Do goldfish like fruit or other foods besides "goldfish food"?
 

If so, what kinds are best?

Do goldfish like fruit or other foods besides "goldfish food"?
 

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"Mark B" wrote:

If so, what kinds are best?



When I called an online fish dealer yesterday asking about fancy
goldfish, I was offered the following two tidbits of info: 1) if one is
using pelleted food, reconstitute the pellets in a little (aquarium)
water before feeding; apparently this helps avoid some fin-related
problem associated with dry food expanding in their stomachs, and 2)
occasionally feed them small amounts of vegetable matter, such as a
frozen pea with the skin peeled off or a little bit of lettuce. I tried
reconstituting the pellets I have and the only real problem I can see is
that they get a little mushy and it's a little harder to gauge how much
their eating. Then again, the idea of feeding goldfish "as much as
they'll eat in a minute or two" seems to me to come from people who've
never kept goldfish before. None of the four I've had so far goes into a
constant feeding frenzy when food is added. They let some pellets drop,
grab at a couple, and then take their time cleaning up the rest.

Do goldfish like fruit or other foods besides "goldfish food"?
 

"Mark B" wrote in message
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If so, what kinds are best?

I give my pond goldfish (comets & shubunkins)
a slice of orange about once a week. Remove
rind a day or two later. Also whole wheat
bread a couple of times a week. All in addition
to usual pellets (soaked in pond water first) and
occasionally flakes.

So far so good. All seem healthy.

Gail

Do goldfish like fruit or other foods besides "goldfish food"?
 

Believe it or not i make "fish kabobs" I nuke zucchini and Lettuce for about
three min (or until veggies are limp) then I place them on a plastic stick
with a suction cup on the bottom I have the cup turned upside down then I
bury the cup under the gravel this way everything stays in place. I add a
slice or orange to it. the fish go crazy for it and my cichlids love it as
well.
"Mark B" wrote in message
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If so, what kinds are best?