How often do I feed my goldfishes?

Question

I was wondering how often I was suppost to fed my goldfishes. Cause some one told my husband every 2 days but that seems like a long time. And I heard that if u feed them too much they can die. Is that true? Thanks!

Answer 1

Once or twice a day is fine, it's really a matter of how much you give them each day not how many times. Feed them only as much as they can eat in 3-5 minutes.

A good staple prepared food like pellets should form the backbone of any fishes diet and that includes goldfish. There are other things you can and should feed them as well.

Goldfish are omnivores and require a fairly well balanced diet. About 40% protein, 25% fat and 35% carbohydrate. These should come from a variety of sources to give a proper balance of vitamins, minerals and micro nutrients.

Most any vegetable is good goldfish food assuming you soften it enough for the fish. Green veggies are particularly good.

Sugars are not really needed in a fishes diet and can basically be ignored. They are biologically cheap energy, but the fish will get all the quick energy it needs from the carbohydrates in the veggies.

As for fats and proteins, the best source is from things that grow in freshwater. Cold blooded animals need and store different amino acids than warm blooded animals and therefore things such as insect larvae, aquatic crustaceans and freshwater fish will offer your goldfish the best balance of fats, proteins and amino acids. Beef, chicken and pork should all be avoided if possible in favor of the more digestible and better balanced sources of proteins.


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Answer 2

We have 2 goldfish, we feed them once a day.

Feed them only as much as they can eat in 5 mins.

Answer 3

once in a day is the best way of feeding but on same time every day

Answer 4

what your husband heard is fine to feed your fish, i feed mine three times a week, the best fish shop in my town does this, so thats what i do. and only what they can eat in a few minutes. it may seem like the fish are always hungry, but this is because they don't have stomachs.

Answer 5

goldfish have no stomachs like other fish and need fed 3 times per day. they cannot hold foods like most fish and pass thru their system quickly which is why they always seem hungry.

3 times per day and you have a choice of foods other than just flakes.

Goldfish need a balanced diet. When choosing a fish food choose one with high protein (48% or better) and low fat (5% or less)

You can supplement their diet with things like Lettuce, mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens, spinach, peas, endive, seaweed, cukes, kale, chard, broccoli, lima beans, green beans, etc. and feed aquatic plants (e.g. duckweed, azolla, salvenia, etc) or hair algae daily.

For their Carotenoids which are a family of pigments the fish can't make themselves and are obtained as part of the diet. These pigments result in red, yellow and orange colors. Fish have cells called chromataphores. Those cells convert lutein and carotenes into astaxanthin which is the red pigment.
sources include, brine shrimp, krill, spirulina, marigold flowers, paprika, sweet red peppers, yams, carrots, pumpkin

Watermellons and oranges are also good as well as proteins like chicken (chicken livers) beef (livers and parts) and pork as well as worms and bugs.

Answer 6

Once every morning and only little for each of your fish.

Answer 7

Once every 2 minutes. You should pretty much fill the tank with food, to overstuff them.

Answer 8

once a day, but just a tiny bit of food

Answer 9

feed them once in 12hrs
amt they can eat in 5min