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Posted by on April 1, 2005, 4:28 pm
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I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
tell if they're actually eating them.
Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
figure this out before they starve to death.
Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
Adrian
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Posted by Charles on April 1, 2005, 4:42 pm
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On 1 Apr 2005 13:28:01 -0800, adrian@denegar.com wrote:
>I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
>unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
>buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
>drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
>them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
>tell if they're actually eating them.
>
>Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
>tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
>these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
>figure this out before they starve to death.
>
>Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
>Adrian
They won't starve. The normal goldfish eating pattern is to dig
around on the bottom, pick up stuff, spit out what isn't edible. this
behavior gets modified when they learn about surface food, flakes,
etc.
Just don't overfeed. They can go a month or more without any food,
keeping them a bit hungry is good, they tend to get obese just like
people if fed too much.
--
Charles
Does not play well with others.
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Posted by Yorkshire Pudding on April 1, 2005, 6:22 pm
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On 1 Apr 2005 13:28:01 -0800, adrian@denegar.com wrote:
>I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
>unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
>buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
>drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
>them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
>tell if they're actually eating them.
>
>Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
>tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
>these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
>figure this out before they starve to death.
>
>Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
>Adrian
Seems to be the normal behaviour at feeding time in my tank, a lot of
people recomend that the pellets be soaked before putting them in the
tank as the fish have problems eating them "dry" and whole plus I
suppose that there is the danger of the pellet swelling after the fish
has eaten it.
Just lost two lovely fantails from my pond, looks like the work of a
Heron, only got one left now and two Golden Tench, going to put some
black thread over the pond tomorrow, got a sheet of polystyrene as a
temporary measure. I was considering using some netting, but thought
it may be a bit too un-aesthetic. On the brighter side, I've
transplanted five buckets of frogspawn to the pond at the bottom of
our housing estate as I didn't want the remaing GF to eat the
tadpoles.
Just had a thought, that works out at roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon
of spawn per frog, and women think they've got it tough during labour
;)
Howard
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm
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Posted by Katra on April 1, 2005, 6:51 pm
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Yorkshire Pudding <> wrote:
> On 1 Apr 2005 13:28:01 -0800, adrian@denegar.com wrote:
>
> >I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
> >unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
> >buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
> >drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
> >them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
> >tell if they're actually eating them.
> >
> >Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
> >tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
> >these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
> >figure this out before they starve to death.
> >
> >Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
> >Adrian
>
>
> Seems to be the normal behaviour at feeding time in my tank, a lot of
> people recomend that the pellets be soaked before putting them in the
> tank as the fish have problems eating them "dry" and whole plus I
> suppose that there is the danger of the pellet swelling after the fish
> has eaten it.
> Just lost two lovely fantails from my pond, looks like the work of a
> Heron, only got one left now and two Golden Tench, going to put some
> black thread over the pond tomorrow, got a sheet of polystyrene as a
> temporary measure. I was considering using some netting, but thought
> it may be a bit too un-aesthetic. On the brighter side, I've
> transplanted five buckets of frogspawn to the pond at the bottom of
> our housing estate as I didn't want the remaing GF to eat the
> tadpoles.
> Just had a thought, that works out at roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon
> of spawn per frog, and women think they've got it tough during labour
> ;)
>
> Howard
> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm
Condolences on the loss of your fish... :-(
When I do finally put in a pond, I know that herons are going to be a
problem!
Black bird netting is not all that visible......
--
K.
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world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada
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Posted by blue sky on April 1, 2005, 8:06 pm
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losing fish really sux....Sorry dude
<Yorkshire Pudding> wrote in message
> On 1 Apr 2005 13:28:01 -0800, adrian@denegar.com wrote:
>
>>I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
>>unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
>>buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
>>drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
>>them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
>>tell if they're actually eating them.
>>
>>Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
>>tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
>>these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
>>figure this out before they starve to death.
>>
>>Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
>>Adrian
>
>
> Seems to be the normal behaviour at feeding time in my tank, a lot of
> people recomend that the pellets be soaked before putting them in the
> tank as the fish have problems eating them "dry" and whole plus I
> suppose that there is the danger of the pellet swelling after the fish
> has eaten it.
> Just lost two lovely fantails from my pond, looks like the work of a
> Heron, only got one left now and two Golden Tench, going to put some
> black thread over the pond tomorrow, got a sheet of polystyrene as a
> temporary measure. I was considering using some netting, but thought
> it may be a bit too un-aesthetic. On the brighter side, I've
> transplanted five buckets of frogspawn to the pond at the bottom of
> our housing estate as I didn't want the remaing GF to eat the
> tadpoles.
> Just had a thought, that works out at roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon
> of spawn per frog, and women think they've got it tough during labour
> ;)
>
> Howard
> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm
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>unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
>buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
>drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
>them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
>tell if they're actually eating them.
>
>Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
>tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
>these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
>figure this out before they starve to death.
>
>Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
>Adrian