Feeding/food and names....

[Magpieally]

I have got two goldfish and two others called chocolate pom pom and the pet
shop said to feed them once every other day but the food says 2 or 3 times a
day is there anyone who has these fish who could let me know how often they
feed there fish?

Also I am using flake food at the moment is that the best one to us?

I have also got in the tank a fish I believe is called Hong Kong Plac but I
can not find anything on the net buy this name has anyone heard of it or
know its real name please?


Thank you in advance for your help.



Magpieally


P.S. Dyslexia Rules ko.

[Mel]

Goldfish should be fed about as much as they can eat in 2-3 mins twice a
day.However, if you are extremely overstocked it might be necessary to
reduce this in order to keep the water quality better. Perhaps this is why
the petstore recommended feeding every other day? What size is the tank and
how many fish?
Flake food doesn't have much nutritional value and it is generally better to
feed high protein sinking pellets as part of their staple diet, supplemented
with bloodworm and brineshrimp a couple of times a week, as well as some
fruit and veg every so often (romaine lettuce, orange, peas (deskinned and
chopped), plus most others as long as they are softened and chopped).
Sinking food reduces the air absorbed while feeding and so lowers the risk
of swimbladder problems developing.
As for the Hong Kong Pleco, I'm pretty sure that they aren't compatible with
goldfish so be very careful. They will probably be ok while young, but as
they mature they will turn carnivorous and start sucking on your goldfish's
slime coat causing injury and great distress.
Mel.

"Magpieally" > wrote in message
...
> I have got two goldfish and two others called chocolate pom pom and the
pet
> shop said to feed them once every other day but the food says 2 or 3 times
a
> day is there anyone who has these fish who could let me know how often
they
> feed there fish?
>
> Also I am using flake food at the moment is that the best one to us?
>
> I have also got in the tank a fish I believe is called Hong Kong Plac but
I
> can not find anything on the net buy this name has anyone heard of it or
> know its real name please?
>
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>
>
> Magpieally
>
>
> P.S. Dyslexia Rules ko.
>
>

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the lfs is underfeeding, the food advice is overfeeding.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/home.html has a food comparison. dont
feed flake food.
most people waaaaay overfeed their GF. feed em every day, but only as much as they
can get into their mouth one time. if you watch them they suck up food then sit
there and chew. that is a mouthful. for a 7-8 inch fish (body, no tail) this is
4-5 flakes of aquadine each meal and fed twice, morning and night. Ingrid

"Magpieally" > wrote:

>I have got two goldfish and two others called chocolate pom pom and the pet
>shop said to feed them once every other day but the food says 2 or 3 times a
>day is there anyone who has these fish who could let me know how often they
>feed there fish?
>
>Also I am using flake food at the moment is that the best one to us?
>
>I have also got in the tank a fish I believe is called Hong Kong Plac but I
>can not find anything on the net buy this name has anyone heard of it or
>know its real name please?
>
>
>Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>
>
>Magpieally
>
>
>P.S. Dyslexia Rules ko.
>



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[Mick Manford]

Sounds to me that you have a Hillstream Loach aka Hong Kong Plec.

This fish is a loach and not really a plec. REal Plecs have a
reputation for harming goldfish which is why people often throw their
hands up in alarm when these fellows are mentioned.

You should have no worries with a Hillstream loach though cos its a
different fella entirely, despite the name. Generally speaking they
will feed on algae in the tank and not require any feeding, but
putting in the odd slice of blanched cucumber or courgette will be
welcomed.