Is there anything you can feed a gold fish besides fish food?

Question

please help, im out of fish food.

Answer 1

First, be aware that they can go several days without food and be just fine, so if you can get food in the next few days, dont; worry about it at all.

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

Goldfish will eat just about anything but be careful not to let their protein intake be too high. They tend to be especially fond of zucchini, spinach (fresh or frozen), oranges slices, pealed grapes, pealed cooked/frozen peas. All of these need to be cut thin and preferable submerged for them to eat.

But if you just ran out and will be picking some food up tomorrow, don't worry about it. They'll be fine with fasting a day as well. They might not like it because they'd rather eat 24/7 but they will be fine without eating tonight. Just pick up some food tomorrow.

Answer 3

the are other kinds of fish food. fish are simple animals dont get hung up on it

Answer 4

Try tiny pieces of bread or crackers.

--reminiscent of feeding fish in a pond.

Answer 5

any greens you have in the fridge will work -- get some lettuce, parsley, spinach and chop it up and boil it for about 2 minutes. let it cool before you feed them. boils some peas until they are mushy and cut them up. slice up zucchini or cucumber and boil them a couple minutes.

Answer 6

Yes vestibules and more just go to google and type in goldfish tips and print them out and read

Answer 7

go in your yard and find standing water and find some mosquito larvae and feed the those, they love them

Answer 8

yea buy more...most grocery stores have them. Parboiled romaine lettuce, or peas would work.

Answer 9

I duno, try ground up lettuce or something maybe.

Answer 10

they like oranges. cut them in slices/ discs like you would cut a tomato.