goldfish info
Submitted by mako magic on Fri, 2008-03-28 13:46
went to get some goldfish to feed my fish in my fishtank today and the place i normally get them from in malaga now has put the price up to $1.25 each and they are pretty small, used to get them for like $1 each and sometimes 15 for $10, so wondering whether anyone knows of a decent place to buy them at a cheap price nor somewhere?
dogsoldier
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I know city farmers used to
I know city farmers used to sell them fairly cheap or try some of the garden nurserys in wangarra they somtimes have a golfish koi area
Live to fish
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Colin Hay
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Was that city barn in Malaga
That is the cheapest place I know of locally.
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mako magic
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yeah was but today found out
yeah was but today found out they gone up in price and size was very small, my fish eat alot so was looking at somewhere more affordable
Colin Hay
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Malaga Aquariums
Have you had a look in Malaga Aquariums. I don't know what price they sell godfish at, but it is great shop.
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mako magic
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yeah i have before, they a
yeah i have before, they a little dearer than city barn, though they are normally bigger fish, i put 10 in earlier and within 3 minutes was gone
danobigfish
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what fish
what fish hgave u got in ya tank
mako magic
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have a big salmon tail
have a big salmon tail catfish and a couple of oscars
mako magic
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so you fed goldfish to the
so you fed goldfish to the walking fish? we have 2 and had them about 2 weeks now and they hardly eat never thought about godfish for them. gee wish i could get goldfish for 20c each
carassius
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Hope you get this
Mako, from my understanding, you should avoid feeding predatory fish Goldfish as their staple diet. The reason for this, apparently goldfish contain an enzyme called thiaminase which breaks down thiamin, vitamin B1, in your fish. This will cause growth & development issues.
Did I see a marine biologist on this sight? Perhaps they 'd be able to confirm or deny?
boofhead
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ctafish
apparently as long as the catfish is dark colour(blackish)then it is healthy.... if changes to a greyish colour it may be sick