Goldfish food

[Prpaul1781]

Any recommendations on Goldfish food? Brands, homemade, how often, flakes vs pellets?

 

[Faebinder]

Never flakes.

Omega 1 for summer, hikari wheat germ for spring and fall.

 

[AlyssaFish]

Repashy Super Gold, Super Green, or Soilent Green are all great for goldfish. These are gel style foods that come in a powder. You add boiling water and stir to prepare them, and then refrigerate. They're not the most convenient because every batch you make only lasts in the fridge about a week (unless you freeze it), but they are very well formulated, lack the additives that many solid foods have, and they are less likely to cause constipation/blockage issues because they are wet.

Super Gold - Designed by the Dandy Oranda's fancy goldfish importer specifically for goldfish.
Super Green - Freshwater food with a high spirulina algae content and lower protein levels. Recommended for older fish.
Soilent Green - Freshwater food with high spirulina algae and high protein. Recommended for fry, juveniles, and goldfish that have a wen and need extra protein.

A lot of people will mix super green and soilent green half and half, thinking it's the ideal balance. I don't actually know how Super Gold compares nutritionally speaking.

Omega 1 Sinking pellets are pretty much the best pellets on the market as far as I know for goldfish nutrition. Of course, that could have always changed since I did my research!

Flakes are only worth feeding to very young and small fish in a pinch. They leech nutrients into the water very quickly.

 

[IPA]

“Soylent Green is people!” Haha.

 

[TheFishGuy]

I would go for “ pond sticks” I am pretty sure they are either tetra pond, or api, and they have summer fall and spring foods, although I just use the normal until it is time to stop feeding
Really a personal choice, so If you dint have any goals in particular than just go with whatever you can find locally

 

[mrsclem]

I've been using Blue Ridge food for over 10 years for my koi. High protein, low waste

 

[IPA]

I switched to the Omega 1 because of recommendations from this site. My goldfish get about 3 to 5 pellets a piece 1 to 3 times a week in the summer.

 

[WaterGardener]

I've been using Drs. Foster and Smith Staple Food. Their company is gone, but the food is still available. The last shipment I got was from Petco just this week. I set up autoship and was able to get $35 off my order for this first order. The autoship can be canceled at any time so you aren't locked into that forever.

 

[poconojoe]

“Soylent Green is people!” Haha.

Yeah! That's the first thing I thought!