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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005floating and diet.
to cut a fairly long story down to the barest bones; my little fantail (though according to the Bristol Aquarists' site he's a Man-Yu - the Aston Villa fan in the house does not approve) gets very floaty after eating and will occasionally float upside down on the surface when at rest. This wears off a few hours after eating. I've tried sinking food (not a goldfish specific one but one aimed at mid- and bottom-feeders) which doesn't help at all. However, bloodworms don't make him float. I'm not at all convinced that a diet of only bloodworms would be a good idea - if I did go for that I think it would be feeding only every other day as they're so protein-rich. Also one of the WCMs stuffs itself so silly on them that it has the opposite problem and sinks like a stone... The goldfish all like algae wafers; would these in combination with the bloodworms count as a sensible diet?? any suggestions very welcome!  Signaturesophie > to cut a fairly long story down to the barest bones; my little fantail > (though according to the Bristol Aquarists' site he's a Man-Yu - the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > and sinks like a stone... The goldfish all like algae wafers; would > these in combination with the bloodworms count as a sensible diet?? Sophie, Have you tried soaking the food before adding it to the tank? Worth a try. >> to cut a fairly long story down to the barest bones; my little fantail >> (though according to the Bristol Aquarists' site he's a Man-Yu - the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Have you tried soaking the food before adding it to the tank? Worth a try. I have. I'm not sure why it doesn't help, the only clue I have is that I've seen the fish swimming at the surface trying to eat imaginary food after feeding flakes or pellets, whether or not the food sinks. it doesn't do this with the live (frozen) food, or with the algae wafers... To quote the owner of the fish: "Jack is very silly, isn't he Mummy?" Signaturesophie > >Sophie, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > sophie Could try feeding less and occasionally feeding a cooked shelled pea to see if that helps >> >Sophie, >> > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Could try feeding less and occasionally feeding a cooked >shelled pea to see if that helps They do get peas occasionally. I don't feed a lot; a little bit once a day with the occasional day (usually sundays) off. and very occasionally a couple of feeds in one day. partly because I go away every so often I don't like them to come to expect being fed at a certain time; it doesn't seem fair if suddenly I'm not around... One thing I have noticed is that they respond extremely badly to a fast immediately following a bloodworm feed (as do the WCMs); it isn't a problem after anything else. weirdos. Signaturesophie |
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