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[lnicky]

[Kinder]

Sad to hear about the calico, did it die say after a water change? also check your goldfish stomach ...it should be firm and not jelly like when you touch it...could be the sign of internal parasite due to overfeeding....out of my 4 chinese ranchus one has a jelly like belly when bought it...so far its doing good...and i guess thats more becoz that fish has disproportionate belly size (might have been since birth)

Anyhow i would recommend you not to feed 4 bloodworm cubes at night and the 4 times pellet food at day time....its a bit too much. Stick to 4-5times of feed per day (be it pellet or BW) and try not to feed them at night time. I feed my goldfish 5 times a day starting from 5am to 3pm (mostly they get fed pallet food...if im at home then BW). Senior bros here recommend that...try not to feed them about few hours before sunset/dark. In your case SYD i guess sunset is ard 7pm....so you sound make your last feed about 3 hours before it gets dark there this will give enough time for your goldfish to digest their food before they sleep and try to make your last feed of the day a bit lighter so they can digest food quickly.

Usually at night i notice a lot of poo on the tank floor before i turn the lights off ard 6pm....but when i get up in the morning i see all that poo on the tank floor is eaten up by my goldfish and the smaller pieces are sucked up by the filter....i guess this is a good sign which tells that the goldfish are not been over fed and are looking to scavenge for food from the tank floor.

ps: also include Hikari WeathGerm mini pellets in your goldfish diet, just mix it up with Hikari lionhead 2:1 ratio...that will give some fiber in your goldfish diet.
Soon im going to try out Saki Hikari for my goldfish, its got some beneficial bacteria that will help in food digestion....i would recommend you to try it out too...but not sure if its available in AUZ....might have to get it from overseas.
Hikari website: http://www.hikari.info/gold/index.html


Kinder