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01-19-2006, 11:17 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: LA,Ca
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|  goldfish floating help!!!! My parents decided to start a tank with goldfish and I tell them not to feed them floating fods because I have heard that they cause problems. Now two of the goldfish float at the top of the tank and have problems going down to the bottom of the tank. We are going to get sinking food but will the fish continue to float up or will it wear off? Thanks!
__________________    I have problems 76 gallon 2 Angels 5 black skirts 4 neon dwarf rainbows 4 platies 2 kribensis Nanowave 9 4 head Frogspawn Bunch of inverts R.I.P Clown and damsel |
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01-19-2006, 11:25 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California
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| I would feed them a boiled skinned pea or two, then not feed them for a couple of days, they should go back to normal. Make sure the water parameters are good, goldfish produce a lot of ammonia. |
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01-19-2006, 11:27 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: LA,Ca
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| what are the boiledpeas supposed to do
__________________ I have problems 76 gallon 2 Angels 5 black skirts 4 neon dwarf rainbows 4 platies 2 kribensis Nanowave 9 4 head Frogspawn Bunch of inverts R.I.P Clown and damsel |
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01-19-2006, 11:38 PM
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| The peas help clear the digestive system. Lots of info on swimbladder problems in goldfish here: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/4468/swmbldr.html |
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01-23-2006, 06:32 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kalifornia, Silicon Valley
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| kinda like a laxitive for fish.
__________________ Nina At home I have: 1 Male Betta 2.5g Shadow/ 4 RET sharing a 10g 3 TB's 5 Gold Fish in a pond 1 Kitty Cat Pearl 1 Slim Dogga " Spinner" aka "Poohie" ************  |
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01-24-2006, 03:29 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Manchester , England
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| ditto the above , and in future just soak the goldfish food prior to putting in the tank. do this for pellets flakes etc.....and the floaties should go. As lotus said try and feed a varied diet especially peas , blanched lettuce etc....and this will clear the digestive tract and keep em healthy
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