Goldfish Pellet Food - size matters

Hello guys!

So I've been having troubles feeding my goldfish pellets. Lot of the good brands make pellets that are micro but I would still like to feed them.
Northfin Goldfish 3mm
New Life Spectrum Thera +A (medium pellet 2mm - 2.5mm). I actually don't know if they have bigger pellets but these are the ones I found online only.

My question is: Is there a way to somehow 'glue' these pellets together to make them bigger? I thought I heard of someone on here doing that but I only vaguely remember. The tiny pellets are easy to float away and fall into substrate so really bad to feed those. My fish usually lose them and it's all going to waste. And they are not that fast to catch them while they are dropping

Thanks a lot guys! Appreciate anyone's help.

 

I don't know of any way to "glue" pellets together. I'd just look for larger pellets instead. NLS claims they make Thera+A in Large and Jumbo on their website.

 

I don't know of any way to "glue" pellets together. I'd just look for larger pellets instead. NLS claims they make Thera+A in Large and Jumbo on their website.

Yeah I didn't mean with actual glue lol. Some food additive or something. I'm not sure either.
Oh yeah? I will need to look better then. Thanks a lot for responding, DanPlanted!

 

Hi Nina,
Are these sinking pellets? Would something like this work? Like maybe grab a couple. Then get some plastic tongs (the ones that are kinda spoon shaped that lets you grab from both sides) and scoop up pellets and gently release and place in the dish?

 

Hi Nina,
Are these sinking pellets? Would something like this work? Like maybe grab a couple. Then get some plastic tongs (the ones that are kinda spoon shaped that lets you grab from both sides) and scoop up pellets and gently release and place in the dish?

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Hi cjcummings! Wow thanks so much! I haven't seen this kind of product yet.
Yes those pellets are sinking.
I am definitely gonna look into that and get it right away. I actually gave them a little feeding dish lol. Which is a tiny sauce plate from the kitchen. But yes, I do need this absolutely!
Do they have it on Amazon? I'm gonna look

 

Hi cjcummings! Wow thanks so much! I haven't seen this kind of product yet.
Yes those pellets are sinking.
I am definitely gonna look into that and get it right away. I actually gave them a little feeding dish lol. Which is a tiny sauce plate from the kitchen. But yes, I do need this absolutely!
Do they have it on Amazon? I'm gonna look

Ya they should have on Amazon. Think it came up as a shrimp feeding dish. At least now you can reclaim your sauce dish.

 

Can anybody tell me why my fish suddenly started refusing their usual food?

I was initially feeding them all types of foods like flakes, pellets, Tetra dry shrimp treat, bloodworms, and then steamed egg with veggies and fish food mixed in it.

The last 4-5 days fish wouldn't eat their usual diet - the veggie egg. In the meantime they have also stopped eating pellets of any kind! I only see them eat a few when I know they must be starved and haven't eaten in a while. They used to eat Repashy gel food normally but now they profusely refuse that too! As if they hate it. I even tried making my own gel food with same effect. Spitting and nothing else but that. They tried chewing it but finally spat it out. I chopped it into bite sized pieces (comparable to pellet size).

I'm really worried. I know that adult goldfish can't be supported on flakes alone. I'm freaking out as in why this is happening.

Anyone had similar experience? Their fish stopping eating?

What they are willing to eat now is broccoli, cucumber (but only the inside soft part), bloodworms, dry shrimp treat, flakes (but most flakes fall into substrate anyway and most of them are ignored, too).

Fish look hungry because as they stopped eating their usual diet, there is nothing else I can offer them. Also have not seen them poop for a few days obviously since they are not eating. It's really worrisome

What am I left to do?
And yes, I tried soaking pellets in garlic guard. I tried to not soak them, too. I soaked them in blood worm juice.

Ya they should have on Amazon. Think it came up as a shrimp feeding dish. At least now you can reclaim your sauce dish.

Just saw your reply. Yes lol. That sauce dish is not working right anyway cause those pellets still float out of there. Need something deeper

 

Can anybody tell me why my fish suddenly started refusing their usual food?

I was initially feeding them all types of foods like flakes, pellets, Tetra dry shrimp treat, bloodworms, and then steamed egg with veggies and fish food mixed in it.

The last 4-5 days fish wouldn't eat their usual diet - the veggie egg. In the meantime they have also stopped eating pellets of any kind! I only see them eat a few when I know they must be starved and haven't eaten in a while. They used to eat Repashy gel food normally but now they profusely refuse that too! As if they hate it. I even tried making my own gel food with same effect. Spitting and nothing else but that. They tried chewing it but finally spat it out. I chopped it into bite sized pieces (comparable to pellet size).

I'm really worried. I know that adult goldfish can't be supported on flakes alone. I'm freaking out as in why this is happening.

Anyone had similar experience? Their fish stopping eating?

What they are willing to eat now is broccoli, cucumber (but only the inside soft part), bloodworms, dry shrimp treat, flakes (but most flakes fall into substrate anyway and most of them are ignored, too).

Fish look hungry because as they stopped eating their usual diet, there is nothing else I can offer them. Also have not seen them poop for a few days obviously since they are not eating. It's really worrisome

What am I left to do?
And yes, I tried soaking pellets in garlic guard. I tried to not soak them, too. I soaked them in blood worm juice.

Just saw your reply. Yes lol. That sauce dish is not working right anyway cause those pellets still float out of there. Need something deeper

Wow! You're trying a lot. Honestly I'd stop trying so hard, they're at least eating something so they're unlikely to starve. I'd probably give them some flake or pellet only for a little while, making sure they eat that, before trying anything else. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best.

I'm not familiar with egg or really anything other than commercial and some love foods. I was under the impression egg was too high in protein for anything other than fry, but I could be wrong.

Sound like you might be feeding them a lot to begin with, maybe they just ate too much? Either way fish should be able to go some time without eating, and goldfish normally will find some food in the tank even when you're not feeding them.

 

Wow! You're trying a lot. Honestly I'd stop trying so hard, they're at least eating something so they're unlikely to starve. I'd probably give them some flake or pellet only for a little while, making sure they eat that, before trying anything else. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best.

I'm not familiar with egg or really anything other than commercial and some love foods. I was under the impression egg was too high in protein for anything other than fry, but I could be wrong.

Sound like you might be feeding them a lot to begin with, maybe they just ate too much? Either way fish should be able to go some time without eating, and goldfish normally will find some food in the tank even when you're not feeding them.

Hello Dan!
I'm not absolutely sure how old the goldfish can be to eat that egg thing. But I've seen few ppl on Youtube making that steamed egg with veggies mixed in it and it wasn't just for fry.

Actually today they ended up eating the pellets. I think they were finally hungry enough.
But for some reason they don't like the home made gel food - into which I put a lot of effort and fresh ingredients + fish foods too. At least my snails enjoyed it :-D They 'sucked it up' very quickly.

I've got some other pellets coming in mail soon by brand Mizuho Feed. So I'm hoping they will be a hit.
The pellets they so far prefer out of all that I have are Aqueon Shrimp pellets that cost 4$ *eyeroll* Not sure why they don't like the expensive better brand pellets.