Feeding your Goldfish

Every living being needs food for survival. Whenever you feed your goldfish, always take care not to feed them too much, as it will harm your goldfish and become overfeeding. Goldfish need a balanced diet for a healthy life. For that, they need good quality food and high carbohydrates in their diet.

Following is the percentage of typical food that should be present in the goldfish diet:-

It is important to avoid overfeeding your goldfish as this can cause indigestion and or contaminate the tank. The best way to feed your goldfish is to feed them 2-3 times daily, and while eating your goldfish you should watch them, whatever food they consume in under two minutes, is enough for them. You must know that adult goldfish should be fed once per day and younger goldfish can be fed up to 3 times per day.

If you want a good combination of food for your goldfish, a mixture of foods such as flakes, Pellets, vegetables, and live food is the best combination. They also eat human food, even including vegetables such as peas, spinach, cumber, lettuce, and kale. If you want to choose a vegetable for your goldfish, the best choice is peas with shells removed. Peas are great at preventing constipation in goldfish.

How many times should you feed a Goldfish?

Until and unless your goldfish is hungry, don't hurry to feed your goldfish. Because the best time to feed goldfish is when they are hungry. Basically, goldfish should be fed once a day. until they are one year old, you should feed your goldfish 2 or 3 times per day. This is because more frequent meals will promote healthy growth. When they are older than one year, you should feed goldfish just once per day. And the best time to give food to your goldfish is in the morning because they are active in the morning. Always avoid giving food at night because at that time they sleep.

Best you can give an amount of food that is equal to the size of the goldfish's eye, or give an amount of food that your goldfish can eat in under two minutes.

Feeding schedule for Goldfish

The best way to feed your goldfish is in the daytime because at that time they are Active. Most goldfish require 16 to 24 hours to fully digest the food they eat. Feed your goldfish in the morning a small amount of food, and feed them 2 or 3 times daily that will help to promote healthy growth of your goldfish. 

Feeding should be limited when water temperature falls below 8°c because, being homeothermic, goldfish are less able to digest the food at these Lower temperatures.

How to feed Peas to my Goldfish?

If you want to feed your goldfish peas, first simply rinse the peas, heat them in a pan or microwave to soften that help while eating, then Remove the shells. Feed your goldfish 2 or 3 peas at a time, or chopped into small chunks.