Besides normal fishfood...Is there anything else that is healthy for them?
2006-12-24 05:20:37 · 12 answers · asked by Nikki 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
They really love thin slices of cucumber. Weigh it down so it doesnt float on the surface of the water. You can also feed them lettuce (not iceburg) and I think maybe squash.
2006-12-24 05:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They love frozen bloodworms. Chopped earthworms, tiny minnows, even small bits of ground beef occasionally. I feed mine a smooshed shelled frozen pea once a week, especially if they've only had flake food, since they tend to get constipated easily (poo stringing out behind them - yecch!) and the pea helps with that.
This is what I do:
Flake food once a day, substitute live food twice a week, and a pea once a week. You can also fast them once a week. It doesnt't harm them a bit.
They also love live plants, but that can get expensive really fast. If you can get duckweed easily and cheaply, it makes a supplement that they seem to enjoy greatly.
2006-12-25 09:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by j s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually depending on the size. When i had goldfish i fed mine small earthworms or red worm. You can get them at a bait shop. Some pet stores may carry them. However it may take your goldfish time to learn to eat them. I had 1 that never did take to eating them.
2006-12-24 05:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by tresa729 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when i had fantail goldfish i just gave them goldfish food, worms(the fish lived ina pond outside..untill they got eaten by a raccoon) so thats about it i think
2006-12-24 06:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by love_animals 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try sticking a half dollar size Pirana in there. Really healthy, lots of proteins.
2006-12-24 05:23:56 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Ron 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can dig worms out of your garden and they will eat them, but if you don't want to do that you can buy them from a pet store!
2006-12-25 09:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed them brine shrimp. make sure they are thawed and peeled, feed them raw not cooked.
2006-12-24 07:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by mark_manuel680 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
goldfish flake food or goldfish pellet food, you can get it petsmart and petco!
hope your goldfish likes it!
2006-12-24 05:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by ziddyziddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
goldfish flakes/ goldfish food
2006-12-24 05:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by edensappletree 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read on fish forums that you can feed fish peas, would I try it, Probably not. all they need is fish food
2006-12-24 05:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋