I have a baby fantail. He's about 1 1/2 inches long. I have him, alone, in a 16 gallon filtered tank with lots of live plants. Have been feeding him from a small sample of Hikari baby goldfish pellets for two days now. Read from other sources that I should soak the food first then feed but on the first day he wouldn't eat them so today I fed him those directly. He ate them. Will he get bloated? What foods have you used and been successful with? Should I feed him more than once a day small portions? Also, how fast will he grow? I plan to leave him in this tank as long as possible. Also, will he get lonely being alone in this tank? If so, what other fish should I add and how many? --a lot of questions---Thank you for any answers you may have.
2007-03-22 04:24:06 · 5 answers · asked by Grace 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
I remember when mine were all that size .... ok hes not a baby any more i wouldnt feed him anything but fish food not apple sauce and baby food are they crazy...... its a fish guys now come on listen goldfish have a special diet its not a baby its a fish that person made me laugh if hes that small i would go get the sinking goldfish pellets and yes its ok for them to sink gold fish are scavengers they eat the food on the bottom of the fish tank as long as you feed him very littel feed him every other day and he will be fine goldfish travel in schools so you can get one more or so but i wouldnt get any more they actually grow very slow they never out grow there tank i have had my fish for 3 years and there doing fine .a fantail i have one too he whent from that size to about 5 inches now his name is priate sometimes they gold fish dont like the hikari fish food your actually making more work for yourself just change it to sinking pellets you can count how many you give him and i would give him about 5 or 6 till her gets bigger or your just making your tank dirty .but these are great because they pevent swim bladder and your fish wont gulp so much air when he eats trust me he will eat my goldfish didnt like the hikari food but if your goldfish wont eat change the food and feed him every other day
2007-03-22 07:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by davanna m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi! Ive bred a lot of fish in my life, mainly the more exotic tropical ones.
the main thing - DONT OVER FEED HIM. This is the main reason why fish die. Goldfish actually have a lifespan of around 20 years... but for a beginner, if you get your fish to live for 6 or 7 years you are doing well.
Use normal fish food - he is still small, but no longer a baby. Just make sure the pieces are not too big for him to swallow - the pellets you are using should be fine.
Dont give him so much food that it sits on the bottom of the tank. he will over eat and die, or the food will rot and mess up his tank and he will die - a little each day is better than too much. Just think of how tiny his tummy is and remember that it shouldnt be full every hour of the day.
while many fish school in the wild, goldfish dont. although they are used to having company they can do perfectly well on their own.
2007-03-22 04:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by raspberryswirrrl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always feed my goldfish twice a day....am and then pm.....im not sure how fast they grow but they will get bigger with the bigger the tank is...i would get another gold fish for him to have a friend...i don't know if goldfish get loanly or not but mine always seem to be happyer with friends.....(fish live in schools in the wild so i bet he would be happyer with a friend)....if you want them to get big than only get one that way they have room to grow and they really don't need a lot of fish....two gives them both a friend and that should be good enough....
2007-03-22 04:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Rhylie and Paiyden 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do not overfeed it, or this is going to die. in basic terms a pinch of nutrition interior the morning, and a pinch at night. replace a minimum of 0.5 of the water in this is tank a minimum of as quickly as a month. the bigger the tank that's in, the bigger it gets. i've got considered goldfish as huge as footballs, yet they have been in a hundred and fifty gallon tanks.
2016-11-27 22:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by newcomer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't feed your baby goldfish!!! Feed it normal baby food like strained carrots or applesauce. ;-) What is this world coming to?
2007-03-22 04:32:55 · answer #5 · answered by Chris C 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋