I have had regular old goldfish when I was a kid. Pretty hardy fish, they lasted for a few years until oneday I had a "cleaning" accident but I am digressing. Well, since then I have been shy about keeping fish and have not had any to date. Being new to ponding, I would like to try 1-2 small regular old gold fish in my small 35 gallon pond/tub. I do not have electricity available out to it, but managed to rig a mini solar pump enclosed in a basket with polyester batting to serve as some sort of filtration device so that I can intro fish to my small pond/tub. Since I live in FL I get plenty of sun to run the pump!
The next hurdle is what to feed it? I would like to get away from the daily fish food shaker...especially if I were to be gone for say one week. What does everyone else feed their common goldfish outside (if you have any, I see a lot of members have fancier fish) and what do you do if you are to be away for a week and cannot find someone to help you with your fish?