goldfish info

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?


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I know city farmers used to

Fri, 2008-03-28 13:51

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

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Was that city barn in Malaga

Fri, 2008-03-28 13:53

That is the cheapest place I know of locally.

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yeah was but today found out

Fri, 2008-03-28 13:55

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

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Malaga Aquariums

Fri, 2008-03-28 14:26

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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yeah i have before, they a

Fri, 2008-03-28 14:29

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 goneSurprised

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what fish

Fri, 2008-03-28 14:29

what fish hgave u got in ya tank

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have a big salmon tail

Fri, 2008-03-28 14:30

have a big salmon tail catfish and a couple of oscars

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so you fed goldfish to the

Fri, 2008-03-28 14:48

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

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Hope you get this

Sat, 2008-04-05 07:07

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? 

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ctafish

Sun, 2008-04-06 12:52

apparently as long as the catfish is dark colour(blackish)then it is healthy.... if changes to a greyish colour it may be sick