Is it ok the newish pond goldfish aren't eating?

Is it ok the newish pond goldfish aren't eating?

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Duke Caboom

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2,030 posts

206 months

Sunday 10th July 2022
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We have a garden pond which we added 10 goldfish to just over a week ago. We bought the same food they'd been fed at the aquatic center we got them from but they've not shown much interest. They do eat the mossy-looking weeds and sometimes the duck weed. Occasionally they eat actual food.
All the water quality tests still good.
Fish quite shy.

Boosted LS1

21,198 posts

267 months

Sunday 10th July 2022
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If they're not dead then they're eating. The natural foods probably much nicer then what you're feeding them (which isn't actual food) or they're not hungry. Don't put in feed that isn't being eaten, just go carefully :-)

Nice pond to :-) Give it all time to settle down.

Duke Caboom

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2,030 posts

206 months

Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Thanks for the helpful reply. Fish seen happy. None floating in the surface so that's a good sign!

paintman

7,765 posts

197 months

Wednesday 13th July 2022
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They've also likely to have found the various aquatic larvae of insects that have laid their eggs in your pond & decided they taste much nicer than the goldfish food smile