Thanks to all who replied to my question about feeding goldfish on the
surface.

So far, I've not had too much luck. I made a little floating ring and
tethered it to the edge of my pond. I put the floating pellets in
there so I can keep track of how much get eaten (so they don't go
floating off to all corners of the pond). I put my hand down in the
ring to get the fishes' attention. And I put a few flake pellets in
the neighborhood too, close to the surface.

The pellets stay there most of the day. Odd thing is that, by the
next morning, the floating pellets are gone. I don't know if they get
saturated and start to sink and the fish get them then, or whether the
raccoons are showing up at night and eating the pellets (oh gosh I
hope not! That's the reason why I started feeding the fish deep in
the first place).

Anyway, thanks again to all who replied and for your suggestions.

Joan
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