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Hi, I have a 24 gallon tank. With a Red Cap Oranda and a Blackmore.
And need a bit of advice with feeding.
- Underfeeding Blackmore
- Overfeedig Oranda
- Oranda taking in too much air
• food is Tetra Goldfish gold Japan premium food for fancy gdfish (pellets)
• tank 24 gallons
• Filter
• Plastic Plants and Luve plants (they like eating the weedy sorts of plants)
• water conditions all seem fine according to my tests.
Thosometimes the nitratrate has been a bit higher then it should, due to me over feeding Oki, when trying to feed Mooree.
The Blackmore (Mooree) is about 5 cm from mouth to tail tip.
I have had him for about 8month now I think.
The red cap oranda (Oki) is about 8 cm. And I have had him for 5 months.
When I first got Mooree he was about 3-4cm and when I got Oki he was just a bit smaller then Mooree at the time, Id read Orandas can be a bit bossy over Blackmores so I wanted one smaller so give the blackmore more of a chance.
But Oki has been growing non stop, where as Mooree has barely grown.
I can see he is eating more, I try to feed them on different sides of tank but don't have much luck as Oki is pretty fast, I have even resulted in using my hand as a blocker so Mooree has time to eat, before Oki comes over.
Anyone got any advice on what to do, to stop Oki from eating everything?
Secondly Oki is food crazy. When ever someone cones in my room he comes to the top of the water and start gulping air, his lips come straight out the water, I believe he is expecting food. I'm not sure where he got this habit from as he has always done it. But I put food in the tank, away from him, to give it a chance to sink.
I've always worried in doing this he is taking in to much air.
Recently ive noticed when he's not swimming he floats to the top.
Is there anything I can do?
I've started feeding him peas, but he still does the air gulping thing whenever he sees someone, so I don't know how much it'll help
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer
And need a bit of advice with feeding.
- Underfeeding Blackmore
- Overfeedig Oranda
- Oranda taking in too much air
• food is Tetra Goldfish gold Japan premium food for fancy gdfish (pellets)
• tank 24 gallons
• Filter
• Plastic Plants and Luve plants (they like eating the weedy sorts of plants)
• water conditions all seem fine according to my tests.
Thosometimes the nitratrate has been a bit higher then it should, due to me over feeding Oki, when trying to feed Mooree.
The Blackmore (Mooree) is about 5 cm from mouth to tail tip.
I have had him for about 8month now I think.
The red cap oranda (Oki) is about 8 cm. And I have had him for 5 months.
When I first got Mooree he was about 3-4cm and when I got Oki he was just a bit smaller then Mooree at the time, Id read Orandas can be a bit bossy over Blackmores so I wanted one smaller so give the blackmore more of a chance.
But Oki has been growing non stop, where as Mooree has barely grown.
I can see he is eating more, I try to feed them on different sides of tank but don't have much luck as Oki is pretty fast, I have even resulted in using my hand as a blocker so Mooree has time to eat, before Oki comes over.
Anyone got any advice on what to do, to stop Oki from eating everything?
Secondly Oki is food crazy. When ever someone cones in my room he comes to the top of the water and start gulping air, his lips come straight out the water, I believe he is expecting food. I'm not sure where he got this habit from as he has always done it. But I put food in the tank, away from him, to give it a chance to sink.
I've always worried in doing this he is taking in to much air.
Recently ive noticed when he's not swimming he floats to the top.
Is there anything I can do?
I've started feeding him peas, but he still does the air gulping thing whenever he sees someone, so I don't know how much it'll help
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer