On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 15:48:07 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says...
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"D. T. Green" wrote ..
Trying to give the pond goldfish a more varied diet and using things like
tinned peas is proving wasteful, because the peas sink and the fish miss a
lot.
Also because peas are no part of the natural diet of fish. Petsmart will
provide ample stocks of commercial products that are.
Do peas give goldfish wind?
Is there any crafty way to arrange something to float the peas etc in, and
yet enable the fish to get at the food ?
If the pond has a bottom of soft mud then they are already getting a
varied diet eating a lot of wildlife etc. If you want to give them a
varied diet then use Tetra Flakes for Tropical Fish (not goldfish) but
it's not needed especially in an established mud bottomed pond. If you
have a water but that grows midge larvae then net those out and feed them
to the fish.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK
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Thanks. What kind of wildlife would that be, that relates to the muddy
bottom ?
Scoop out some of that mud onto a plastic sheet, or into a clear
plasrtic bucket of water, and you'll be amazed what comes wriggling out
of it.
And children love it.
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Mike.