Sinking food for goldfish

why not soak the flakes first before giving them to the goldfish? the
saturated flakes will sink. also i believe tetra makes a sinking goldfish
pellets and they dont cloud the water.


"E.Otter" <no-email RemoveThis @given.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking for sinking goldfish food that can be bought at a retail
store
> and is designed for everyday feeding. Does anyone know of any brands? I
> have only been able to find floating goldfish food. Soaking food doesn't
> work really well.
>
> One of my goldfish will devour anything that hits the bottom of the tank,
> but rarely looks to the surface where the other two do their feeding
frenzy.
> I've had all three fish for 6+ months and feed them at the same time and
in
> the same spot. His tank-mates have learned the routine, but he hasn't.
Even
> when I save food for him when he comes to the surface, he's really eager
to
> eat but the other two will be waiting for more food too and end up eating
> some of his share.
>
> Thanks,
> E.Otter
>
>
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I haven't quite reached my second year of fishkeeping yet, but here's
my two cents:

I've had very bad results with Tetra products in general and flakes,
specifically, especially lots of floating problems. I switched to the
Hikari pellets--they are the mini floating type as I couldn't find the
sinking variety, though they can be presoaked so that they will sink.
My fish never get floaty anymore, and now I rarely have to serve them
peas to "clean them out," whereas before I switched foods I had to
serve peas a few times a week!

I also feed the SF Bay Fish Gumdrops, which go over very well, though
I often wonder if one "gumdrop" for two medium-sized goldfish is too
much. Still, my water is stable and the fish seem happy. I purchased
both types of food at the evil Petco, but I am sure it's available
elsewhere.
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In article <Pq8Sa.109242$Io.9344788@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
Toni.TakeThisOut@irish-wolfhoundsSPAM.com says...
> New Life Spectrum makes a sinking goldfish pellet that is a very good
> quality food.

Hear hear! (or is that Here here?)
It's good, easy to find, and my fish like it.

Gunther
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Sinking goldfish food is pretty easy to find. I have different types of
sinking foods that I feed to my fish, which are 2 pearlscales, 1 Ryukin,
and 1 black moor.

I like to give them a variety of different meals and not just the same
old food every day. They are fed twice a day, once in the morning before
I go to work, and once in the evening.

Here are the names of the sinking goldfish food. I *always* pre-soak the
food so that it softens up before I give it to the fish:

1. Wardley Goldfish Crumbles
2. Tetra ColorFin Sinking Granules
3. Tetra Sinking Mini Sticks
4. Hikari Lionhead Sinking Pellets
5. Marineland Labs Bio-Gold Blend Pellets

In addition, I received purchased some new food which is currently in
the refrigerator. I haven't fed it to my goldfish yet:

1. HBH Sinking Goldfish Nibblets
2. HBH Sinking Goldfish Bites
3. Pretty Pond Goldfish Basic Sinking Pellets

They also receive San Francisco Bay Brand Freshwater Multi-Pack frozen
food and I feed them chopped up peas a couple times a month. I purchased
a can of spirulina, but the pearlscales didn't like it.

I do not feed my goldfish any flakes. I plan to order some Sho-Gold food
from Goldfish Connection soon.
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