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Homemade Goldfish Food

allydowd
allydowd Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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I'm running out of goldfish food. Does anyone feed their fish something other than the little coloured flakes you buy in a tub in pet shops?

I'm really attached to my little goldfish so would prefer not to kill her with something unsuitable. :D
Debt-free day: 8th May 2015 "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck," Dalai Llama

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  • Kazipoo
    Kazipoo Posts: 806 Forumite
    We keep cichlids (tropical fish) and make up a concoction from brocolli, cabbage, heart, kidney or liver, spinach, garlic and any other green veggies we might have, boil it all together in a pan until nice and sludgy, put into icecube trays if you want to be neat, or into slabs, bag them up and shove them in the freezer, they love it, and we also feed them on spirulina occasionally and brine shrimp or bloodworm. I would imagine if you google it, there will be similar recipes for goldfish.
    Starting weight 17st 4lb - weight now 15st 2lbs

    30lb lost of 30lb by June 2012 :j:j:j (80lb overall goal)

  • shelley_crow
    shelley_crow Posts: 1,644 Forumite
    my OHs parents give their coldwater fish a treat by slicing up cucumber and dropping it into the tank. They bl00dy love it, it's very funny to watch.
  • poppy-glos
    poppy-glos Posts: 478 Forumite
    our tropical fish love some of the yellow of boiled egg (found that on a site as good food for guppy fry) and also sliced cucumber..
    nov grocery challenge, £.227.69/300, 9/25 nsd: , 7 Cmo, 10 egm.
    Me, 10 yo dd, and the dog. all food and drinks, in and out, plus household shopping.
  • Apricot
    Apricot Posts: 2,497 Forumite
    http://www.petplace.com/fish/healthy-food-for-your-goldfish/page1.aspx
    :happylove DD July 2011:happylove

    Aug 13 [STRIKE]£4235.19[/STRIKE]:eek: £2550.00 :cool:
  • allydowd
    allydowd Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone.

    I found this page too:

    http://thegab.org/Goldfish/goldfish-nutrition-part-1-the-natural-diet-and-digestive-processes.html
    Debt-free day: 8th May 2015 "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck," Dalai Llama
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