Goldfish diet

[sarahsunshine]

OK, I had only ever heard of feeding goldfish flakes until I browsed another food where jsoong mentioned 'natural food'...

What the heck would natural food be for a goldfish?

[dkpate]

You could check this site out:

Goldfish Nutrition Part 1: The natural diet and digestive processes | Goldfish

[fishboy444]

I feed my three fantails flakes and tetra pond koi vibrance sticks.Sometimes bloodworms.

[jsoong]

Natural food is simply unprocessed food. The fanatics at the gab (link per dkpate) would make their own using gelatin, fish, veggie, etc. But really, a simpler way is to feed a good quality pellet (like Hikari) & to supplement with fresh food a few times a week. <Pellets are more nutrient dense than flakes & also tend to give less gut problems in fancies.>

For the natural food, I use: Frozen peas - microwave, then shelled & chopped. Slices of zuccchni or cucumbers - blanched. Bits of ornages. Chopped up cooked cocktail shrimps. <That is my main "animal" treat ... other people use earthworms, daphnia, etc. but shrimp is easy & reasonably cheap.>

[sarahsunshine]

Excellent! Thank you!