"ChristyLynn" wrote in message
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"carlrs" wrote
DL-methionine is not harmful to other fish, but i do not recommend
goldfish with barbs and tetras for other reasons such as water
conditions, potential fin nipping, and other different dietary
requirements. That said, I do not mean to give you a lecture.


Well, I must have a mighty docile one, because the tetras and barbs have
been with him for the better part of three years. Granted they are the
size of one of his side fins, he could care less about them, and them of
him.

Thank you for your other information. One last question. If I get the
lionhead food and also put in some regular flake food for the smaller
fish, would this be okay? The oranda is a pig and usually gets to the
food first, with the smaller fish catching what is floating down. Is the
lionhead a floating food? And just how long can an oranda live
considering he is already 3 years old?

Thanks.


I feed my oranda a home made blend of shelled peas and a bit of zuccini or
yellow squash or cucumber, a few tablespoons of powdered spirulina, some
chopped prawn and non oily fish fillet....... blend it up and mix in some
geletin (or agar agar) disolved in hot water. Then set the goop in ice cube
trays, when hard tip them into an old icecream container or something and
store in freezer. They make a wicked addition to the goldfish pellets or
flakes. Plain shelled green frozen peas are a champion goldfish food for
keeping them regular LOL and mine like a handful of duckweed in their tank
every now and again. Duckweed has lots of vitamin C so helps prevent a lot
of diseases. I throw my goldys almost any bug from my garden, no sprays or
anything used... have to be careful of pesticides and stuff. But I mind a
coupla mangy cabbage and lettuce plants grow me heaps of these green
catapilla's. Earth worms are very popular. Feed live or freeze and chop up
with scissors in a cup.
I recon goldys do great on a basic aquaculture protien pellet of around 52%
protien!!! BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE VEGE'S/WATER CHANGES and filter cleans
up!!
To get your goldy to 20 years old..... clean it's filter in a bucket of
aquarium water. This will keep your living filter alive and it will keep the
goldy alive!
I feed a 21 year old goldfish for someone every now and again. I shell heaps
of frozen peas, blend them and then dehydrate the paste in a dehydrator, you
end up with a green leather like stuff.
Perfect to use as an 'algae wafer' substitute. Not sure who came up with
that one but it's quite good.
Really with a bit of thought, cooking up stuff for goldys is easy peasy.