3-5 minutes is too much. one mouthful is more than enough.
the problem is GF and koi have two nutritional requirements, protein and fat. and
the stuff that is in the water is digestible while "land based" stuff is not or not
nearly as digestible. in China where they raise lots of fancy GF they power feed
them grubs and worms found in the water that they raise, like blood worms. the GF
still have to work to find the food but they eat itty bitty amounts all day long.
the other problem with too much food is too much at once and they got no stomach so
it moves along their GI tract without being properly digested and absorbed.
usually it is only fancy GF that get floaty from the wrong type or amount of
commercial "fish" food. Ingrid

"M&K" wrote:

Don't overfeed your goldfish! Overfeeding goldfish is the leading cause of
death among goldfish! Bad! Bad! Bad!

Okay, so I give them just the amount they can eat within 3 to 5 minutes. But
they eat all the time! The bugs that are in my pond and the water lettuce
made the little pond a buffet table. But the fish are happy!

I don't understand. Why is my feeding them potentially lethal, but not them
grazing all day and night?

m




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