Gosh darn dirty goldfish!!!

Originally Posted by LittleBettaFish

My Goldfish absolutely hate Gel foods. I made a whole big batch the other day and they took one bite and spat the whole thing out. I think it's the gelatin they don't like, even when I added some tomato paste and garlic to make it a bit more appetizing. They also have no interest in any of my plants like elodea and bacopa. The only thing they took some bites out of were half-dead vals.

I forgot to mention this, but you will also have to watch the pleco. That particular species is kind of notorious for feeding on the slime coat of Goldfish. A big, slow-moving fancy is a fairly easy target after all.

Originally Posted by lilchiwolf

My pleco is just your normal, everyday pleco. Yeah, the one that gets big. He has not bothered my Goldfish at all. The only suckerfish (witch stinks cause they are super awesome at cleaning) that would attack my past GF's were the little yellow fu**ers. Sorry for the french, but thats what I call them :P

I know off hand that the PH was 7.4. I will do another check and get back to you on the others cause it seems I misplaced my paper that I wrote it on.

As for food, he gets a mix of:

Wardley: Goldfish Crumblers
Aqueon: Goldfish Granules
Tetra: Baby Shrimp

I also will toss in a lettous leaf, chunk of orange, bloodworms (frozen) as a snack one in a while. Not all together, I just pick something for them to nibble ever few days.

I have never used supplements on my Goldfish in the past, but I will look into it. I will also look into the bare bottom tank for my new one and see how it goes. I might have to wait on the potted pants cause they can be a bit pricey.

Originally Posted by lilchiwolf

Just letting you all know his new tank is up and running! My standing water tested awesome and the Oranda is having a blast in he new home. I will keep checking the water and doing changes as needed.

Originally Posted by kelly528

Lilchiwolf: Gorgeous fish! If your pleco is a big species, I might suggest you swap him for a bristlenose pleo. They get along well with Goldfish and only grow 4 inches.

LittleBettaFish: Crush some of your Goldfish's favorite pelleted food and susbstitute it for half of the ingredients in the food (not including the gelatin). When I made medicated food out of gelatin and crushed fish food, my Goldfish went nuts for it.

Originally Posted by lilchiwolf

none of my LPS have that kind of pleco. Is there any other that I can look for? How about those armored plecos?

Originally Posted by lilchiwolf

@ Lupin: Thank you! I think he is very pretty. He has some faded orange color right under his dorsal fin and it looks like his belly is becoming orange/yellow as well.

And yes it was one of those evil Chinese algae eaters.....that I call golden "jerks" :P