Regular Member xjasminex Posted September 2, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 2, 2021 Hey! I have been out of the goldfish hobby for about five years or so. I have purchased a used 90 gallon tall with sump and stand/ canopy. I’m currently working on resealing the tank. Today I just received five Bristol shubunkins from Gary Hater. I’m super excited to get going with the hobby again. Looking into some interesting filtration and generally trying to remember everything. I was wondering if anyone had any good tips to share and if there are any new products/ old products that you find make life easier. Open for suggestions and questions! Also, what is everyone feeding these days.? Looking to eventually feed repashy super gold as I’ve read about it and feel it’s a good food. However I like to feed a variety. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted September 2, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 2, 2021 I rarely can be bothered with gel food these days. I bought a satchet of the Repashy super gold from Dandy Orandas and have barely used it. Sometimes it doesn't turn out right and it can be messy and I just usually PASS. I may just toss it in the garbage. I feed Cobalt Goldfish and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two mostly to the little indoor goldfish and I feed Blue Ridge to the outdoor ones. And some freeze dried and frozen foods sometimes indoors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xjasminex Posted September 3, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 21 hours ago, mjfromga said: I rarely can be bothered with gel food these days. I bought a satchet of the Repashy super gold from Dandy Orandas and have barely used it. Sometimes it doesn't turn out right and it can be messy and I just usually PASS. I may just toss it in the garbage. I feed Cobalt Goldfish and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two mostly to the little indoor goldfish and I feed Blue Ridge to the outdoor ones. And some freeze dried and frozen foods sometimes indoors. Yay! A reply! I used to feed gel to my fancies and didn’t mind it. Maybe I will now, lol. I made super small batches and fed once a day and then supplemented with dry pellets. It was a lot easier then making homemade gel food by hand…I cant believe my parents let me do that…gross. Thanks for the recommendations. I’ll look them up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted September 7, 2021 Admin Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 6:32 PM, xjasminex said: Yay! A reply! I used to feed gel to my fancies and didn’t mind it. Maybe I will now, lol. I made super small batches and fed once a day and then supplemented with dry pellets. It was a lot easier then making homemade gel food by hand…I cant believe my parents let me do that…gross. Thanks for the recommendations. I’ll look them up! I feed my Omega pellets and Blood worms. My fish is about 9 years old now and all she wants to eat is blood worms. I don't like Gel foods. It gets into the filter and makes a very big mess, unless you turn off the filter and let them eat it all first. If it starts to get in the filter it will get all mushy and slimey in the filter media. I'm not a fan of it anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted September 8, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 8, 2021 I never found that gel foods caused issues with the filter - I just hate making it. It takes time and it's hard to get correct sometimes... and it stinks. It may be nutritionally superior but it isn't worth the extra effort to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member spider man Posted September 8, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 8, 2021 I feed mostly just repashy gel food and love it. Gary has great shubunkins, Please take some photos when you get a chance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xjasminex Posted September 10, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/7/2021 at 11:56 AM, koko said: I feed my Omega pellets and Blood worms. My fish is about 9 years old now and all she wants to eat is blood worms. I don't like Gel foods. It gets into the filter and makes a very big mess, unless you turn off the filter and let them eat it all first. If it starts to get in the filter it will get all mushy and slimey in the filter media. I'm not a fan of it anymore. I don’t remember having that problem before. Hopefully it won’t with my sump! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xjasminex Posted September 10, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 10, 2021 I don’t remember having that problem before with my canister. Hopefully it won’t happen with my sump! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted September 11, 2021 Admin Share Posted September 11, 2021 9 hours ago, xjasminex said: I don’t remember having that problem before with my canister. Hopefully it won’t happen with my sump! I could have put to much in, but I always seem to have this bio film in my HOB when I gave that to them. 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 Hello, welcome back to the hobby! I've recently got back into it myself. It's nice to see others returning also! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted September 14, 2021 Admin Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 7:35 AM, colley614 said: Hello, welcome back to the hobby! I've recently got back into it myself. It's nice to see others returning also! 👋 Nice to see you again! 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 5 hours ago, koko said: 👋 Nice to see you again! It's good to be back. I've been wanting to get back into the hobby for so long and now I'm back the obvious thing to do was head straight back to my favourite goldfish related forum! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xjasminex Posted September 15, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 10:35 AM, colley614 said: Hello, welcome back to the hobby! I've recently got back into it myself. It's nice to see others returning also! Yay! More people to share with! I’m certainly taking a lot of time In setting up this tank. Ill take photos eventually and share them with everyone! 1 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 12 minutes ago, xjasminex said: Yay! More people to share with! I’m certainly taking a lot of time In setting up this tank. Ill take photos eventually and share them with everyone! I look forward to seeing those pics! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted September 16, 2021 Admin Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 hours ago, xjasminex said: Yay! More people to share with! I’m certainly taking a lot of time In setting up this tank. Ill take photos eventually and share them with everyone! I can't wait to see what you have done. 🤗 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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