Regular Member Mernany Posted June 10, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2013 Hello everyone!! I'm trying to get a good routine down for feeding my goldfish friends and wanted some suggestions/advice on my current feeding schedule I currently have repashy super green and solient green, Pro-gold pellets, various veggies (they like broccoli, spinach, other lettuce, kale, green beans, and peas), blood worms, brine shrimp, and a homemade (hm) gel food made from Jess's recipe (altered slightly): 1 fillet of salmon or tilapia (cooked)1 jar of baby food - peas3 tbsp canned pumpkin (no other additives)1/2 red pepper (chopped)2-3 leaves of kale (large middle stem removed)1 tablet acidophilus1 multivitamin tablet (crushed)1/2-1 tsp garlic1 cup spring water2 packets of gelatin So here is the norm: Monday: morning - hm gel food evening - repashy super green Tuesday: morning - blood worms evening - repashy super green Wednesday: morning - various veggies evening - repashy solient green Thursday: morning - repashy solient green evening - hm gel food Friday: morning - various veggies evening - various veggies Saturday: morning - blood worms (sometimes switched for brine shrimp) evening - repashy super green Sunday: morning - hm gel food evening - repashy super green As for Pro-Gold I will add this on days that I don't work all day, so if I have a day off or work only a half day. The morning and evening meals are portioned smaller of course and a small meal of Pro-Gold is added in the middle of the day. I'm thinking about making my next batch of repashy a mix of 1 part solient green and 2 parts super green. In this case, in the schedule when a repashy product is fed it would be the mixed instead of a specific one. What do you guys think? Suggestions welcome! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Narny105 Posted June 10, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2013 Seems great to me! Very spoilt fish! If you wanted, you could always combine the blood worms and pro gold into your home made gel food? If I'm feeding home made gel food, that's literally the only good they will get until it's done, since they're getting the veggies, protein from worms, and macromolecules they need from the commercial food anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mernany Posted June 10, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2013 Seems great to me! Very spoilt fish! If you wanted, you could always combine the blood worms and pro gold into your home made gel food? If I'm feeding home made gel food, that's literally the only good they will get until it's done, since they're getting the veggies, protein from worms, and macromolecules they need from the commercial food anyway Hmmm that's actually a good idea on adding those to the gel food! I've got two young orandas and idnlike some good wen growth maybe the slight extra blood worms in the gel food will also help 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Narny105 Posted June 10, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2013 Certainly might! I find smaller yet more frequent feedings is a lot better for growth. I've got some great wen growth and body growth feeding 4 times a day rather than morning and night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mernany Posted June 10, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2013 I try and do as many small feedings as I can but with work and such it gets hard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member bodoba Posted June 11, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted June 11, 2013 Some people use automatic feeders that have a timer so that they can feed their fish when they aren't there. Do you plan on weighing your fish so you can feed them based on their weight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mernany Posted June 11, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) I actually have been thinking about the automatic feeder but I worry about one getting too much or too little. Especially if little Cupid gets too many Pro-Gold he gets a little floaty (that's why it's not feed as a staple ) Everyone is weighed monthly and the food is all weighed out for everyone I found that with my first two I overfed. Overfeeding+overstocked+uncycled tank= I've learned a lot since then Edited June 11, 2013 by Mernany 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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