My Florida gar, eating

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shouldn't feed goldfish, they contain thiaminase, an enzyme that inhibits the uptake of thiamin or vitamin B1. cool gar thou
 
xander13;1114712; said:
shouldn't feed goldfish, they contain thiaminase, an enzyme that inhibits the uptake of thiamin or vitamin B1. cool gar thou
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more detailed explanation?
 
I too have a gar and only feed em rosies and krill i heard that gold fish are more likely to give illnesses and are very fatty if giving on a regular basis
 
jerrym;1121064; said:
more detailed explanation?
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well it's just that goldfish have enzymes that destroy vitamin B and thus is unhealthy for a staple diet, amongst other reasons, fatty, drop lots of scales etc
 
xander13;1121327; said:
well it's just that goldfish have enzymes that destroy vitamin B and thus is unhealthy for a staple diet, amongst other reasons, fatty, drop lots of scales etc
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to add a few more things...disease and parasites...need we go on. goldfish just have a very low nutritional value in general. unless they are quarentined and fed a good nutritional diet. which most people are too lazy to do.

the best thing to do is to get them on a high quality pellet or other prepared food. also feed them fresh fish fillet, raw shrimp, smelt, or most other fish with white meat. avoid foods like salmon, tuna, etc...
 
demjor19;1121383; said:
the best thing to do is to get them on a high quality pellet or other prepared food.
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couldn't agree more. i'm gonna start on my 8" spotteds the next time i go down to my LFS
 
It took my 10" florida so long to finnaly eat frozen...hes been eating frozen for a couple months now and the other day I went to the LFS and decided to try pellets and suprisingly he loves them! (make sure there floating)
 
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