Caring For Gold Fish By Limiting Their Food

You wouldn't think it to look at those sweet little gold fish, but they will eat pretty much anything. Vegetable or animal, just as long as it's food!

This can be a problem and it's why you can easily kill your gold fish by giving them too much food. To take care of gold fish, you must keep track of how much you're giving them.

You can't rely on the fish to tell you when they've had enough. They will keep eating, as long as you keep giving, until they get really sick.

People don't realise this. Most creatures know when they've had enough. But not gold fish.

They will even behave as though they need more, when they're already full to the top. You are not being kind by giving more. Kindness in caring for gold fish, is giving them less, not more food.

A good practical test is to see how much they can clear in one to two minutes. Feed them that much, twice a day and that should be fine.

There is another side to this, which I hesitate to spell out. You see, what goes in, comes out!

Gold fish produce a lot of waste and the more they eat, the more comes out.

The accumulation of waste leads to more bacteria in the tank. This threatens the health of your fish.

So by restricting their food, you actually help their health at both ends, so to speak.

When you are sprinkling the fish flakes, take it easy.

Pay attention to the two-minute rule of food clearance and have a strict routine for feeding times and procedure.

Don't overfeed. It's an very important part of caring for gold fish.