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Recommended
Diet
Floating food labeled
for Goldfish not
Tropical Fish. Several other brands
of Goldfish food are
available in most stores
that sell pet fish. Floating
pellets are very good
for larger pond fish and
are also available in
most stores that sell
fish for ponds.
We
have read advice
elsewhere that all
Goldfish should be fed
sinking food, because
when they take food off
the surface, they will
swallow air bubbles that
will cause problems.
This is contrary to our
experience.
I just
watched my Goldfish eat
off the surface. After
most mouthfuls of food,
he burped a bubble or
two of air out through
his gill. The ancestors
of this fish have been
eating food off the
surface of the water for
a very long time. Of
course they also ate off
the bottom and at all
levels of the water
between the top and
bottom too.
So
don't worry about your
Goldfish swallowing air
while eating. Feeding
food that floats is a
good practice. If your
fish don't eat all of
the food in 10 minutes,
get a net and remove the
uneaten food. Click here
for more about feeding.
I also
feed my Goldfish a few
live Black Worms. I feed
each Goldfish 2 or 3
worms every other day.
Click here
for more about Black
Worms.
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