Who has a floaty sensitive oranda? Well, I do. Just recently Chubby started floating after eating certain foods. Shrimp, Progold, spirulina flakes and Hikari pellets cause him to have buoyancy issues. There might be more bad foods out there, these are just what we've experimented with so far.

We have some Mazuri to try, and frozen bloodworms seem to agree with him. Peas are OK too.

What type of foods do you feed your floaty-o?

I need some ideas on how to give both fishies the nutrition they need, while not causing floaty-o.

I've heard gel made food works very well! =)

Yup, I hear that too. Actually it's kind of a hit or miss thing with gel foods, some orandas are still sensitive to it. We have some Mazuri that I will be making tonight, gonna try it in the morning.

i found frozen bloodworms are good, peas are good, and my homemade gel food WAS good, but now adam responds by floating upside down in the back corner...ho hum - back to the drawing board!!:)

Duckweed, if you can find it, is good for sensitive floaters. It's full of protein and is helps with constipation. My black moor has a hard time with ProGold, so she gets duckweed and peas, as well as other soft vegetables. She's actually doing okay with a bit of raw shrimp, too!