Owning a goldfish isn’t as simple as people would have you believe. We know you have questions. We’re here to help you.

Here’s everything you need to know about what goldfish eat, how to feed goldfish, and how to find the best food for goldfish growth and color.

First, let’s talk about what kind of food goldfish eat in the wild and in captivity.

What Kind of Food does Goldfish Eat?

In the wild, goldfish eat crustaceans, plants, insects, and smaller fish. Since they eat plants and animals, you need to take their natural diet into account when you decide how to feed them in captivity.

How do you start to look for the right food for goldfish?

First, you should understand all the ways commercial goldfish is offered.

Food for captive goldfish is typically offered as flakes, floating pellets, sinking pellets, or gel, along with greens. Additional foods that goldfish may eat include peas with the skin removed, bloodworms, and brine shrimp (live, frozen, or freeze-dried).

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The long-term health and lifespan of your pet turtle will mostly depend on its diet, and finding the best and healthy food for your pet’s long-term diet can be quite difficult.

There are a lot of commercial foods out there that you can choose, but there are also people that encourage you to feed your pet with raw food.

Commercial and raw foods are both good for your pet’s health. However, it will depend on your pet if it will like it or not. In this article, I will give you a brief food guide for your pet, as well as reviews of the Best Aquarium Turtle Food out there.

There are several different kinds of turtles that you can own as a pet, this includes a red-eared slider, aquatic turtles, tortoises, and box turtles. Each species of turtles has their own preference when it comes to their dietary needs, so the first thing that you need to do is to have your pet checked by a professional veterinarian. Continue reading

Diet is important to all fish but it’s extremely important for cichlids for several reasons.

First, because cichlids should always look and feel their best. Second, because the groupings of cichlids we put together in aquariums don’t always occur in nature.

That means you have to be extra careful to make sure each group gets the food they need.

Some cichlids are primarily herbivores while some are omnivores. While some species are technically predators and will eat other fish, they also won’t pass up some tasty plant-based food as it comes along.

That said, making sure they get of their naturally preferred diet is important. You also have to provide a variety of food that is high in pigments to keep their color vibrant. Continue reading