How Often to Feed?

[Bob Harrison]

Today I was told by the fish store person that I should only feed fancy gold
fish every 5 days. This was becuase I brouht back two fish that had died
within 24 hours of each other that I had bought10 days before along with
four other fish.

I was feeding them once a day, but a minimal amount. They implied that I
was feeding them to much and that the water is containinated because of it.
Of course the water tests fine and the other fish are ok as of this post.

This always seems to be the standard answer to why the fish die, when I have
brought fish back This must be about the 7 or 8th time I have gotten it.

Thanks,

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http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/care/care1.htm#essentials
you can feed less until teh biofilter is established. but you need some biospira and
not overstocked. Ingrid

"Bob Harrison" > wrote:

>Today I was told by the fish store person that I should only feed fancy gold
>fish every 5 days. This was becuase I brouht back two fish that had died
>within 24 hours of each other that I had bought10 days before along with
>four other fish.
>
>I was feeding them once a day, but a minimal amount. They implied that I
>was feeding them to much and that the water is containinated because of it.
>Of course the water tests fine and the other fish are ok as of this post.
>
>This always seems to be the standard answer to why the fish die, when I have
>brought fish back This must be about the 7 or 8th time I have gotten it.
>
>Thanks,
>



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Bob Harrison wrote:
>
> Today I was told by the fish store person that I should only feed fancy gold
> fish every 5 days. This was becuase I brouht back two fish that had died
> within 24 hours of each other that I had bought10 days before along with
> four other fish.
>
> I was feeding them once a day, but a minimal amount. They implied that I
> was feeding them to much and that the water is containinated because of it.
> Of course the water tests fine and the other fish are ok as of this post.
>
> This always seems to be the standard answer to why the fish die, when I have
> brought fish back This must be about the 7 or 8th time I have gotten it.
>
> Thanks,

Bob,

Your fish dying could've been something else. What size tank did you have
when you put the 6 fish in? I feed my fish once a day, sometimes twice a day
and none of mine have died. Like Ingrid said, cycling is important too, over
feeding
without the cycle completing can be a major problem.