How do I feed my goldfish in an aquarium?

Goldfish are omnivorous, which means that their diet must include foods of plant and animal origin.

They cannot be satisfied with food in flakes or granules.

To feed them correctly, you must give them regularly:

Food of animal origin

These are brine shrimp, tubifex, which you will find frozen in pet stores (prefer frozen foods to dehydrated ones). Fresh daphnia are very good for transit and can also be distributed every week.

Plants

They are very important, especially for certain short-bodied varieties whose intestinal transit is poor. Your fish need plants.

Frozen spinach, cut into very small pieces, is very popular. Likewise, lettuce, zucchini and cucumber are good foods. They are poached then placed in the bin. Lettuce floats, so it is useful to trap it under a decor, otherwise it will block the filter inlet. Leftover food will be removed from the tank after 24 hours.

Likewise, don’t forget to plant Egeria densa (Dense Elodea) in your tank. So, on the day you don’t have time to prepare vegetables for your scales, they can help themselves.

Distribution

Goldfish do not have a stomach and giving them a large quantity of daily food can be very detrimental to them. It is best to give them small quantities several times a day.

Not all varieties have the same mobility, it is also imperative to check that all the fish have something to eat. The most clumsy varieties will quickly get into the habit of asking for their food while staying away from the faster ones.

It is advisable to let the fish fast for one day a week.

Finally, if you are going on vacation, avoid “holiday blocks” because they are very polluting and the goldfish can make themselves ill by trying to swallow the block. Your fish can go several days without eating, and if your absence is too long, you can always invest in a dispenser that you fill with pellets (not glitter, they can stick with humidity).