Can I give my fish carrots?
Some fruits and vegetables can be fed raw to the fish, but most vegetables should be blanched prior to being offered to your fish. The fruits and vegetables that are generally alright to serve raw are bananas, plantains, pumpkins, pears, apples, carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Can you feed vegetables to goldfish?
Everybody knows that Goldfish eat fish food. You can feed various vegetables like peas, spinach, kale, etc as well as fruits like grapes, orange, watermelon, apple, banana, etc to your Goldfish. Besides, some people also feed oatmeal and cooked rice to their Goldfish.
What can I feed goldfish besides fish food?
What to Feed Goldfish Besides Fish Food?
- Shelled peas (skins removed)
- Bloodworms (live, frozen or freeze dried)
- Brine shrimp (live, frozen or freeze dried)
- Ghost shrimp (live, frozen or freeze dried)
- Daphnia (live, frozen or freeze dried)
- Mealworms (live, frozen or freeze dried)
- Crickets (live, frozen or freeze dried)
Can angelfish eat carrots?
Vegetables. Angelfish are omnivorous so you can feed them vegetables. But angelfish don’t really like vegetables and they will eat very little if any. You can feed them vegetables like peas, zucchini, lettuce, cucumber, spinach, etc.
How often should goldfish be fed?
2-3 times daily
Feed 2-3 times daily. It is important to avoid overfeeding goldfish as this can cause indigestion and/or contaminate the tank. In terms of the amount to feed, a good rule of thumb is to only feed an amount that the goldfish can consume in under two minutes or only feed as much as the size of the goldfish’s eye.
Can goldfish eat rice?
Whilst goldfish will eat rice cooked and uncooked it is not advisable to feed them starchy food with no vitamins. They offer no nutritional value and secondly uncooked rice once swallowed will expand in their stomach and possibly harm your fish. Do not feed goldfish rice cooked or uncooked.
How long can goldfish go without eating?
Goldfish can live for about 2 weeks without food. But it’s not a good idea to keep your goldfish unfed for that long. So if you are planning to go on a long vacation you should make some arrangments to feed your goldfish.
Can angel fish eat rice?
You can feed cooked rice and pasta to your angelfish. When you try to feed them these new foods, chances are angelfish will not eat them all. So it is very important to remove the uneaten portion of the food from the tank.