Like humans, goldies do best on a mixed diet. So rotating pellets, gel food, bloodworms, and the ocassional veggie treat is a great way to go. Nori seaweed (the stuff they wrap sushi in) is loved by a lot of fish too.
+Isabella Chang Of course I can talk. Tried giving it to my boys and they ignored it. :p Oh well, they still love peas and tiny bits of broccoli Florettes.
+Phil Bolton i plan on getting bloodworms for my fish and I plan on giving cucumbers for mine. 2 of my goldfish died, one from getting sucked into the filter (cri evry tim) and one disappearing (tragic)
Both of my goldies love their vegetables so much they have figured out how to bang on their DIY veggie clip (so it just clicks against the tank) I've gotten to the point where I'm offering small amounts of leafy greens almost every day. I've found them to be so much more active and generally in good goldfish spirits.
I just bought an Oranda, Black Moor and a Pearlscale goldfish. They are only about an inch long each so I guess they are still babies. The Saki-Hikari is the food I chose for them and after seeing this I am glad I shelled out the extra $. I want them to grow up to be healthy and gorgeous like yours so these videos are very helpful.
Va Rose hi I just wanted to say be sure your blackmoor goldfish gets food they are very slow swimmers compared to the other goldfish and may not get any food.
@@sarahshultz3890 i have a black moor and a shubunkin, and the black moor doesnt get as much food because the other eats most of it. How do I make sure they both eat the write amount? Thank you
Solid Gold Aquatics I had a query. How much and how often should you feed two fantail goldfish? I have had them for over a year and a half now. I feed them hikari goldfish sinking sticks, so how many should I feed each how many times a day? All the advice on goldfish feeding is so haywire on the internet and I am confused. Do help Solid Gold Aquatics!!
I finally understood how to feed my fish and from the rest of your videos I understood everything I didn't understand before about taking care of goldfish. Thank you very much! Greetings from Serbia!
that was a good video I've been keeping fish for like 30 years and I'm still learning it's amazing what you can learn from The younger generation thank you very much keep up the good work
I feed my goldfish New Life Spectrum and they love it. :) My two current fish have been on it their whole lives, and they are BIG and vibrantly-colored!
I just got my first Common Goldfish!! I have been watching your videos since last year, I was so inspired that I started the fish hobby with a Medaka, then Corydoras Panda, then Guppies and now I am expanding to Goldifsh!! I am really excited to learn more about Goldfish!!
Hey i was wondering do you feed them 1% of their body mass per day or per portion ? PS: ive been OBSESSED with your videos ive watch all of the essentials and im planning soon to have 2 butterflies telescope because i found that your videos are very instructive and shows an other side of goldfish that i never saw ( i always saw the typical tiny goldfish in a bowl thingy ( So cruel)) but now i see art pieces and lovable little creatures :) thanks for all your instructives videos !
Dear Jennie, I've been watching You for many months and im a massive fan. I might get an 80 gallon tank for my birthday and my parents said if I got one then they would take me out to buy 2 fancy goldfish. These would also be my first fancy goldfish :)Anyway, I really want a calendar and parents are getting me one on christmas day. Your sincerly, Dylan Baker
I'm learning so much from jennie I have my fish named Umi, she's 9 months old and now she's doing well and being sociable to my family.thanks to Jennie's advice
Just bought 6 baby goldfish... I feed them mainly on freezed or dried bloodworms bought in plastic can.... They simply loved it... The bloodworms diet bring out bright colour of the fish...
I switch between pellets and I make sure my flakes sink or I hand feed with flakes but pellets are really good, I also use a dry to wet brine shrimp. I love this video it's so helpful!!! Thank you!!
Thanks to a friend I've got three different kinds of food pellets. New Life Spectrum, the Purple Hikari, and Omega One veggie. So I just alternate between them, along with a daily cube of gel food, and blood worms or veggies about 2-3 times a week. Just be sure that whatever you feed is a sinking food, anfd that you only feed as much as they'll polish off in a couple of minutes.
I mix everything into my rapashy goldfish. Worms, brine and mysis shrimp, and veggies. No mess and they eat every morsel. I even crush up my ski hikari and mix it in the rapashy gold.
I feed my fish flakes. Like all floating food it sinks eventually but I remove it before that happens. So basically my fish have to go to the surface to eat. I have done this for a year with these gold fish and nothing bad has happened. But now I am worried, should I change to sinking food or will they be okay? Also they used to be in an unfiltered tank. And now they are in a filtered tank. They seem to be floating every now and again. But then they are fine again after the filter is turned off. I really want to keep the filter in there but I think it's the problem. What do you think I should do?
I love your VDO Jennie. I have joined the goldfish club and all the members there suggested to me that they fed their fish steamed eggs or egg tofu. It is to get their goldfish larger and fat and can sell for good price. I have tried it and my fish love it. Only problem is the water need changing very often. Anyone reading this can try it. What I have done is put egg in a little bowl... add a bit of water and beat it. then wrap the bowl with clingwrap...then 40 seconds in microwave. Then you got your fish food. 1 egg is way enough. Have fun creating your fish food.
I have 2 Shubunkins and I switched them off flake food because my fish were gulping air and one of them was listing to the side. feeding pellets for a week or two fixed it. gulping air can still affect comet bodied fish too.
I have comet goldfish but I'm afraid to feed them sinking pellets because they have large gravel rocks and I feel as though they may ingest them and die. Should I buy aquarium sand?
yes definitely get aquarium sand. the ancestor of the goldfish, naturally scavenges for food at the bottom, they sift through the sand, they do swallow sand, but it is natural, because they are designed to sift through the sand looking for bits of food, this is hard to do, safely, with gravel.
Omg thx so much for all the info! I’m a new goldfish owner to a male, Shubunkin goldfish named Altum! I have learned so much on how to care for him and give him the right diet!
I'm in Australia and this has been really helpful I have Orandas and fan tails and i have been having so much trouble with swim bladder disease you cant get saki hikari here so i got Hikari LIONHEAD MINI 350G - Premium Grade Lionhead, Oranda, Azumanishiki and Ranchu sinking pellets i really hope they work =)
Hi, I just bought 2 comet goldfish 5 days ago and I've been feeding them fish pellets only since I didn't knew bout the other things and the place where I bought them from said that I could feed them fish pellets only and it would be fine too and they would still be healthy, but I want to make sure if that's okay? Also the Saki pellets brand that you recommend, would that be okay to feed comet goldfish and koi fish too or some other brand would be better? And I saw a video on UA-cam bout this guy telling how feeding goldfish with peas would help them with constipation and feeding them at least once a week would also help prevent them from being constipated but which veggie would you recommend that would the best to feed them? I know you talk a bit bout it in this video but I wanted to ask to make sure since I know every fish has a diff diet routine. Btw my comet goldfish aren't very big yet, as for my other 2 goldfish since I got it from a friend I'm not sure what type goldfish it is
I’ve fed my goldfish frozen (and then thawed) bloodworms every day for the past 2 years or so. They seem healthy and very active. I’m Gonna consider adding hikari pellets though.
Hi Solid Gold! I don’t expect you to answer this but anyone who knows more about Goldfish than me please help! I just got my Black Moor, Nerbert, and I would like some help. So far he is basically 3” from head to tail. He is in a 10 gallon tank right now. The guy at Pet Smart said that he is going to need a 30 gal when he gets older, but then I go and read articles and I either get 10 gal minimum or another said 10 gal for a whole adult! I have a great filter on it, which actually produces a lot of bubbles since the water has a longer way to fall. He loves trying to swim up it and is very active so far. I do feed flakes but like a few others I feed it right by the filter so that it sinks. I have basically never seen him feed off the top, just scavenging or catching it as it floats down. I have a small heater in there that keeps it around 72F, and I feed him once at night and once in the morning. I’ve watched your growth video as well, so here are my questions. 1. How big do you think he will get? 2. Should I feed less or more? 3. Will he need a bigger tank? 4. Do you think he will need a bubbler? 5. Anything else you notice from my description that you want to tip me off about?
the hat wearing gamer . I absolutely love this comment. After 20 mins of in depth conversation and all the lengthy comments from people asking how and what to feed you said " I just feed mine till there full". It really made me laugh.
There are actually formulae for calculating the approximate weight of goldfish without needing to weigh them. For long-bodied goldfish breeds it is length x length x length x 1.8 / 100. So, for example, if a comet goldfish is 10 cm long, we get 10x10x10x1.8/100 = 18 g.
I've read in an article that if you feed your goldfish peas too often it will cause a serious issue in your fish not being able to absorb the proper nutrients from their food, so only feed your goldfish peas once or twice a week at most, unless it's a swim bladder problem.
Hey i bought saki-hikari off the back of your vid and my 5 fish love them but u got to soak em ...i also feed them frozen blood worm and frozen brine shrimp from time to time. flake food works if u soak them in a cup of tank water and then pour in all around the tank they sink..yeah never surface feed! plus my fish get sunlight all day so they have lots of algae to eat and peck at that all day ;0) so i feed them once a day sometimes twice but i split the portion if i do... overfeeding is a major cause of goldfish and fancies death. Fishes stomachs are very very small as in sure you know Anyway i recently discovered your channel keep up the good work ! Lot of love from South London UK !! Jonny and the 5 fish (Huckleberry Finn / Bowie the Piggy / Fiddy / the Toad and Ghosty)
I feed my fish flake food 3 times a week, but what I do is get a pair of tweezers ( only used for this ) and a put it underwater and it sinks. Is that ok? Is it still bad for my goldfish?
Dude I have been feeding both of my gold fish flakes for the past 4 years . And they both are very healthy and have seem to do better then when I fed my old one pelits
I have my white comet goldfish eating Omega one whole sea food protein medium pellets because it was what my pet store had! I plan to buy her some food off Amazon next month that is more healthy for her!
Thank you! I bought flakes and I highly recommend to stay away from flake food. I bought a bigver tank, bought Omega one pellets and they do sink. I will buy the one you are using in the future.
For 8 years, I have had a Red Fantail, Black Moor and Common Goldfish living in a 6x4x2ft aquarium with 2 internal filters. I feed them floating pellets and Goldfish flakes every night before I go to bed and have done this since I got them, just gradually increasing the amounts over the years. I've never had buoyancy issues with them ever although my Red Fantail did get Ich a few months back and has had some sort of injury/growth on her side after having her for 7 or 8 months. Her problem though has never effected her in any way, shape or form. I do a 10-20% water change every Sunday and have had a certain routine for feeding them since I got them. I pour about 20 pellets into my hand in front of the glass so the fish can see me doing so then I put the pellets into the tank. Afterwards I shake the flake food pot above the water to let them know it's feeding time (like a dinner bell) and they race to the surface. I then put roughly enough flakes in that would lightly cover the palm of my hand. My Common is a 12 inch long female, my Red Fantail is a 8 inch long female and my Black Moor is a 10 inch long male. Every 3-4 months, I do buy a pack of frozen bloodworms as a treat and I put 2 cubes in the morning as a treat then in the evening I give them their normal meal. Not once have I had any problems with their health or swimming other than my Red Fantail's 2 incidents. I'm not trying to disagree with Solid Gold's opinion but I am just trying to say that it just depends on the individual fish and owner on what the meals should be, whether floating or sinking. Good luck and happy fish keeping to you all!
Ive been growing duckweed in a bucket with some of the water and the dirt that comes out of the filter sponge. Its a high protein green thats a healthy suppliment and its free. They seem to like it in my pond.
That isn't that old for a goldfish, I knew someone who Kept a goldfish in a bow and it had a sad miserable existence for almost 5 years. its growth was stunted and it was unhealthy but survived. If properly taken care of they can live upwards of 20+ years (record being around 50! i believe) and turn out as large 8 to 12 inches depending on species and be healthy and magnificent creatures!
Katie A Katie, I feed mine, i have 3, every other day because it reduces the need to clean and the water stays a lot cleaner. I think what you are doing is most important, the bigger the tank the less you have to worry with it. Tanks don't clean themselves, but the more space you have the better you can build a mini-ecosystem that is less dependent on you fussing with it. People always have 1000 rules and I live to break them. Mine live with harlequin rasboras and cherry barbs, something everyone will tell you not to do, but they get along fine, and the rasboras and barbs are fine as long as the temp is over 60.
Great video! It gave me a lot to think about. The staple of my goldfishes diet is pond stick pellets, as they live in an outdoor pond in the summer months. They float, and I don't think sinking food would work well in my pond because once they hit the bottom, they'll be lost in the murky depths of fallen leaves and debris. However, my goldfish never gulp at the surface to find food, perhaps because they're wary of threats from above, they only swim up and quickly snatch the food off the surface, and then go back down. I've done what I can to encourage this behaviour and not make them too tame, as I don't want them to come up to a cat or bird thinking it's feeding time. But they still live in an aquarium for more than half the year, perhaps I should stick to sinking foods for the most part, and just throw in some pond pellets now and then so they don't lose the habit entirely? They seem to find their own food in the pond in the shape of fallen worms and insects, algae and water plants too, so the pond pellets in the summer are more of a safety measure anyway. One more thing, where have you learned to perform a necropsy? I have been wanting to learn, even been planning to invest in a microscope, but it won't do much good unless I know what to look for, and how to do it correctly. I've done some googling on the subject but it's a jungle out there, and hard to find good information for the novice. Again, Thanks for your great videos, they're a pleasure to watch and learn from, and you remind me of a childhood friend of mine, we were "Fish companions". Easily the nerdiest kids in school, but hey, we can still enjoy our childhood passion. You're never too old or young to be a fish enthusiast!
I have flakes for my goldfish but I just put the flakes under the filter so that they can be pushed down and they don’t float and my goldfish don’t really like pellets they’ll put in their mouth then spit it back out and don’t end up eating it but this video was very helpful
She doesn't like flake food because honestly this person seems to be a hipster. She seems to stay away from commonly used items simply because the fact because they're commonly used items. She basically said it herself that she thinks the basic majority think flake food is good for goldfish. Flake for doesn't float, you simply have to push it in to the water for a few seconds, same with pellet food that don't sink. It's also designed to not dissolve in water. I literally went into this video thinking, "she's not going to like flake food because the basic majority use it and make up some shit to prove her point." and the exact thing happened because it's a trend in most of her videos. I'm not trying to jack off flake food, I myself prefer pellets and a variety of vegetables.
thank you for all this great info. i need to really buckle down and set feeding times. every time i walk by the tank my fish gets excited and seems to "beg" and i always give her something.
I usually feed my goldfish flakes, but I used to give them betta food for some reason. Now I sometimes feed them algae wafers, since they are used to eating things like that and they are large now, now eating from my hand.
I feed my black moors frozen goldfish dinner which has all of the things that they need. I feed that 1 day a week and 2 days a week I feed them peas just to keep their digestive system moving. Also feed flakes that sink. I am going to move to sinking pellets.
Live foods such as daphnia and bloodworm are available in the U.K. which are a good thing but the risk is introducing pests and disease,just like adding a new fish to the aquarium.
i have three fish and i feed them floating food they are fine but you are right about the not last long in the water thing if they dont eat it quickly the food quickly the food is wasted and creates a huge mess
Planning to transfer my goldfish to the purple saki hikari since I’ve been reviewing it for awhile now My best tips for feeding fish Don’t get flakes because the flavour and nutrients will wash out of the flake whereas pellets are better because the nutrients and all the beneficial stuff don’t float out into the water Sinking pellets are the best Il definitely get the saki hikari purple bag pellets
I have some flake food and heard what you said about the flakes floating and the fish ingesting air. I found that you can take a large pinch of flakes and push then underwater they disperse nicely and the fish go nuts!
I've been feeling my goldfish floating food for 6 years and they're still doing great 🙂 I also feed them peas sometimes and oranges and they love oranges but I want something that would make them grow faster
I feed my goldfish flakes but I feed vegatables and quite a few peas as I heard they are good. I have been doing this for nearly a year. Where would I buy your favourite pellets from? Are they sold in pet stores? A question. I have 2 goldfish blackmoor and fantail. They both have flakes but 1 of them doesnt gulps at the surface. Well, i havent seen her do it, unless she does when Im asleep. She would swim around cleaning ornaments 3/4 of the time. But the blackmoor. When I rehomed him he was constantly gulping at the surface. He has stopped a bit but still gulps at the surface. How can I try to reduce his gulping? He has redused since I have been feeding him peas. Have you had this problem before?
Yes, I would recommend switching from flakes to a good quality pellet or gel food.
The flakes go to the bottom and my fish eat it
Like humans, goldies do best on a mixed diet. So rotating pellets, gel food, bloodworms, and the ocassional veggie treat is a great way to go.
Nori seaweed (the stuff they wrap sushi in) is loved by a lot of fish too.
Phil Bolton I hear that a lot..I will get some nori but I think I will end up eating it..
Phil Bolton Really?! Seaweed? The roasted one?
+Isabella Chang Of course I can talk. Tried giving it to my boys and they ignored it. :p Oh well, they still love peas and tiny bits of broccoli Florettes.
I gave up. Thank you for replying. The fish died short after. I have no idea. I gave my stuff away, not planning to have pet fish again
+Phil Bolton i plan on getting bloodworms for my fish and I plan on giving cucumbers for mine. 2 of my goldfish died, one from getting sucked into the filter (cri evry tim) and one disappearing (tragic)
Ahhhhhh crap I've been feeding my fancy goldfish flakes for the passed two years. Looks like I might need to change that.
Can it survive?
Valcidious yeah it can
Ok thanks
Just push a healthy pinch of flakes underwater and they disperse nicely.
Put a bit flake food in a cup then add water then drain in the fish thank
Both of my goldies love their vegetables so much they have figured out how to bang on their DIY veggie clip (so it just clicks against the tank) I've gotten to the point where I'm offering small amounts of leafy greens almost every day. I've found them to be so much more active and generally in good goldfish spirits.
this is very informative! thanks so much for taking the time to go over each option in detail providing bother benefits and pitfalls of each!
I just bought an Oranda, Black Moor and a Pearlscale goldfish. They are only about an inch long each so I guess they are still babies. The Saki-Hikari is the food I chose for them and after seeing this I am glad I shelled out the extra $. I want them to grow up to be healthy and gorgeous like yours so these videos are very helpful.
Va Rose hi I just wanted to say be sure your blackmoor goldfish gets food they are very slow swimmers compared to the other goldfish and may not get any food.
@@sarahshultz3890 black moors are much faster then orandas and pearscales...
@@sarahshultz3890 i have a black moor and a shubunkin, and the black moor doesnt get as much food because the other eats most of it. How do I make sure they both eat the write amount? Thank you
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Solid Gold Aquatics
Can u add Letuce
Can small goldfish eat the New Life Spectrum Diet???
Aw its to expensive I can't buy that. because Philippines is too cheap and I don't think if there's have that food here in the Philippines. :(
What about Omega one?
Solid Gold Aquatics I had a query. How much and how often should you feed two fantail goldfish? I have had them for over a year and a half now. I feed them hikari goldfish sinking sticks, so how many should I feed each how many times a day? All the advice on goldfish feeding is so haywire on the internet and I am confused. Do help Solid Gold Aquatics!!
I finally understood how to feed my fish and from the rest of your videos I understood everything I didn't understand before about taking care of goldfish. Thank you very much!
Greetings from Serbia!
that was a good video I've been keeping fish for like 30 years and I'm still learning it's amazing what you can learn from The younger generation thank you very much keep up the good work
I feed my goldfish New Life Spectrum and they love it. :) My two current fish have been on it their whole lives, and they are BIG and vibrantly-colored!
I just got my first Common Goldfish!! I have been watching your videos since last year, I was so inspired that I started the fish hobby with a Medaka, then Corydoras Panda, then Guppies and now I am expanding to Goldifsh!! I am really excited to learn more about Goldfish!!
I love that you look off to check your notes. Yes? You planned your fish scenes very well! I dig it.
3:00 IT DID THE SIDE STROKE!
What is that?
Hey i was wondering do you feed them 1% of their body mass per day or per portion ?
PS: ive been OBSESSED with your videos ive watch all of the essentials and im planning soon to have 2 butterflies telescope because i found that your videos are very instructive and shows an other side of goldfish that i never saw ( i always saw the typical tiny goldfish in a bowl thingy ( So cruel)) but now i see art pieces and lovable little creatures :) thanks for all your instructives videos !
I cover half of your face to see what you'd look like with just one colour hair. Is that normal? 😂😂😂
Dang . . . Now ya got me doing that . . .
Me too
Same dude since I saw her on DIY's video a while back lol
Hmm interesting yes black gets my vote
Same, I think she looks better with black hair
Dear Jennie,
I've been watching You for many months and im a massive fan. I might get an 80 gallon tank for my birthday and my parents said if I got one then they would take me out to buy 2 fancy goldfish. These would also be my first fancy goldfish :)Anyway, I really want a calendar and parents are getting me one on christmas day.
Your sincerly,
Dylan Baker
Aquatics Galaxy make sure you cycle your tank before you get your new friends! Good luck and I hope you have fun with the hobby!
Flakes ....take a pinch and dip them under the water for a second , instantly sinks .
It's magic!😄😄😄😄
Thats what I do coz my fish wouldnt come up to the surface to eat
Thanks I will try that out!
Or just get pellets because its healthier
Noxious Rooster :)
I'm learning so much from jennie
I have my fish named Umi, she's 9 months old and now she's doing well and being sociable to my family.thanks to Jennie's advice
Just bought 6 baby goldfish... I feed them mainly on freezed or dried bloodworms bought in plastic can.... They simply loved it... The bloodworms diet bring out bright colour of the fish...
- very informative. Thanks for all your videos. Learning lots of great things for my fantails.
8:50 that tail of the red fish is beautiful
Thanks for making this video!
My goldie Irena is so smart! I put some floating pellets, she slowly came to the pellets and she ate them without gulping air!
I switch between pellets and I make sure my flakes sink or I hand feed with flakes but pellets are really good, I also use a dry to wet brine shrimp. I love this video it's so helpful!!! Thank you!!
We gold fish like the wal mart brand of food the best!
😂😂😂😂
true! it is the best!!!
Haha lol
Goldfish its ingredients are un healthy
Goldfish lmao
I use Flakes and the actually sink right away, so my goldfish never have to swim to the top.
Thanks to a friend I've got three different kinds of food pellets. New Life Spectrum, the Purple Hikari, and Omega One veggie. So I just alternate between them, along with a daily cube of gel food, and blood worms or veggies about 2-3 times a week.
Just be sure that whatever you feed is a sinking food, anfd that you only feed as much as they'll polish off in a couple of minutes.
I mix everything into my rapashy goldfish. Worms, brine and mysis shrimp, and veggies. No mess and they eat every morsel. I even crush up my ski hikari and mix it in the rapashy gold.
Your hair looks really cool I like how you have done it 🙂
I feed my fish flakes. Like all floating food it sinks eventually but I remove it before that happens. So basically my fish have to go to the surface to eat. I have done this for a year with these gold fish and nothing bad has happened. But now I am worried, should I change to sinking food or will they be okay?
Also they used to be in an unfiltered tank. And now they are in a filtered tank. They seem to be floating every now and again. But then they are fine again after the filter is turned off. I really want to keep the filter in there but I think it's the problem. What do you think I should do?
I think that you should switch to sinking food.
I doubt the filter is causing the fish to float.
I have feed my goldfish pellets and u don't need them
I love your VDO Jennie.
I have joined the goldfish club and all the members there suggested to me that they fed their fish steamed eggs or egg tofu. It is to get their goldfish larger and fat and can sell for good price. I have tried it and my fish love it. Only problem is the water need changing very often. Anyone reading this can try it. What I have done is put egg in a little bowl... add a bit of water and beat it. then wrap the bowl with clingwrap...then 40 seconds in microwave. Then you got your fish food. 1 egg is way enough. Have fun creating your fish food.
im planning to get a gold fish in a couple days and so I have been doing research
may I ask how is your goldfish now?
That little ball of adorableness at 0:55 made me love my goldfish even more!! Thanks solid gold aquatics for inspiring me even more in this hobby!!
I think she is being held hostage by goldfish and they are making her tell the world the foods that they really like.
I have 2 Shubunkins and I switched them off flake food because my fish were gulping air and one of them was listing to the side. feeding pellets for a week or two fixed it. gulping air can still affect comet bodied fish too.
I have new life spectrum and my fish is MASSIVE
her hair reminds me of seth rollins
+Mekatakuto Katatakuto melanie martinez for meee
Ha same!
lol it does
+FATBOY126KING lol
Welcome to Monday night rawlins! xD
I have comet goldfish but I'm afraid to feed them sinking pellets because they have large gravel rocks and I feel as though they may ingest them and die. Should I buy aquarium sand?
yes definitely get aquarium sand.
the ancestor of the goldfish, naturally scavenges for food at the bottom, they sift through the sand,
they do swallow sand, but it is natural, because they are designed to sift through the sand looking for bits of food, this is hard to do, safely, with gravel.
It depends on the fish I have had many fish die from aquarium sand
Yes
Yes but be sure to put only a very thin layer to avoid toxic buildup of nutrients. It's actually the best to go bare bottomed if you can
Omg thx so much for all the info! I’m a new goldfish owner to a male, Shubunkin goldfish named Altum! I have learned so much on how to care for him and give him the right diet!
wont the gold fish eat the sand too with sinking pellets?
I just watched a 20 min video and I still don't know how to feed my goldfish. She just too darn cute. I don't know what she said. hahahaha.
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Wow. Nice.
Her eyes....daam me too what too concentrate her bamby eyes or gold fish
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0:56 adorable!
I'm in Australia and this has been really helpful I have Orandas and fan tails and i have been having so much trouble with swim bladder disease you cant get saki hikari here so i got Hikari LIONHEAD MINI 350G - Premium Grade Lionhead, Oranda, Azumanishiki and Ranchu sinking pellets i really hope they work =)
What about koi fish they always come to the surface can they eat floating food ?
Koi and goldfish are pretty much the same fish, so I'd feed them sinking food also.
@@BradfordAquatics They are related, but not the same.
Is collard greens okay to feed them?
I’ve been feeding my goldfish flakes ever since I got them and it’s like 12 years old. Fed on only flakes
I added a link to the description for you!
My goldfish eats the bubbles from my air rock. Is that bad?
Emma Highhand I don't think so because my goldfish dose that to
Curious Rabbits it is just a bad habit
Oh, no...
Hi, I just bought 2 comet goldfish 5 days ago and I've been feeding them fish pellets only since I didn't knew bout the other things and the place where I bought them from said that I could feed them fish pellets only and it would be fine too and they would still be healthy, but I want to make sure if that's okay? Also the Saki pellets brand that you recommend, would that be okay to feed comet goldfish and koi fish too or some other brand would be better? And I saw a video on UA-cam bout this guy telling how feeding goldfish with peas would help them with constipation and feeding them at least once a week would also help prevent them from being constipated but which veggie would you recommend that would the best to feed them? I know you talk a bit bout it in this video but I wanted to ask to make sure since I know every fish has a diff diet routine. Btw my comet goldfish aren't very big yet, as for my other 2 goldfish since I got it from a friend I'm not sure what type goldfish it is
What do they look like?
Sakura Yamashita
I’ve fed my goldfish frozen (and then thawed) bloodworms every day for the past 2 years or so. They seem healthy and very active. I’m
Gonna consider adding hikari pellets though.
Hi Solid Gold! I don’t expect you to answer this but anyone who knows more about Goldfish than me please help!
I just got my Black Moor, Nerbert, and I would like some help. So far he is basically 3” from head to tail. He is in a 10 gallon tank right now.
The guy at Pet Smart said that he is going to need a 30 gal when he gets older, but then I go and read articles and I either get 10 gal minimum or another said 10 gal for a whole adult!
I have a great filter on it, which actually produces a lot of bubbles since the water has a longer way to fall. He loves trying to swim up it and is very active so far. I do feed flakes but like a few others I feed it right by the filter so that it sinks. I have basically never seen him feed off the top, just scavenging or catching it as it floats down. I have a small heater in there that keeps it around 72F, and I feed him once at night and once in the morning. I’ve watched your growth video as well, so here are my questions.
1. How big do you think he will get?
2. Should I feed less or more?
3. Will he need a bigger tank?
4. Do you think he will need a bubbler?
5. Anything else you notice from my description that you want to tip me off about?
...so what do you do? Chop and dice the broccoli stem up?
Suave Chiang boil it first then u give it to them (chopped up)i think:3
What does anyone think of Tetra Fresh Delica range? Was thinking of getting the brine shrimp.
As a treat I mean, not a day to day.
Can you feed them basil or parsley
I just got my baby Sosuke yesterday, he is on the Saki-Hikari. I he seems to love it. I hope he does well.
I bought sinking pellets but they float :( I need to buy some more lol
soak them in water
i just feed mine till there full
the hat wearing gamer . I absolutely love this comment. After 20 mins of in depth conversation and all the lengthy comments from people asking how and what to feed you said " I just feed mine till there full". It really made me laugh.
that’s great.
There are actually formulae for calculating the approximate weight of goldfish without needing to weigh them. For long-bodied goldfish breeds it is length x length x length x 1.8 / 100. So, for example, if a comet goldfish is 10 cm long, we get 10x10x10x1.8/100 = 18 g.
I've read in an article that if you feed your goldfish peas too often it will cause a serious issue in your fish not being able to absorb the proper nutrients from their food, so only feed your goldfish peas once or twice a week at most, unless it's a swim bladder problem.
im slightly pebbled
three Musketeers that profile pic lol
intermediate age 2 years old? gold fish live over 30 years old
Wait what really?
Khornebread if token care good
Intermediate means not quite adult. meaning yes they can live 30 years but they are an adult for more of those years. Baby Intermediate adult.
Hey i bought saki-hikari off the back of your vid and my 5 fish love them but u got to soak em ...i also feed them frozen blood worm and frozen brine shrimp from time to time. flake food works if u soak them in a cup of tank water and then pour in all around the tank they sink..yeah never surface feed! plus my fish get sunlight all day so they have lots of algae to eat and peck at that all day ;0) so i feed them once a day sometimes twice but i split the portion if i do... overfeeding is a major cause of goldfish and fancies death. Fishes stomachs are very very small as in sure you know
Anyway i recently discovered your channel keep up the good work !
Lot of love from South London UK !!
Jonny and the 5 fish (Huckleberry Finn / Bowie the Piggy / Fiddy / the Toad and Ghosty)
I feed my fish flake food 3 times a week, but what I do is get a pair of tweezers ( only used for this ) and a put it underwater and it sinks. Is that ok? Is it still bad for my goldfish?
Dude I have been feeding both of my gold fish flakes for the past 4 years . And they both are very healthy and have seem to do better then when I fed my old one pelits
If you dont play the music we might be able to hear you
You are so much help! I am preparing to get an Oranda Goldfish and I'm trying to do as much research as possible! U help out a lot!
I have my white comet goldfish eating Omega one whole sea food protein medium pellets because it was what my pet store had! I plan to buy her some food off Amazon next month that is more healthy for her!
is gold fish needs air pump
About Everything yes, otherwise they’d be gasping for air at the survive or in some cases dying
I Have Been Feeding My G fish For 3 years With Treats that Float.Trust Me it doesnt matter if Its floating or Not.
Well, are they fancy goldfish???
Thank you! I bought flakes and I highly recommend to stay away from flake food. I bought a bigver tank, bought Omega one pellets and they do sink. I will buy the one you are using in the future.
For 8 years, I have had a Red Fantail, Black Moor and Common Goldfish living in a 6x4x2ft aquarium with 2 internal filters. I feed them floating pellets and Goldfish flakes every night before I go to bed and have done this since I got them, just gradually increasing the amounts over the years. I've never had buoyancy issues with them ever although my Red Fantail did get Ich a few months back and has had some sort of injury/growth on her side after having her for 7 or 8 months. Her problem though has never effected her in any way, shape or form. I do a 10-20% water change every Sunday and have had a certain routine for feeding them since I got them. I pour about 20 pellets into my hand in front of the glass so the fish can see me doing so then I put the pellets into the tank. Afterwards I shake the flake food pot above the water to let them know it's feeding time (like a dinner bell) and they race to the surface. I then put roughly enough flakes in that would lightly cover the palm of my hand. My Common is a 12 inch long female, my Red Fantail is a 8 inch long female and my Black Moor is a 10 inch long male. Every 3-4 months, I do buy a pack of frozen bloodworms as a treat and I put 2 cubes in the morning as a treat then in the evening I give them their normal meal. Not once have I had any problems with their health or swimming other than my Red Fantail's 2 incidents. I'm not trying to disagree with Solid Gold's opinion but I am just trying to say that it just depends on the individual fish and owner on what the meals should be, whether floating or sinking. Good luck and happy fish keeping to you all!
i took your advise and brought saki hilkari they seemed too enjoy it but the next day they died thanks !
It was most likely an unfortunate coincidence rather than the food being the cause.
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This is a 20 fucking minute long video on how to feed goldfish
Yes. Great isn't it
Yeah, food is kind of important, wouldn't you say?
pinkcat NE hey the more you now 😂
IM ADICTED TO EATING HELP ME
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I use flakes and crisps but make sure they stay under water and use the flow of my filter to keep the food under the water.
Ive been growing duckweed in a bucket with some of the water and the dirt that comes out of the filter sponge. Its a high protein green thats a healthy suppliment and its free. They seem to like it in my pond.
lmao . what is it with this girl and AIR lol .
You know what's funny I broke all your rules of gold fish and yet my fish is 5
That isn't that old for a goldfish, I knew someone who Kept a goldfish in a bow and it had a sad miserable existence for almost 5 years. its growth was stunted and it was unhealthy but survived.
If properly taken care of they can live upwards of 20+ years (record being around 50! i believe) and turn out as large 8 to 12 inches depending on species and be healthy and magnificent creatures!
I know but he lives in a big tank 50 and you say its sad.....(with no fish but him)
Katie A Katie, I feed mine, i have 3, every other day because it reduces the need to clean and the water stays a lot cleaner. I think what you are doing is most important, the bigger the tank the less you have to worry with it. Tanks don't clean themselves, but the more space you have the better you can build a mini-ecosystem that is less dependent on you fussing with it. People always have 1000 rules and I live to break them. Mine live with harlequin rasboras and cherry barbs, something everyone will tell you not to do, but they get along fine, and the rasboras and barbs are fine as long as the temp is over 60.
i have 50 of them
They mean your feeding, not tank size you fool
Great video! It gave me a lot to think about. The staple of my goldfishes diet is pond stick pellets, as they live in an outdoor pond in the summer months. They float, and I don't think sinking food would work well in my pond because once they hit the bottom, they'll be lost in the murky depths of fallen leaves and debris.
However, my goldfish never gulp at the surface to find food, perhaps because they're wary of threats from above, they only swim up and quickly snatch the food off the surface, and then go back down. I've done what I can to encourage this behaviour and not make them too tame, as I don't want them to come up to a cat or bird thinking it's feeding time.
But they still live in an aquarium for more than half the year, perhaps I should stick to sinking foods for the most part, and just throw in some pond pellets now and then so they don't lose the habit entirely? They seem to find their own food in the pond in the shape of fallen worms and insects, algae and water plants too, so the pond pellets in the summer are more of a safety measure anyway.
One more thing, where have you learned to perform a necropsy? I have been wanting to learn, even been planning to invest in a microscope, but it won't do much good unless I know what to look for, and how to do it correctly. I've done some googling on the subject but it's a jungle out there, and hard to find good information for the novice.
Again, Thanks for your great videos, they're a pleasure to watch and learn from, and you remind me of a childhood friend of mine, we were "Fish companions". Easily the nerdiest kids in school, but hey, we can still enjoy our childhood passion. You're never too old or young to be a fish enthusiast!
I have flakes for my goldfish but I just put the flakes under the filter so that they can be pushed down and they don’t float and my goldfish don’t really like pellets they’ll put in their mouth then spit it back out and don’t end up eating it but this video was very helpful
Then wait till the goldfish grows and put it on the grill and add some seasonings on it. c:
She doesn't like flake food because honestly this person seems to be a hipster. She seems to stay away from commonly used items simply because the fact because they're commonly used items. She basically said it herself that she thinks the basic majority think flake food is good for goldfish. Flake for doesn't float, you simply have to push it in to the water for a few seconds, same with pellet food that don't sink. It's also designed to not dissolve in water. I literally went into this video thinking, "she's not going to like flake food because the basic majority use it and make up some shit to prove her point." and the exact thing happened because it's a trend in most of her videos. I'm not trying to jack off flake food, I myself prefer pellets and a variety of vegetables.
fish food She knows what's she's doing. Feeding solely flakes will not grow your fish to their full potential. That's all really.
fish food jack off flake food😂😂💀
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i actually noticed this too
She's not a "hipster" she's just educated and warned people about something that can cause health problems for their fish.
thank you for all this great info. i need to really buckle down and set feeding times. every time i walk by the tank my fish gets excited and seems to "beg" and i always give her something.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I recently learned this after a few days into getting our goldfish.
I usually feed my goldfish flakes, but I used to give them betta food for some reason. Now I sometimes feed them algae wafers, since they are used to eating things like that and they are large now, now eating from my hand.
Thank you for this video. I want to get goldfish for my room. Now I know how to treat them better.
I have used nls for years, so naturally i recommended it when Dad ended ed up with a few commons. Last i saw them, they were absolutely glowing
I feed my black moors frozen goldfish dinner which has all of the things that they need. I feed that 1 day a week and 2 days a week I feed them peas just to keep their digestive system moving. Also feed flakes that sink. I am going to move to sinking pellets.
Live foods such as daphnia and bloodworm are available in the U.K. which are a good thing but the risk is introducing pests and disease,just like adding a new fish to the aquarium.
I have 7 types of crushed pellets and some float some sink but I throw them on top of my pond pump and then they eat it drone there
Just ordered the Saki Hikari for my black moors!
I put my flake food right next to the filter so it pushes it down quickly and it's worked well, so far I've have my carnival goldfish for 7 years
i have three fish and i feed them floating food they are fine but you are right about the not last long in the water thing if they dont eat it quickly the food quickly the food is wasted and creates a huge mess
Planning to transfer my goldfish to the purple saki hikari since I’ve been reviewing it for awhile now
My best tips for feeding fish
Don’t get flakes because the flavour and nutrients will wash out of the flake whereas pellets are better because the nutrients and all the beneficial stuff don’t float out into the water
Sinking pellets are the best
Il definitely get the saki hikari purple bag pellets
I have some flake food and heard what you said about the flakes floating and the fish ingesting air. I found that you can take a large pinch of flakes and push then underwater they disperse nicely and the fish go nuts!
😧 I did not know about the sinking food info. Thank you so much for your videos! Also your recommended foods!
I've been feeling my goldfish floating food for 6 years and they're still doing great 🙂 I also feed them peas sometimes and oranges and they love oranges but I want something that would make them grow faster
I feed my goldfish flakes but I feed vegatables and quite a few peas as I heard they are good. I have been doing this for nearly a year. Where would I buy your favourite pellets from? Are they sold in pet stores?
A question. I have 2 goldfish blackmoor and fantail. They both have flakes but 1 of them doesnt gulps at the surface. Well, i havent seen her do it, unless she does when Im asleep. She would swim around cleaning ornaments 3/4 of the time. But the blackmoor. When I rehomed him he was constantly gulping at the surface. He has stopped a bit but still gulps at the surface. How can I try to reduce his gulping? He has redused since I have been feeding him peas. Have you had this problem before?
I have Aqueon granules for my fancy goldfish and there slow sinking but whenever I put them in they float almost is this good for my fish
So beautiful!!! That black ground base makes your goldfish color show more :) clean clear simple aquarium gj!!!