our gold fish won't stop eating, is this right?

Question

we have four gold fish and all of them eats every minute. when i stopped feeding them, they are always on top of the water and waiting for food. they don't move unless i drop some flakes on the tank, the water on our aquarium is getting murky, what should i do now? and how will you know if a goldfish is pregnant?

Answer 1

Don't overfeed your goldfish as it will kill them. Goldfish don't have stomachs. They have a digestive tract. Therefore, no tummy to fill up. In the wild, they scavenge constantly for food since its feast or famine. You just keep providing them with feast. At best, they will become constipated, develop swim bladder issues and not be able to right themselves in the tank. At worst, they'll die.
The water is getting murky due to the amount of ammonia (feces and urine) your fish are putting out due to the overfeeding. In addition, they are sloppy eaters and there is probably a ton of decaying food in the tank.
Goldfish should be fed an amount about 1 1/2 x the size of their eyes daily. Twice a week or so, forego the fish flakes and give them each a thawed, shelled pea or two to keep the digestive tract clear.
Also..goldfish don't get pregnant. Only guppies, Endler's, mollies and platys are livebearers. Goldfish lay eggs...so know...the goldfish will never get pregnant.

Answer 2

A fish's stomach is the size of their eyeball, which should give you a rough estimate of how much food they actually need. Remember that fish, like other animals including humans, need time for their stomachs to actually fill up and for them to realize it, (It takes humans approxiamtely 20 minutes after their last bite to know when they are full). But also, fish, like all animals, will gorge themselves when good food is available. Don't overfeed your fish or they will die!! A good motto to have, though mean, is that it's better to have a skinny, active fish, than a fat, lethargic one. They won't die just because they aren't fed twice a day. They are pets too (You wouldn't keep feeding your dog just because he ate all the food in his bowl, right?).

As far as the murkiness, food really shouldn't be giving you that problem if they are eating it all. If you leave a light on your aquarium, it could be causing algae growth, which leads to many cleaning problems with the tank. Leave the light off whenever you can awoid using it, but keep the tank in some semblance of light; you don't want your fish to be blind either!

Also, goldfish generally aren't very hardy, so it might be better to try yourself on some cheaper schooling fish of a stronger nature. Ask the guy at your local pet store for advice. That way you can get a better fell for fish care, and yuo can move up to larger, more exotic fish, like a beta. Good luck.

Answer 3

Never keep feeding your fish, if I gave them food everytime they asked my fish would be dead and yours might be near that.

Do a half water change and from your lack of food know how don't clean out the whole tank go to your pet store and ask them to show you how to use a gravel cleaner and only take out half the water, but get the store to show you how!

Once you change that water a little don't give them food for a day you need to skip one day every week anyway so start now.

Once you do that give them a small pinch of food or try some frozen brine shrimp, they'll live much longer if they eat that.

Only feed them once in the morning and once at night. Make sure they give enough darkness as well fish don't have eye lids to close their eyes.

Change half the water once a week, normally I do this on the day I skip feeding them. And get your water tested at your pet store, they normally do this for free for you so you have nothing to lose.

Your gold fish can't get pregnant, they ley eggs and how you're keeping your fish they aren't about to lay eggs. Only a few fish actually get pregnant like Swordtails, but you should focus on keeping these guys alive before you even think of that.

Answer 4

They ALWAYS eat. Just don't feed them all day. Give them 3 meals and only what they'll eat in 5 minutes/ They won't starve. They will die if over fed.They can't move much because they are full from over eating.The water is murky from rotten un eaten food and excessive wastes. Your fish won't last long .=

Answer 5

My fish always do that and i feed them once every 2 days but you shouldn't keep feeding them if they are on top of the water because if they get over fed like Ur's will be soon then they can die

Pregnant:
If you want to notice if a fish is pregnant you can usually see a whitey Clarey colour forming where its belly is you would need to buy this thing where you put that fish in there and no other fish can get in it is so that when your fish is about to give birth the babies can easily be spotted but please ask the pet shop/vet for more info !

Answer 6

Fish are pigs. They'll eat all the time if you let them. Their stomachs are about as big as their eyeballs. So they don't need much. The water is getting murky becasue you are over feeding them. You need to stop feeding them so much and do a water change. Good Luck.

Answer 7

Ha lol I have 4 gold fish and they do that.. It's just what they do and don't feed them every second.

GOod luck

Answer 8

Feed the fish 1x per day - a pinch of food - no more. They will eat and eat if you keep dropping food in the tank. Clean up the water and start over - just a pinch - 1 flake of food for each fish. Daily!! That is all.

Answer 9

Fish will eat tell they literally die. You must ONLY give them a pinch A DAY. NO MORE
even if you have 11- only 1 fish in a tank.
All they need is a pinch A DAY.

Answer 10

gold fish also eat plants so ponds usually have plants they wille eat the leaves or whatever they find there. and about the story i dont think is true I saw this program in discovery channel about some fish that gets dry in the mod when the rivers ran out of water and the next rain season they wake up but freezen a fish .. mmm.. dont think so