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30-04-2012, 11:34 AM | #1 |
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Goldfish Feeding Regime
What are you feeding your GF and how many times a day?
For me, i feed my Ranchus and Orandas 5 times a day: Meal 1: Hikari Lionhead - Amount they can finish in 1 minute Meal 2: Frozen Bloodworm - 3 Cubes Meal 3: Hikari Algae Wafer - 3 Wafers Meal 4: Frozen Bloodworm - 3 Cubes Meal 5: Saki Hikari Green - Amount they can finish in 1 minute Am i underfeeding? |
30-04-2012, 12:47 PM | #2 |
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havent seen ur gfs before. may i know their size n how many u have ?
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30-04-2012, 01:09 PM | #3 |
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30-04-2012, 01:21 PM | #4 |
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Your food is equivalent to French Crusine. That's about right for grooming if follow by good w/cs and filtration.
Yes, show us a video leh. |
30-04-2012, 01:34 PM | #5 | |
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But i will seperate the black ranchus to another tank during feeding, else can't compete will the better eyesight goldies. Using a sump setup and weekly WC of 15%. Video of GF or filtration? Cos i see those feeding instructions is like feed 2-4 times daily, amount they can consume within a few minutes. But i feed my GFs amount they can finish in 1 minute is like alot of pellets liao. Scared if feed according to a few minutes they will be overfed. |
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30-04-2012, 07:47 PM | #6 |
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I usually feed 2 times only. Overfeeding causes water to foul easier.
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30-04-2012, 09:53 PM | #7 | |
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How come only do weekly 15% w/cs? Should do closer to 80% in view of your bio load. (normally gf requires big w/cs once or twice per week if loading is large) It's better to feed less food per feed and more times than follow the general instructions of 2-4 mins. per feeding as stated on the packing. One way to tell whether you've overfed is watch their swimming about half hour later. If they seems to have swimming problems, then you've overfed and it's time to change your routine because once they develop sbp they will always be proned to it. Feeding correctly requires some skill and one of the most difficult part in fish keeping. Yes, show us your fish/setup please. Cheers |
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30-04-2012, 11:18 PM | #8 | |
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15% because water condition before WC is still okie. Check water perimeters before WC, Nitrite 0, Nitrate around 30ppm. Will post some pics after i take the photos. Any bros and sis care to share their feedings too? |
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01-05-2012, 12:41 PM | #9 |
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6-8 meals a day, fish finish food in 5-10 mins time.
Only feed pellets, with 1 day fasting per week. On fasting day, fish will feed on alga wall. WC every 2 days, 50%. I don't use test kit, only monitor bubble condition and fishes movement/ feeding behavior. Result on my avatar @ 22cm, I give it nickname "Monster" |
02-05-2012, 12:19 PM | #10 | |
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