My new Fantail Goldfish

Hi all,

Finally made it to the world of the indoor fish keeper; I purchased a
biorb 30 litre, and a new Fantail Goldfish. 24 hours later, and the
fish seems to be happy, swiming around.

One question though, how many pellets should I fed it? One book say
3-4 once a day, another 3 times a day. So far I've feed it 4 pellets
once a day which have been eaten. Anyone else out there in the same
situation?

Redeem

Redeem wrote:
Hi all,

Finally made it to the world of the indoor fish keeper; I purchased a
biorb 30 litre, and a new Fantail Goldfish. 24 hours later, and the
fish seems to be happy, swiming around.

One question though, how many pellets should I fed it? One book say
3-4 once a day, another 3 times a day. So far I've feed it 4 pellets
once a day which have been eaten. Anyone else out there in the same
situation?

Redeem

Companies that sell consumable goods always overstate how much you need
to up their profits. This isn't a big deal when they're selling, say,
toothpaste, but when it comes to a living animal it's despicable.

It's not clear how big your pellets are, but if a pellet is a mouthful
then four per day is about right. Overfeeding is a lot more dangerous
than underfeeding.

-Peter

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Hi Peter,

The pellet size is quite tiny, here is a photo I took of one pellet:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fr...pelletsize.jpg

I fed my fantail 8 pellets and he ate them within 2 minutes.

Would you say from the size of that pellet, that 8 is just about right,
or too much?

Red.

Redeem wrote:

Hi Peter,

The pellet size is quite tiny, here is a photo I took of one pellet:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fr...pelletsize.jpg

I fed my fantail 8 pellets and he ate them within 2 minutes.

Would you say from the size of that pellet, that 8 is just about right,
or too much?

Red.


They are quite small. I'd feed about 4 or 5 twice a day.
Do they expand when they are wet?

Hi Geezer Freezer,

Nope the pellets do not expand when wet.

Okay I'll feed 5 in the morning, and 5 in the evening.

or 10 in the evening? would the fish be more hungry?

Red.


Geezer From The Freezer wrote:
Redeem wrote:

Hi Peter,

The pellet size is quite tiny, here is a photo I took of one pellet:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fr...pelletsize.jpg

I fed my fantail 8 pellets and he ate them within 2 minutes.

Would you say from the size of that pellet, that 8 is just about right,
or too much?

Red.


They are quite small. I'd feed about 4 or 5 twice a day.
Do they expand when they are wet?

Redeem wrote:

Hi Geezer Freezer,

Nope the pellets do not expand when wet.

Okay I'll feed 5 in the morning, and 5 in the evening.

or 10 in the evening? would the fish be more hungry?

Red.

I think 5 morning and 5 evening is sufficient. It's better feeding that
way than 10 in the evening, less waste, and won't bloat the little fishy