I have 5 goldfish medium sized how many times do I feed per day and how much?

Answer 1

About 2 pinches crunched up and sprinkled over the surface. Once a day!
Avoid over feeding as it will pollute the water.

Answer 2

Goldfish are omnivorous, which means they consume both animal and vegetable matter. Omnivores generally need a mix of both plants and animals in their diets and goldfish are no exception. One very important fact about goldfish is that they are continual feeders. Goldfish spend their days looking for food and should be fed small frequent meals. There are many commercially available dry foods on the market that can provide the basics of their diet if fed carefully. Be sure to use goldfish food, not tropical fish food. Very small amounts of dry food should be fed several times a day to prevent the fish from gorging themselves. If a goldfish eats too much dry food at one time, it can develop gas or constipation problems that can be very severe. Soaking the dry food before feeding can help prevent some of these problems. Adding frozen vegetables, spinach, live plants, and other plant material like Spirulina flakes or pellets is very beneficial to goldfish and will help meet their dietary needs. Hard boiled egg yolk, earthworms, and brine shrimp can be added to help supplement their animal protein needs as well. If your fish does develop digestive problems, stop feeding immediately until the condition improves and then readjust your feeding strategy. Remember that most fish are over fed and when we feed frequently the tendency to overfeed is increased, so make the portions small but frequent and your fish will thrive.

Answer 3

First make sure you get the best fish food, one that has NO corn product in it. Feeding amounts depend on the temperature of the water, if its 75 or above it is safe to feed your fish 2 times a day all they can eat in about 3 minutes. Don't worry if you miss a meal or two, they can go a week without eating with no problem. If at any time they float or turn upside down after eating you are either feeding way too much or the food is spoiled. I believe (opinion) floating is caused by poor quality old food. Buy new food once a month, if your food is older than that its spoiled. Would you eat a salmon steak that has been left out for 2 months? You can also substitute fresh fruits and veggies (wash them well), try a thumb nail poece or two of orange slice (with out skin), broccolli, banana, peas out of the shell, fresh leaf spinach, boiled shrimp, crab (or imatation crab ok), canned salmon, 100% whole wheat bread, cucumber, most healthy natural foods are ok and they love it! Keep the heater on to maintain constant temperature. I keep mine around 78, they grow better and are more active. I know they are considered "coldwater" fish but don't think you should keep them in water below 72. Temp fluctuations cause dropsy conditions. Going colder to warmer is safer than going warmer to colder. If you keep your water colder than 75 feed the same way but only once. My goldies are more active all day when fed twice. I have expensive fancy goldfish and have had them for three years in the same tank and they are doing fine at this temp and feeding schedule. Also let the green stuff grow! Green algae (the stuff that carpets everything) is great for your fish to snack on and keeps the Nitrates low and oxygen high. Green water is ok too but looks bad. Green water will also pop the colors like nothing else! When it gets too green (like you cannot see the fish), change all the water. I do 100% usually 2 times a year. 50% every three weeks or so. Make sure the water you put in is same temp.
Don't use salt and Zeolite together. I do not use salt or zeolite at all, only high grade carbon, ceramic filer beads, and a handful of poly-ester fiber fill in my bio-wheel filter. Make sure you have high quality air stones making lots of fine bubbles to rid the tank of CO2 and other gasses. Get info from the pros, Goldfish Connection is a good place to start. Good luck!

Answer 4

How large your aquarium is factors into this equation as goldfish are dirty. I recommend 8 gallons per goldfish when you can afford this size aquarium
That said, back to your basic question; I recommend feeding two to three times per day what the fish will consume in three minutes, but just as important is to soak ALL dry food for goldfish for 5 minutes in water prior to feeding. What this does is removes air that can be released in a goldfish' sensitive digestive tract that can lead to aeromonas bacterial infections and intestinal bloat.

Also important is the food you feed to goldfish; goldfish have slower digestive systems than many fish and need a less "carnivorous" diet. Feed foods high in "usable" aquatic proteins and vegetable matter and low in many cereals (although Wheat germ is excellent). Spiulina Algae foods are excellent supplements to a goldfish diet (but make sure they are true spirulina, not just small amounts such as Tetra Spirulina), Spirulina 20 is a good brand here.
Hikari and Sanyu make excellent goldfish pellets (there are many other quality foods too). TetraFin is to be avoided; it is hard to digest and will lead to more tank pollution as well as higher risks on aeromonas infection.

For more information about proper fish nutrition and goldfish in general, please read these articles:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Quality_Fish_Food.html
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Goldfish_disease.html

Answer 5

I have goldfish and i feed 2 times a day however much they will eat in 2 minutes. I also put a slice of orange in every other day it adds vitamin c and enhances the colors it will nit harm them just make sure you take it out after 3 or 4 hours. they love it.

Answer 6

About 2 of those large flakes, per fish, twise a day should do it. Or a cluster/stack, the size of a 10 pence for the 5 x

Answer 7

3 times a day

Answer 8

3 times a day, as much as they consume within 5 minutes. I've done this for years & never had a water quality concern.

Answer 9

no more food than the can clear within 2 minutes and no more than twice a day, remember if you over feed you do more harm to the water

Answer 10

fish aren't like other pets they have very small stomachs a finger and thumb pinch of flakes or the granules once a day is enough remember the bigger the tank the bigger they will grow my brother has two seven inch fish