Rock Spitting

[solmartin]

ok - my comet is sucking the small rocks into his mouth and spitting them back out 24/7 (or however long he's awake)

I'm assuming he's just having some fish fun?

 

[freshmike]

Actually he is probably cleaning the rocks......very common for comets to do.

 

[BettaBoyz]

my dad told me it's what all goldfish do. since they eat EVERYTHING, when they can't get food they improvise and eat the tasty things growing on the rocks.

unless he starts taking one to you at the front/top of the bowl and begging you to throw it, i think he's fine =)

 

[freshmike]

LMAO @ BettaBoyz!!!!!

 

[Eelzor]

Yes, extremely common with comets, not shubunkins, but yes comets. Speaking of which, at what rate do comets grow? or how fast do comets grow?

 

[lgreenmk]

My mother's cychlids (sp?) do this when they are getting ready for babies. They pick up rocks and spit them out in other areas kind of nesting.

 

[BettaBoyz]

whoo... i know Comets and all Fancies CAN grow to 28-20", but how fast? uh... slowly? i had a pair of Comets for well over 5 years before they met untimeley demise (cat fangs and overfeeding on my brothers part) and they never grew past 2" and 3" respectively.

i do believe keeping goldfish in smaller tanks stunts their growth a bit, they do grow, but they grow much, much, MUCH slower.

correct me if i'm wrong

=D i made someone laugh!