What can I feed my goldfish if I don't have fish food?

Question

I won two goldfish at a fair

Answer 1

Fish can go for long periods of time without eating. You have plenty of time to go to the pet store and buy them some goldfish flakes.

Well fed fish can go for up to 3 weeks without eating and suffer no long term ill effects.

Some African cichlid females hold their eggs in their mouths and do not eat for more than 21 days until they hatch.

Answer 2

Goldfish need food that is a combination of carbohydrates and
vitamins to help them grow and fight disease. They particularly
need vitamin A to make their colors look bright. They do need
protein but just about 12% so that they can build muscle. In the
natural habitat, Goldfish mainly feed on plants. They eat a fiber
diet that includes algae, grasses and aquatic plants in the
natural environment. Thankfully you do not have to sweat much to provide them with the equivalent nutritional needs because you
can get it off the shelf! These processed food available at pet
stores include:

Homemade food for Goldfish:
If you really want to make the food for your goldfish and you
have the time you can do so. You will find that their favorites
are lettuce and peas. Take any type of lettuce, which would be
easy for the goldfish to chew on and digest. Wash and rinse the
lettuce in warm water and just clip it inside the tank with a
lettuce clip. Do not cook the lettuce. As for the peas, cook them
till they are soft and refrigerate them. At feeding time, peel
off the skin and mash a pea between your fingers and drop it in
the tank. Do make sure the peas are soft or you could end up
bloating your goldfish. Goldfish enjoy plant food and that's why
you can see them happily nibbling away at Anacharis and Romaine lettuce or pieces of cucumber and zucchini which you should make sure to clip on to the tank with a suction cup clip

Flake food for Goldfish:
This is one of the commonly available goldfish foods, especially
made for them and it consists of brine shrimp.

Frozen food for Goldfish:
This includes live food that is frozen. You have an array to
choose from as in frozen brine shrimp, daphnia, tubifex worms or mosquito larvae. This will come frozen in slabs from which you have to break off bit-by-bit and hand-feed your goldfish. You can also opt for Freeze-dried foods, which includes Krill, Pacific
plankton, brine shrimp and bloodworms.

Answer 3

I would recomend little pieces of frozen lettuce. I also recommend to take them out of the water if the fish havent eaten it after 15 minutes because when the lettuce rottens little worms appear and are a pain to remove. Good luck with your new goldfish!!

Answer 4

You can feed them vegatables and fruits{peas,Lettuce,etc}You can get a feeding cone or feeding clip to put the food in. All yeah it is good to put it at the same spot espiacially if you have sight impared fish such as celestial eye,black moore,bubble eye,etc.

Answer 5

You can feed them very small dry bread crumbs. This only works for about a day or so. Get food fast.

Answer 6

Go to the pet store and buy some food for fish.

Answer 7

golfish crumbs HAHA omi gosh feed a goldfish a goldfish

Answer 8

I would quickly run to the pet store before you kill them because I think it is dangerous to feed them anything if you are unsure because they are very delicate creatures. I'm not sure I hope somebody does know though. Sorry but the store would be my quickest escape! Hurry!

Answer 9

you could give them 1 cornflake or flake of another cereal
or a piece of dry cat food or small piece of dry dog food
bread rolled into tiny little ball
that should hold you until you can get to the pet shop
be sure to get chlorine remover for your water and
be sure to keep your water clean

Answer 10

Oranges ive seen petsmart feed there fish oranges