I've been telling people for a long time to read the ingredients and choose what foods to feed based on the list. I have around a thousand cichlids in my home so it's safe to say I've tried many foods, but the best food I've found bar none is "Ron's Cichlid Food ". It's terrific. Ingredients are excellent. My tanks are cleaner, fish are healthier, and filters go longer between cleaning.
You have no idea how much you have helped me help my goldfish. I really can't thank you enough. I ordered the duck weed you mentioned in May and the gobbled it up. They Did so well. It is a challenge keeping it. I will get this new food you suggest. I can't thank you enough-
Have kept fancy goldfish for over 10 years with mixed success and losses over the years through swim bladder problems and dropsy (So frustrating to say the least) . I think the issues experienced, without doubt, has been due to the high protein content of commercial goldfish pellets used which eventually cause intestinal blockage in this species of fish (young fish do ok but as they get older that's where the problems kick in). I have now been using Algaemax for 4 months and the difference is remarkable- everything mentioned in this video is spot on. I do find I need to do an extra few feeds a day but fish that are four years old that would float on Hikari or Omega are fine with this NLS veg pellet. This is a breakthrough - thanks so much for this research.
I once talked to an old time fishkeeper who had come to the same conclusion. He said to essentially treat fancies as if they were Tanganyikan tropheus when it comes to food.
Have no shortage of duckweed but looking for a good prepared food and had heard cichlid food. Definitely gonna check this one out. For me nothing is too expensive for my scale babies ❤️
I feed my goldfish only homemade food. The DIY food has lots of spirulina algae in it, it also has egg, some kelp powder, flake fish food, shrimp, ground flax seeds, Paprika, and garlic powder. I make it about one every four days or so. I also grow and feed them lots of duckweed and there is algae on the sides of my little ponds that they can graze on all day. This food is better and cheaper than most fish food I can buy for them and it is easy to make.
Thanks ever so much Dr. Novak. As soon as I saw this I bought this food off of Amazon. It's expensive, but, so worth it. My Goldies love this food. And I put some in my other tank for my snails, derpy cory cats, and personality-plus aquatic frogs. I have plenum's in both aquariums and very little algae. This food is great. I would've never found it, but, for you. 🐡
I've been feeding this food to my goldfish for 1-2 years. They love it. I'm trying to move them on to other gel food for goldfish specifically, but I know they love this more. I'm just sometimes worried this food isn't compete for them.
I have mollies and they love to eat algae. I grow bba above the water on a rag that stays moist under the hood on the internal filter box (I was trying to grow moss but the black algae took over and it's full of springtails). I peel some off and put it in the tank and let them tear it up. I also blend blanched peas and vegetables and freeze it for them. I don't have a good quality fish food here that isn't mostly wheat and I've noticed that my dwarf gourami has some bloating problems when he eats it even after fasting him for a few days. So I'm trying to feed less of the pellets and more vegetables to help clean him out.
Hey I’m an axolotl keeper so I need to use sand in my 55 gallon aquarium instead of gravel. If I use a regular under gravel filter for a plenum that is covered in a fine mesh will that help to create water flow through the sand.
Hello Dr. Novak. I am setting up a tank for one 6 inch veiltail goldfish. I was thinking of using a 29 long. Can I put over an under gravel filter Cat liter, a layer of laterite,and another layer of cat litter, topped over with a layer of sand ? Can I use that alone without a cannister filter? Thanks so much.
I'm in the process of making a stock tank pond and will have comets & shubunkins. Would this be a good alternative to the cold weather wheat-germ food for pond fish?
Great common sense, as usual. Not to step on toes, but people who want big, fat, show quality, water pigs are more concerned with impact (making impressive fish, as fast as possible), to the point of diminishing well-being, including longevity. Fish that grow fast, die faster. Swim bladder seems to be an inevitable result they accept in exchange for big, impressive, water pigs. Even the nickname, “water pig,” implies, “impact.” Everything you teach, benefits my goldfish. I run a slow-moving plenum, iron source, good mechanical filtration, reasonable water changes, light feeding of commercial food high in plant matter, once a day or every few days… and access to green carpet algae in abundance. And I no longer lose goldfish, ever. If I want something new, I have to give my old ones away. I’m not trying to tell people what they should want, but if like me, they want vibrant, healthy, thriving, reasonably low maintenance pets more than “impact,” then they can have that by following your methods.
The best! Been using Repashy Super Gold for almost 2 years now exclusively and nothing else. The goldfish love it and they eat off the bottom so no swim bladder problems from gulping air from the top and eating those bad flakes. Make a weeks worth at a time for 4 large fancy goldfish and refrigerate for the week. Best food ever!!❤
I guess I have been doing it right. My goldfish are my duckweed disposal team. I scoop up the unwanted duckweed from my other tanks and feed it to my goldfish. That's probably why I haven't had any issues with my goldfish.
Are you saying goldfish will be completely fine with this and duckweed for the rest of their lives? This wouldn’t cause bay deficiencies in other areas? Just curious as I’m new to goldfish keeping and I recently just stumbled upon the gold that is your channel!
I agree , I always read the ingredients for the alagae and spirilina rich foods no matter what fish they are recommended for . 👍🏼 is new life spectrum the brand?
Off the subject , can a undergravel with the tunes cut to 3 " keep a 75 gallon tank ? I started setting- resetting my box when I stumbled over you lol 😆. I'm going to make alot of changes now . Lots of Anglefish n some plants . I Wana slow the flow way down . For plants and my Fish . Suggestions???
It sounds like you're on the right track of what I've been saying. Right now my 90 gallon tank is so overcrowded with plants I may in the future have to only take it down because there's no place for fish to almost swim anymore.
I've been looking for decent fish food for a while now. It annoys me that most foods have so many grains in them. I'd rather pay more for a food that actually gives the fish stuff that is healty for them. I've been thinking about making my own fish food as well, with dried duckweed, spirulina etc. to have a no-nonsense food for my fish. I've also been experimenting with putting dried mulberry leaves in the tank, and my goldfish loves them, and poops up a storm.
A good laxative for goldfish that will clean out their intestinal system is duck weed. The more they eat the more it will clean out their complete system. If you give them duck weed do not feed them and make sure they eat all that duck weed up. Another thing that you should think about feed them at least once a year is earth worms from the garden that have plenty of dirt inside of them. This will give them new gut bacteria that is badly needed. Almost like a probiotic is what you're going to give them from the worms.
you know whats extremely weird is I just switched to nano pellets by Xtreme and immediately Ive had 2 cases of swimbladder issues in my chili rasboras. As in yesterday and today. weird timing
Hi Dr Novak , You say at the very beginning of this video that the content is for the fancy goldfish. However would this food still be suitable for comet goldfish or do they need more protein in their diet than the fancies ?
Err, they have food specifically made for goldfish compromised of mostly fish meal and algae... Repashy Gold... And it's made to be easy on their digestive system rather than dry pellets. Repashy gold is green, because it's full of plant.
Hope all is good I have a 125gal tank I have enough plates to cover 55in long and 11 wide my tank is 73 long and 20 do I need more plates for my plenum to work? Have a good day
If you have air hair algae, growing on your Java Moss, then you probably are giving it too much blues or too much red light. If you can cut back on the blue light and red light drastically and see if that helps. Also, try to cut back on your phosphate as much as possible and starve the hair algae out.
Thanks for the reply! In early October, I started putting foam panels on all sides of the 20H outdoor tank to cut down on overnight heat loss. The panels reduced direct light to 5 hours day. All the hair algae disappeared within two weeks. The plants are doing fine and the hair algae hasn't returned. The tank stays a stable 76F even with ambient air temps of 45F. I'm using 2 Hitop PTC 100W heaters (which in reality draw 60W each). Average power consumption is around 80W for 12 hours. I'm still only running the anoxic bed for filtration and only topping off the tank as needed.
New life spectrum Algae Max . Natural algae enhance medium pellets made in USA you can get it in 150 g or 300 g weight. At a local fish store 150 g cost over $14, Amazon , you can buy 300 g for $19 it's a no-brainer.
Hikari is nice. But i don’t want my ranchus to have giant wen like lionheads ☝️ I will be getting them sinking pellets that don’t promote head growth 😤
I've been telling people for a long time to read the ingredients and choose what foods to feed based on the list. I have around a thousand cichlids in my home so it's safe to say I've tried many foods, but the best food I've found bar none is "Ron's Cichlid Food ". It's terrific. Ingredients are excellent. My tanks are cleaner, fish are healthier, and filters go longer between cleaning.
You have no idea how much you have helped me help my goldfish. I really can't thank you enough. I ordered the duck weed you mentioned in May and the gobbled it up. They Did so well. It is a challenge keeping it. I will get this new food you suggest. I can't thank you enough-
Thanks, I do try to help.
Never thought about this before. Amazing idea. Thank you Dr Novak
My pleasure!
Have kept fancy goldfish for over 10 years with mixed success and losses over the years through swim bladder problems and dropsy (So frustrating to say the least) . I think the issues experienced, without doubt, has been due to the high protein content of commercial goldfish pellets used which eventually cause intestinal blockage in this species of fish (young fish do ok but as they get older that's where the problems kick in). I have now been using Algaemax for 4 months and the difference is remarkable- everything mentioned in this video is spot on. I do find I need to do an extra few feeds a day but fish that are four years old that would float on Hikari or Omega are fine with this NLS veg pellet. This is a breakthrough - thanks so much for this research.
So you have been using this feed as the staple diet feed?
I once talked to an old time fishkeeper who had come to the same conclusion. He said to essentially treat fancies as if they were Tanganyikan tropheus when it comes to food.
Have no shortage of duckweed but looking for a good prepared food and had heard cichlid food. Definitely gonna check this one out. For me nothing is too expensive for my scale babies ❤️
I feed my goldfish only homemade food. The DIY food has lots of spirulina algae in it, it also has egg, some kelp powder, flake fish food, shrimp, ground flax seeds, Paprika, and garlic powder. I make it about one every four days or so. I also grow and feed them lots of duckweed and there is algae on the sides of my little ponds that they can graze on all day. This food is better and cheaper than most fish food I can buy for them and it is easy to make.
I am most definitely gonna give this a try!
Hope you like it!
Another Great Video. Thanks Again Dr Novak.
Thanks again!
Thanks for the feeding tips. I am going to try the New Life Spectrum for my tetras and corydoras. They really like the Extreme Spirolina Flake.
Thanks ever so much Dr. Novak. As soon as I saw this I bought this food off of Amazon. It's expensive, but, so worth it. My Goldies love this food. And I put some in my other tank for my snails, derpy cory cats, and personality-plus aquatic frogs. I have plenum's in both aquariums and very little algae. This food is great. I would've never found it, but, for you. 🐡
Wonderful!
I've been feeding this food to my goldfish for 1-2 years. They love it. I'm trying to move them on to other gel food for goldfish specifically, but I know they love this more. I'm just sometimes worried this food isn't compete for them.
Very interesting. Thank you for that advice.. That's a game changer for the fancies
Glad it was helpful!
I have mollies and they love to eat algae. I grow bba above the water on a rag that stays moist under the hood on the internal filter box (I was trying to grow moss but the black algae took over and it's full of springtails). I peel some off and put it in the tank and let them tear it up. I also blend blanched peas and vegetables and freeze it for them. I don't have a good quality fish food here that isn't mostly wheat and I've noticed that my dwarf gourami has some bloating problems when he eats it even after fasting him for a few days. So I'm trying to feed less of the pellets and more vegetables to help clean him out.
I feed my Guppies, Sera Guppy Gran veggie food but it is no nowhere as good as the spectrum Algae Max food.
Hey I’m an axolotl keeper so I need to use sand in my 55 gallon aquarium instead of gravel. If I use a regular under gravel filter for a plenum that is covered in a fine mesh will that help to create water flow through the sand.
Yes
Hello Dr. Novak. I am setting up a tank for one 6 inch veiltail goldfish. I was thinking of using a 29 long. Can I put over an under gravel filter Cat liter, a layer of laterite,and another layer of cat litter, topped over with a layer of sand ? Can I use that alone without a cannister filter? Thanks so much.
I'm in the process of making a stock tank pond and will have comets & shubunkins. Would this be a good alternative to the cold weather wheat-germ food for pond fish?
Great common sense, as usual.
Not to step on toes, but people who want big, fat, show quality, water pigs are more concerned with impact (making impressive fish, as fast as possible), to the point of diminishing well-being, including longevity. Fish that grow fast, die faster. Swim bladder seems to be an inevitable result they accept in exchange for big, impressive, water pigs. Even the nickname, “water pig,” implies, “impact.”
Everything you teach, benefits my goldfish. I run a slow-moving plenum, iron source, good mechanical filtration, reasonable water changes, light feeding of commercial food high in plant matter, once a day or every few days… and access to green carpet algae in abundance. And I no longer lose goldfish, ever. If I want something new, I have to give my old ones away.
I’m not trying to tell people what they should want, but if like me, they want vibrant, healthy, thriving, reasonably low maintenance pets more than “impact,” then they can have that by following your methods.
I love rapashy food make it up and store in freezer. INGREDIENTS: Krill Meal, Spirulina Algae, Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal, Chlorella Algae, Squid Meal, Dandelion Leaf, Seaweed Meal, Whole Egg, Pea Protein Isolate, Rice Protein Concentrate, Banana Powder, Brewer’s Dried Yeast, Mussel Meal, Mango Powder, Lecithin, Locust Bean Gum, Citric Acid, Stinging Nettle, Garlic, Ginger, Cinnamon, Dried Kelp, Phaffia Yeast, Dried Watermelon, RoseHips, Hibiscus Flower, Marigold Flower, Paprika, Turmeric, Salt, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (as preservatives), Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate, Manganese Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate, Copper Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate. Vitamins: (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Calcium L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta Carotene, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex).
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein min. 40%, Crude Fat min. 6%, Crude Fibre max. 5%, Moisture maxes. 8%, Ash maxes. 10%.
The best! Been using Repashy Super Gold for almost 2 years now exclusively and nothing else. The goldfish love it and they eat off the bottom so no swim bladder problems from gulping air from the top and eating those bad flakes. Make a weeks worth at a time for 4 large fancy goldfish and refrigerate for the week. Best food ever!!❤
I guess I have been doing it right. My goldfish are my duckweed disposal team. I scoop up the unwanted duckweed from my other tanks and feed it to my goldfish. That's probably why I haven't had any issues with my goldfish.
I'm a big fan of your channel keep up the good work.
What about the New life spectrum goldfish food line they came out with?
What do you think of Xtreme Spirulina Flakes? From what you are saying, this should be good food for them.
Yes, it is a good food for them.
Are you saying goldfish will be completely fine with this and duckweed for the rest of their lives? This wouldn’t cause bay deficiencies in other areas? Just curious as I’m new to goldfish keeping and I recently just stumbled upon the gold that is your channel!
Thank you
You're welcome
Just bought some thanks!
Hope you enjoy it!
I agree , I always read the ingredients for the alagae and spirilina rich foods no matter what fish they are recommended for . 👍🏼 is new life spectrum the brand?
yes its is new life spectrum
Off the subject , can a undergravel with the tunes cut to 3 " keep a 75 gallon tank ? I started setting- resetting my box when I stumbled over you lol 😆. I'm going to make alot of changes now . Lots of Anglefish n some plants . I Wana slow the flow way down . For plants and my Fish . Suggestions???
It sounds like you're on the right track of what I've been saying. Right now my 90 gallon tank is so overcrowded with plants I may in the future have to only take it down because there's no place for fish to almost swim anymore.
I've been looking for decent fish food for a while now. It annoys me that most foods have so many grains in them. I'd rather pay more for a food that actually gives the fish stuff that is healty for them. I've been thinking about making my own fish food as well, with dried duckweed, spirulina etc. to have a no-nonsense food for my fish. I've also been experimenting with putting dried mulberry leaves in the tank, and my goldfish loves them, and poops up a storm.
A good laxative for goldfish that will clean out their intestinal system is duck weed. The more they eat the more it will clean out their complete system. If you give them duck weed do not feed them and make sure they eat all that duck weed up. Another thing that you should think about feed them at least once a year is earth worms from the garden that have plenty of dirt inside of them. This will give them new gut bacteria that is badly needed. Almost like a probiotic is what you're going to give them from the worms.
you know whats extremely weird is I just switched to nano pellets by Xtreme and immediately Ive had 2 cases of swimbladder issues in my chili rasboras. As in yesterday and today. weird timing
Bassleer bio fish food. full of nutrition and probiotics.
Hi Dr Novak , You say at the very beginning of this video that the content is for the fancy goldfish. However would this food still be suitable for comet goldfish or do they need more protein in their diet than the fancies ?
You can use it for all goldfish because it is basically plant-based food.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Wonderful. That food is next on my buying list.
Err, they have food specifically made for goldfish compromised of mostly fish meal and algae... Repashy Gold... And it's made to be easy on their digestive system rather than dry pellets. Repashy gold is green, because it's full of plant.
Hope all is good I have a 125gal tank I have enough plates to cover 55in long and 11 wide my tank is 73 long and 20 do I need more plates for my plenum to work? Have a good day
Yes it will
I think I need some fancy goldfish to crop all my hair algae. The hair algae doesn't grow on the glass or substrate but plenty grows on the java moss.
If you have air hair algae, growing on your Java Moss, then you probably are giving it too much blues or too much red light. If you can cut back on the blue light and red light drastically and see if that helps. Also, try to cut back on your phosphate as much as possible and starve the hair algae out.
Thanks for the reply! In early October, I started putting foam panels on all sides of the 20H outdoor tank to cut down on overnight heat loss. The panels reduced direct light to 5 hours day. All the hair algae disappeared within two weeks. The plants are doing fine and the hair algae hasn't returned. The tank stays a stable 76F even with ambient air temps of 45F. I'm using 2 Hitop PTC 100W heaters (which in reality draw 60W each). Average power consumption is around 80W for 12 hours. I'm still only running the anoxic bed for filtration and only topping off the tank as needed.
Could anyone one tell me what this food is called? Link to Amazon?
New life spectrum Algae Max . Natural algae enhance medium pellets made in USA you can get it in 150 g or 300 g weight. At a local fish store 150 g cost over $14, Amazon , you can buy 300 g for $19 it's a no-brainer.
Thank you! Just bought one. Been looking for a fish/veggie based food for my goldies
Hikari is nice. But i don’t want my ranchus to have giant wen like lionheads ☝️ I will be getting them sinking pellets that don’t promote head growth 😤
But breeders do not use this
What do they use?
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Hikari products or just kens fish
Algae also has a ton of research on improving goldfish coloration so this might a good color enhancer.