The instructions on the can of fish food says, give enough that it takes several minutes for fish to consume. What does that mean? My fish devour what I give them in maybe at the most 2 minutes. In relation to a tsp. what would be considered a normal portion to give a black more, or fantail two inches in lenght? Is half a teaspoon too much, and is a quarter of a teaspoon too little?

use the good ol trial and error technique, BTW if you're new to goldfishes please read the caretips located on the main page.

I ususally just go with a 'pinch' probably somewhere equivalent to .25 teaspoons per goldie. a 2 inch fish will do fine with that, if hes a ravenous eater. shy eaters would do fine with a bit less.

You will soon learn that with goldies, 'all that can be consumed in a few minutes' would be most of the can!
They are voracious eaters. I only feed a chunk of food (i have gel food) that is about a teaspoon in size to my 4 fish, as a meal (this concurs with Smacks .25 of a tsp). They get small 'treats' such as a few peas, or a peice of fruit twice the day, as well as having a chunk of cucumber or similair in the veggie clip to snack on as they please.

I only feed a pinch, twice a day, and the pinch only takes them a minute or two to mow down on. After a while, you will start to see how much they eat, in a certain amount of time. Most goldie foods to say to feed the goldfish enough that it takes them 5 minutes to eat, sometimes they even say 10, but I wouldnt go by that. I would give it 2 minutes.

i feed my goldies some pellets most of the time, takes them like 1-2mins to eat but then they will go on a hunt for more food along the gravel......................................

of course the food will fall down into the gravel so thats why they go picking up the rocks and spitting em out...well thats what my do

as a example, I feed my five goldies (and 5 white clouds) in my 55 this one a daily basis

1/2 teaspoon of flakes, 1/4 of a teaspoon of grnadules.

when they get treats they usally get a pinch of bloodworms or something...

I like to give them a little extra wheen feeding pellets, so that later they can find some along the bottom. But I make sure to put them in places so they need to actually look for them, not just eat them.

ROFL, its like a safari-hunt, you gotta find the beast/food before it finds you...which has no sense
im so stupid