Regular Member Maxwell09 Posted July 11, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted July 11, 2021 I have so far repashy gel food, bloodworms, veggies, and shrimp pellets. Would those be enough or should I get some saki hikari? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted July 13, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2021 Avoid Hikari... If it ain't broke.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maxwell09 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2021 Ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper FishyMandy Posted July 14, 2021 Helper Share Posted July 14, 2021 To expand on what Myra said, a lot of people have found Hikari to cause floatiness in their fish. I find it ok with my single tail pondies, but avoid it with my fancies If you do want to add more variety my guys do well on the New Life Spectrum Thera A and Ocean Free Goldfish Sinking Pellets. Occasionally I give them frozen 'community food', mysis shrimp, brine shrimp as well well as bloodworms. They also love seaweed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted July 14, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2021 The ingredients in Saki Hikari actually look bad to me too. So many fillers for the price. And yes many people have found that their fancies float on that food. My fancies and single tails alike eat the Cobalt goldfish pellets and sometimes the Ocean Nutrition Formula 2 but I do not feed them much TBH. They mostly eat algae etc from their little pond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper FishyMandy Posted July 14, 2021 Helper Share Posted July 14, 2021 Yea, there are a lot of fillers for the price. My pondies now get the Ocean Free Goldfish as well. I only feed them every few days, sometimes even less than that. Lots of algae and bugs for them to eat out there. When I did feed Hikari I gave the inside guys Hikari Lionhead and the outside guys Hikari Goldfish Gold, but I have found the fancies to do better generally off the Hikari. The long bodied single tails it didn't seem to make a difference for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member spider man Posted July 15, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2021 I would feed almost exclusively the gel food with the occasional blood worms and shelled peas. Goldfish are designed to eat soft foods not these dry pellets that are out there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member colley614 Posted September 13, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 13, 2021 I've just ordered saki hikari and repashy solient green. Wish I'd checked the comments on here first. What is a recommended staple for goldfish pellet now then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted September 13, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, colley614 said: I've just ordered saki hikari and repashy solient green. Wish I'd checked the comments on here first. What is a recommended staple for goldfish pellet now then? Lol nearly anything except Saki Hikari. Expensive bag of wheat and cheap fillers. They'll make your fish big and fat quick by filling the fish with carbs and junk, which is why so many fed it for growth... but in the process of doing that, it also caused many many people to also have swim bladder issues. I feed my indoor fish Cobalt Goldfish and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two as pellet staples. The outdoor fish I feed Blue Ridge pond food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member colley614 Posted September 13, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 13, 2021 54 minutes ago, mjfromga said: Lol nearly anything except Saki Hikari. Expensive bag of wheat and cheap fillers. They'll make your fish big and fat quick by filling the fish with carbs and junk, which is why so many fed it for growth... but in the process of doing that, it also caused many many people to also have swim bladder issues. I feed my indoor fish Cobalt Goldfish and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two as pellet staples. The outdoor fish I feed Blue Ridge pond food. Great 🙄. It appears much has changed since I was last in the hobby. Everyone was recommending it back then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maxwell09 Posted September 13, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 13, 2021 Hey everyone sorry I couldnt respond sooner (I didnt see it) I decided to get hikari lionhead. They are doing great on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted September 14, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 14, 2021 This post was recognized by koko! "Great post. MJ" mjfromga was awarded the badge 'Great Content' and 10 points. Everyone can feed what they want, we as longstanding members just warned against something we noticed over the years. This is not to say to feed your fish whatever you like, but to throw a known caution in the air. Hikari doesn't cause problems instantly - so just keep an eye out if you feed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member colley614 Posted September 14, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, mjfromga said: Everyone can feed what they want, we as longstanding members just warned against something we noticed over the years. This is not to say to feed your fish whatever you like, but to throw a known caution in the air. Hikari doesn't cause problems instantly - so just keep an eye out if you feed it. I think I'll feed this packet and then swap to one of the recommended options. I plan on feeding plenty of veg so hopefully that will minimise the risk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maxwell09 Posted September 14, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 14, 2021 Ok! Thanks everyone! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted September 14, 2021 Admin Share Posted September 14, 2021 7 hours ago, mjfromga said: Everyone can feed what they want, we as longstanding members just warned against something we noticed over the years. This is not to say to feed your fish whatever you like, but to throw a known caution in the air. Hikari doesn't cause problems instantly - so just keep an eye out if you feed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member colley614 Posted September 15, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 15, 2021 11 hours ago, koko said: You know what, Koko? While I haven't been in the goldfish hobby for 5 years, I've still be in the aquarium hobby and on fish related social media. Its nice to see someone with a different opinion express it with scolding other people. Most posts I come across these days seem to be aquarists waiting for opportunities to tell others they a wrong. This reply was a breath of fresh air. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member johann_pond Posted October 9, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 2:52 PM, mjfromga said: I feed my indoor fish Cobalt Goldfish and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two as pellet staples. The outdoor fish I feed Blue Ridge pond food. So let me get this correct, you feed pellets designed for salt water fish to your goldfish????? I have never heard of anyone doing this, I am intrigued.... please elaborate..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted October 9, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, johann_pond said: So let me get this correct, you feed pellets designed for salt water fish to your goldfish????? I have never heard of anyone doing this, I am intrigued.... please elaborate..... I read the BACK of labels when I choose a pellet food for my fish, not the FRONT. Elaboration complete! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 15, 2021 Admin Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 12:52 PM, johann_pond said: So let me get this correct, you feed pellets designed for salt water fish to your goldfish????? I have never heard of anyone doing this, I am intrigued.... please elaborate..... I have in the past feed my fish the Gel frozen version of Ocean Nutrition Formula. It has a lot of good ingrediencies in there for the goldfish. I see why not feed it to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member colley614 Posted October 15, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2021 14 hours ago, koko said: I have in the past feed my fish the Gel frozen version of Ocean Nutrition Formula. It has a lot of good ingrediencies in there for the goldfish. I see why not feed it to them. I remember a while ago cichlid pellets were all the rage for goldfish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted October 15, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2021 For a long time - because goldfish were considered merely feeder fish... there were no high quality foods for them. Foods were just meant to keep them alive long enough to be fed to other fish. As time went by - people begun to realize that goldfish actually make horrible feeders. No real nutrients and full of disease. So that market fell off a tad. Then fancies begun to take off in popularity and they are expensive and for bougie people (market view) so companies begun to match the quality and price with goldfish foods as well. In addition, fancies are GMO fish who don't do well on cheap filler diets. Standard goldfish do fine on just about anything. This is also why you'll notice most goldfish foods have fancy goldfish on the label. They know those are the fish that the food is going to for the most part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member johann_pond Posted October 21, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 9:02 PM, koko said: I have in the past feed my fish the Gel frozen version of Ocean Nutrition Formula. It has a lot of good ingrediencies in there for the goldfish. I see why not feed it to them. On 10/9/2021 at 6:27 PM, mjfromga said: I read the BACK of labels when I choose a pellet food for my fish, not the FRONT. Elaboration complete! I hope I didn't offend (mjfromga) with my attempt of a bit of humor and legitimately asking , i have never heard of anyone trying a saltwater food. I have made a note of it and will try it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted October 21, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 21, 2021 Nope not offended. I just said exactly what I do when determining what to feed my fish. I don't really pay heed to what the front of the label says. For me it's ingredients that I focus on. If it looks solid to feed my fish - it feeds my fish. If you wish to try the Ocean Nutrition formula two, unless you have insanely tiny goldfish - go with medium pellet. The small size is for Petco sized tiny shrimpy goldfish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member rie Posted March 3 Regular Member Share Posted March 3 @mjfromga What are your thoughts on SERA, Tetra, New Life Spectrum Goldfish, or Muziho? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted March 3 Regular Member Share Posted March 3 5 hours ago, rie said: @mjfromga What are your thoughts on SERA, Tetra, New Life Spectrum Goldfish, or Muziho? Except for Tetra, those foods are all okay to me. The Muziho food is way too expensive, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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