Well comet fish are actually comet goldfish, so they ARE goldfish. Like I said, I'm not sure that goldfish are so horrible, but everyone in here swears against them. My healtiest pacman was bought about 2.5" in diameter from the counter of a fish store. They kept him in a goldfish bowl w/ no heat full of small gravel covered completely by water, and the guy said he had only fed him goldfish from when he was only an inch big. From all sources this is a TERRIBLE way to keep a pacman, but like I said he's my biggest strongest guy right now (who knows about the long term though) Obviously now I keep him in a 5 gal with two heaters, ecoearth and a water bowl; and I feed him large minnows, goldfish, goliath worms, and mice supplemented with calcium D3. People will tell you the only healthy fish are livebearers, rosy red minnows, and other expensive fish, but economically goldfish have worked for people I know (plus many frogs won't take anything smaller). I'll get yelled at for this, but I'd say if you're not going for a record long life, he'll be happy enough getting goldfish every so often, with some supplemented insects as a buffer.

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