their tropheus HBH spirulina flake, which has been bought out and isn't the same quality it was etc.
hi I'm having some problems with my fancy goldfish he loves to eat but when i feed him after a while he spits the food out. I give him more food he eats it and spits its like hes hungry but something's wrong
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I didn’t realize how much I had missed Lemont until I started watching these older videos.
He didn’t have Dean’s charisma, but his knowledge overall on fish was comparable to Deans.
You, Dean and Lemont sitting in a room talking fish would be pure gold!
Love to all at the Coop!
Such an old video but I’ve been hunting down all your goldfish videos because I’m goldfish obsessed. I think you should do more goldfish stuff this year (2019) 🙂. I feed repashy gold, repashy soilent Green, saki hilari, some North fin, brine shrimp, emerald green, blood worms, daphnia, and my goldfish love spinach, peas, and broccoli. Think I’ll try some cucumber bits tomorrow.
4 years later how are your gold fish doing? That is an amazing, broad diet.
This video demonstrates the reasons I subscribed to your channel. You are so thorough yet still realistic when it comes to fish keeping, while staying non bias. At least from what I can see. I've been keeping goldfish for 24 years and I'd say your info was very accurate and It even caused me to question all my fish food choices.
Anthony's Outdoors Hi I hope you don't mind me asking but what is the largest tank you keep for a goldfish? Two years ago a carnival and a ping-pong ball brought us Bernard. He has grown huge. I'm told a goldfish will always outgrow the tank. Do you find that to be true? We need to move him out of the 10 gallon tank but we would like to be able to get a tank big enough that he can live his life in. I am understanding one fish equals 40 to 50 gallon tank. But will he grow too big for that tank? Just wondering what your opinion is. ❤️🌞
I feed my goldfish depending on the water temperature/ season. The feed packages I buy normally last about a month. So, for example, in July and June when the temperature is usually 26+ I give colour-enhancing feed with 45% protein. In August when it's cooler and in January when the central heating is at maximum, making the temperature around 24-26 degrees, I give regular tropical feed with 40% protein. In May and September when the weather is cold, but the central heating isn't working, dropping the temperature below 22, I give fish food for herbivores with 30% protein. When the temperature is 22-24 degrees, I give regular goldfish feed with 35% protein.
Classic. Love pulling these refreshers out. You should highlight this one, it's the right time of the year.
I feed a mixture of saki hikari, hikari lion head, hikari wheatgerm, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, assorted veggies depending on what I have and nutrifin flakes (as filler to make my feeder work properly when I need to use it). This mixture seems to work well. My fish have grown quite larger and have started spawning a couples times each spring.
+emma girr sounds like a winning combo
My Oranda ate so much it was upside down but fighting so hard to right side up. I put it in a fry net with a large Anubis. It was able to take a break wedging itself between the leaf and net wall. It was smart because it stayed there. Next morning it pooped and I didn't feed it two days because I was concerned of muscle or internal damage. It's all healthy now buddy as cute as it is I'm not feeding it. Got it from King Discus in Tukwila. I look forward to seeing you guys in the Seattle area.
Such a good vid. Should be required viewing for all goldfish owners.
So true it seems any sole can go get fish and they are hard work and you must know what you're doing I do not agree with fair fish I have one and it's killed all my exsotic ones there evil lol.
These guys know so much. I have been keeping fish for decades and learnt new things today
I really appreciate the tip for looking at the poop color of the day!!!
Idk... I wouldn't have thought of that hahaha
Another great video as always, Corey! IMHO, you have the most informative and thorough aquarium channel on YT. Hopefully in time more people will begin to recognize what an invaluable resource this is, and your sub count will shoot through the roof. It's also nice to see Lamont(?) starting to add more to the discussion, he's an interesting guy, and I can tell that he has a lot more to offer. Anyways, I hope you're having a great Sunday!
many people underestimate the requirements of gold fish they need a lot of care!!!!!!
@Jackson Rhoads Have you kept one alive for longer than 15 years? That seems to be a daunting task...
My room temp here in Sarasota Florida is 78-ish... That's inside the house with central air conditioning... With a lid, light and a sponge filter or air stone(a lot of my tanks have no filter, only an air stone and tons of plants), my water Temps are 80-81... I have zero heaters running, there was 5 days this winter that I had to pull out a heater for my 125 in the garage... It houses my clown loach collection, the biggest 4 are at the 6" range... They're quite chunky...! Anyway, with my warm water Temps, goldfish have have done well for me, I have only purchased some feeder comets for an outdoor 900 gallon pond for duckweed consumption, but I have acquired a 4 pack of black moors and they stayed constantly un-well until I sold em to a local store... Another pair of some dumb looking "fancy" goldfish acquired from someone else with same results... I'm not really ever interested in any of the "fancies", I do kinda like the concerts though, since they can actually swim like a fish should...! Thanks for more free education though...! Keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...!
That was helpful, thank you 🙂
Nerds on Goldfish!!😂😂😂
Thanks guys for sharing such an important and encouraging video.
this is why I love having my fish in a pond, they eat so many different bugs so free fiber from the exoskeleton.
downside is animals and dragon flies.
Awesome video and info guys, thank you! As said below me, this video is an example of why I am a subscriber of this channel.
"Reload the rant gun" lol
For anyone watching this in 2021 or later like myself, the Paradigm food is now called AAP Clay Neighbors Premium All Natural.
Good info! I've had my FG for about 6 weeks so I'm still learning. I've been feeding mostly Repashy gel. I also tried making a homemade gel food out of broccoli, kale, canned pumpkin, canned salmon, garlic, paprika, probiotic. They loved it but I didn't add enough gelatin so it was very messy in the tank and I tossed it. I will be feeding more brine shrimp, bloodworms, and veggies now.
+tracy schulties sounds great Tracy, have fun with the goldies :)
Love those suggestive products on the shelf in the back.
I was really looking forward to your views on amounts and how often.
The best protein source for goldfish is Blood Worms( larvae ) , prefer Hikari Frozen blood worms. For dry food, Omega one is a good choice.
i take it you have never seen a dollar stoke steak... lol this is interesting stuff to me, i never got into goldfish because im more into planted tanks. It's good to know more about them, even if i don't ever keep them.
Thanks for all the info! Planning on getting 4-5 Goldfish (hopefully some vailtails) sometime next month 👍
I've learned so much! Thank you!
+Marissa Murphy Glad to hear it Marissa. This is exactly why we do the show :)
Omg! I already love you guys for being so informative, but for me this video came at a perfect time. I’ve never had goldfish being a planted tank kind of grrrl, however I recently adopted a 4 year old male fantail goldfish that was living in a tiny half filled tank in a community college library. He just came home two days ago. Before bringing him home I purchased Omega One GF Flakes because I couldn’t find anything else. This information has been sooooo helpful to me. I’ve researched diets for fantail goldfish and was getting incredibly frustrated. Now I know what to feed and important things to look for. Thank you both so much!
Good luck, the reality is, a varied diet of fish foods will do well for ya.
Thank you!
@@AquariumCoop I'm excited about making my very first order from you all today. I can't wait to receive the food for my new goldfish fellow. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge, and for having high quality products.
Thank you for a very educational video.
This is still primo content! Thanks!
Do clove oil to semi paralyze them after the swim bladder to help their muscles relax and realine.
Very informative
Just found this video as I've got a new Fancy Goldfish. I also wonder how much of the issue with floating foods is feeding pellets that are too big. I'm going with smaller pellets, hoping that might mitigate/prevent the issue in my new Goldfish. Trying to figure out what to feed. It's a little more confusing for me as he's out in my tub pond and it will soon be Winter here in California. I'm doing my best to feed him properly for the season. I looked at a lot of koi and goldfish pond resources and they say a wheat germ based food is best for colder water temps, so that's what I'm going with. I've got Hikari Cichlid Excel and Hikari Goldfish Wheat Germ for now. I may try Omeag One Wheat Germ pellets too. I'll try to branch out with other foods in the Spring/Summer. So far, I'm concerned about sinking pellets dropping out of sight and getting lost in the substrate of my tub pond and not getting eaten.
Many years ago I rescued some badly treated fancy goldfish. The Ryukin ended up with horrendous swim bladder issues from his prior neglect. I cured them all with homemade gel food, because Repashy didn't exist. My parents thought I was nuts, cooking for my goldfish, but everyone with thrilled and impressed when the fish stopped floating upside down. Veggie jar baby food and gelatin plus some blanched frozen peas. Eventually I got them on frozen Emerald Entree and they did really well. 😊
Man I been feeding that wardly shrimp sinking for years,no problems,and have fish older than my 11 year old daughter, moderation is the key
UV Sterilizers do I need one and why? or why not?
This was so helpful, I've never had a Goldfish before and was worried about what to feed it. Turns out I have a lot of the foods on had for my other fish so YAY. And some great ideas on foods to try out.
What to feed your goldfish and how often.........
Ok so i live way up north in northern British Columbia Canada some of the food products you suggest are not available to me here so what I would like to know is what ingredients should we avoid feeding are fish like for example I avoid feeding corn meal added colour or artificial flavours to my dogs and cats. Thank you and keep doing what you do i so appreciate your dedication to this hobby
i love seeing videos like this, i'm a pet nutritionist and care about every pet's nutrition whether it's a tetra or a great dane! personally my goldfish do really well on Omega One pellets, API algae pellets, and Repashy soi lent green, and i'm so with you on Aqueon being a shit food hahaha. i don't get the hype with New Life Spectrum, it doesn't appear to be a very high-quality product, considering it uses a few fillers as well as anonymous "fish meal", but hey to each his own
I’ve got 4 common goldfish and they are spoiled little fish. I bought them duckweed from some online shop and they didn’t even touch it 🙄 It’s pretty much wasted purchase. I tried mixing it aka sneaking it into home safe gel food and steamed egg 😺
I love most of your videos but at 10 minutes in I still don’t know what to feed my goldfish
It's a personal choice. The stream is about different factors to take into consideration. They give the info and suggestions but it's your choice at the end of the day
Is freeze dried brine shrimp as good as live?
Thank you Cory for your advice about getting a fish that eats plants (too much overgrowth from Easy Green). I decided on having goldfish and they are munching down on my duckweed! I can tell from their green poops. I wonder if I should just put a goldfish in each and every tank that I have. :)
my goldfish's poop is white. what does it mean and how do i treat it ?
What are your thoughts on fasting? Is it necessary in health fish eating good quality food?
I like the new food line of azoo wich is a brend from 🇹🇼 taiwan verynice!
what do you think about dried mealworm for goldfish as a snack or supplement?
Corey what are your opinions on Mizuho Gold Fish Pellets?
Someone released koi fish in pond I fish at a huge one but do they survive in cold winters? It gets -20 below zero up here where I live I wanted to catch a few sell them maybe
So I guess I can keep feeding my goldfish the floating pellets. I don't know if there's more common for the fancy ones to get problems. I have a couple of comets which I feed floating pellets and freeze dried blood worms.
Fancies are more prone to problems yes. Just make sure to feed a varied diet and you should do well.
great video. i didnt know wardley brand was not so great.
+Jj I'm sure someone will chime in how they love it. But in my opinion it's one of the worst fish food manufacturers.
Hey Cory, you should do a Livestream or video on different diseases and parasites, and the best way to cure them. Also, thanks for doing what your doing
I haven't undertaken the project, as it's so massive to actually pull it off in a manor that will be beneficial. It is on my to do list, It's probably a 6 month project though.
Aquarium Co-Op Oh ok thanks Cory! keep up the hard work. you're killing it!
yea goldfish!!
some very interesting points. what do u think of diy gel foods? I do buy NlS in bulk, I take some in a container and keep the rest in the feezer.
+1deaver I think DIY gel foods can be great, it's just hard to get a mix going that the fish want to eat, as well as the right mixture of gel to food ratio so they fish CAN eat it, different strength of gel for fry/adults and size of fish etc.
Aquarium Co-Op i used optimum food is it good?
The Fish Closet 2
Older talk, but I’m curious what your opinion is on Northfin Goldfish food?
I haven't used it so it would be hard for me to weigh in on it. What I do know is northfin food comes at a premium price. I think frozen foods would be a better choice.
Aquarium Co-Op thank for the feedback, it’s much appreciated! I’m currently using it on my goldfish as a staple, don’t mind paying a bit extra (especially because I live in Canada so it’s ver accessible here), but will be sure to switch it up with frozen foods and peas 😁👍🏼.
Can you comment on using frozen pease for fancy goldfish, particularly petit poi’s
White string poop is really bad?
Cool video Corey We have a problem here in Canada in some of our lakes that goldfish have killed off other fish population. I was also told that they destroyed all of the plants on the lake bottom. In the wild they are destructive. but i did not know brine shrimp were a laxative. do you know how long of a process it is to chuck peas lol I thought i knew a lot about goldfish but wow i was wrong. This is a great series.. Thumbs up
+AQUA NUT Usually you'd just use frozen peas and when thawed, you'd just smush the pea insides out into the tank. As the shell itself isn't good for digestion.
Yeah we make a batch at a time. That's what i meant by chucking the shell. We make up batches of our own home made fish food. our goldies love it. We use all fresh organic produce fresh Tilapia It lets us control what they are eating. Most people wont go that far though. But if you mix it in with quality food like we do im sure its a lot more healthy for them then flakes or pellets all of the time.
+AQUA NUT If you're going to add it into home made food. I'd recommend possibly buying pea powder to save you time.
Oh i did not know that was a thing i will have to look in to that. It sounds like it would work great in a gel food. A subscriber of mine recommended organic pea baby food. I will look into both options. I sure know i wont be doing it the hard way anymore lol
could you feed goldfish or any of aquarium fish greens from a supermarket
In addition to some other foods, I'm considering trying Hikari Seaweed Extreme to my new Fancy Goldfish, due to the high vegetable content. He seems to like it so far, but I need to switch to the medium (larger) size. He's a bit big for the small size, which is a tiny mini pellet. Any thoughts?
What's the difference to the fish from frozen products to freeze dried products ex. Bloodworms. Brine shrimp.
Essentially nothing.
interesting your comments, but i am interested in hikari lionhead food and the purple bag also, what is your opinion on these products?
Decent products for dry food, no dry food is revolutionary and all the ways mentioned in this video are still good advice.
please help ... I have a fatty butterfly fantail ... and I think one of his gill plates is stuck open... what should I do
How do I cure swim bladder problem with my ryukin
Would you be interested in trying Northfin goldfish food. I use the northfin cichlid formula for my African cichlids and its awesome. I'm interested to see if the goldfish formula is any good.
+tim adkins I haven't tried it. A few breeder friends tried a bunch of different blends and felt it wasn't worth the price so I personally haven't tested any of it yet.
When you talk about Aquari-yum, are you talking about the gumdrops because those are made by sanfrancisco bay too. If you aren't then I haven't seen them ever which is great since I couldnt make the mistake of buying it :P
+; Expected Yeah, aquari-yums. Which has sanfran brine which is good and then a bunch of poor things like their blood worms etc.
+Aquarium Co-Op Ah, I think Aquari-yum is out of business in the food industry though, and might have sold their gumdrops to San Fran Bay since they have the gum drops (the bubble looking brine shrimp) and their normal square packaging of frozen brine shrimp.
If it was the gum drops type (bubble packaging) and they did sell their brine shrimp brand to San Fran, can I expect San Fran quality from the bubble ones?
Cory do you know if frozen foods can still carry parasites which can come back to life and invade the pond or tank? Like parasite eggs that maybe dormant while frozen. What do you think? I want to be very careful about what goes into my pond and tanks when it comes to frozen foods. One of the other TH-camrs thought they could still get diseases from frozen foods but I don’t know for sure and if there is ANY chance of this.. maybe I will cook it before feeding it to the fish?
Sure, there is a chance this can happen. Far more likely that the pond being outside will run into animal droppings for parasites before frozen foods.
I know right! Ponds outdoors in the open get exposed to all kinds of bad things, mother nature takes over the life of the fish. My pond is an above ground pond in my large screened in room, it has roof coverage. I made it into a relaxing oasis with tropical plants and water fall built in. The roof and screen works well so no rain, bugs, birds or snakes get into it but it’s still outdoors. I do have to supply lighting to it and the plants though. I think I will cook the frozen foods for them LOL! that’s how paranoid I am LOL! over protected I guess LOL
How would you treat ich in a goldfish tank? They're "cold water" fish and most hobbyist say to raise temps and throw aquarium salt in the tank. Could you raise the temperature of a goldfish tank and they don't cook? I ask because I've had ich wipe out an entire tank before.
I would use Aquarium Solutions Ich X.
I know this is an older video, but I'm currently feeding my goldfish New Life Spectrum Thera A+ and Hikari Algae Wafers. I usually just throw in an algae wafer in for the day and New Life Spectrum twice a week. Thoughts? Suggestions? He's still a small fish (about 2 inches).
+Corpsealot add in some roughage like daphnia or duckweed
are Hikari brine shimp a good alternative?
+Corpsealot it can be a part of well rounded diet yes
I know this is an old video. I've had cichlids for over 10 years and I recently decided to start a goldfish project. What do you think about feeding goldfish algae wafers? (They're crap Wardley brand but I can't find a better brand in my town).
I think you could find a better food, but goldfish will eat anything.
Top 5 goldfish?
What filter would you use for a 55 gallon with 3 fancies? Looking for dependable
I'd use a aquaclear 70
Maybe using a food for tropheus would be up some people alleys
+Rico Suave Sure, but in general I think tropheus are over fed which leads to bloat as opposed to them "needing" spirulina flake only. I've bred a few different strains of trophs and I always use the same pellets I'd feed mawali cichlids and never have run into bloat. I think the bloat stems from over feeding cause tropheus won't stop.
i was trying to focus on high quality food with high quality ingredients that people would feed their wild caught tropheus so they have an alternative to the goldfish food thats lesser grade
Sure, in general yes high quality food is high quality food. But a lot of troph guys also feed their tropheus HBH spirulina flake, which has been bought out and isn't the same quality it was etc.
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hi I'm having some problems with my fancy goldfish he loves to eat but when i feed him after a while he spits the food out. I give him more food he eats it and spits its like hes hungry but something's wrong
Have you done quarantine meds on it? Something like a deworming such as general cure?
i have no idea about this
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