Goldfish Eating Bubbles - Normal or Hazard?

[Scott]

I have two Orandas and two Black Moors in a 30 gallon tank. My airstone is
creating a minimal flow of bubbles, and some do not explode when they reach
the top of the water.

Even though I feed my goldfish sinking pellets (and never floating food),
they still think the bubbles are food and really eat a ton of them.

One of the Orandas and one of the Black Moors is sometimes (2-3 times per
week) floating around upside down or swimming out of control.

Is there anything I can do about this? Is it the bubbles or something else?


Thanks!

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you are overfeeding your fish if they eat a lot of bubbles, if it is in their poop
and if you got floating problems.
feed VERY small amounts of high protein, high quality food. OR, feed chopped up
cooked shrimp or fake crab meat. even dry sinking food can cause impaction and
difficult digestion. Ingrid

"Scott" > wrote:

>I have two Orandas and two Black Moors in a 30 gallon tank. My airstone is
>creating a minimal flow of bubbles, and some do not explode when they reach
>the top of the water.
>
>Even though I feed my goldfish sinking pellets (and never floating food),
>they still think the bubbles are food and really eat a ton of them.
>
>One of the Orandas and one of the Black Moors is sometimes (2-3 times per
>week) floating around upside down or swimming out of control.
>
>Is there anything I can do about this? Is it the bubbles or something else?
>
>
>Thanks!
>



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[Scott]

Really? Wow, that never crossed my mind. I do feed them high-quality food,
so I must be feeding them too much. I figured it might be the opposite (too
little food), because the Black Moor doesn't seem to eat very much at all
(of the pellets) but eats a ton of bubbles.

I will also try to alter their diet to include a variety of different foods.
I was thinking of the brine shrimp, peas (cooked and pealed) and the
high-quality sinking pellets.

Thanks for your help -


Scott

> wrote in message
...
> you are overfeeding your fish if they eat a lot of bubbles, if it is in
their poop
> and if you got floating problems.
> feed VERY small amounts of high protein, high quality food. OR, feed
chopped up
> cooked shrimp or fake crab meat. even dry sinking food can cause
impaction and
> difficult digestion. Ingrid
>
> "Scott" > wrote:
>
> >I have two Orandas and two Black Moors in a 30 gallon tank. My airstone
is
> >creating a minimal flow of bubbles, and some do not explode when they
reach
> >the top of the water.
> >
> >Even though I feed my goldfish sinking pellets (and never floating food),
> >they still think the bubbles are food and really eat a ton of them.
> >
> >One of the Orandas and one of the Black Moors is sometimes (2-3 times per
> >week) floating around upside down or swimming out of control.
> >
> >Is there anything I can do about this? Is it the bubbles or something
else?
> >
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Scott,

soak any pellets in tank water, whether they float or sink.