:glup I am trying not to kill my two common goldfish with too much food, but every time they spot me they act as though they haven't been fed in days. I have been giving them small amounts of flakes (crushed up) about 4 times a day - is this too much?
I sometimes give them a shot of dried daphnies.
I find the flakes very big, is it better to crush them up a bit?

You can feed them as often as you want without harm to the fish, but more food = more waste, so unless your tank is spacious and cycled and you're vigilant about water quality, I wouldn't suggest feeding more than a couple times a day. Don't worry about them being underfed - healthy goldfish are always hungry. I wouldn't suggest you crush up the flakes. Crushing it into smaller bits will make it more likely that the fish don't get to all of it, and the food will foul the water.

I only feed m,y fish once a day in the morning. Im going to feed them more.. But i cant feed them at night, because we dont have a strong light, and they dont see the food. I give them about 2-3 flakes a day to each goldie. I will feed them more often, but less each time - thats the way to go.

i think the fish can smell the food
the other time i fed them and had a blue light
and somehow they knew where all the food was
amazing huh!!

Yea i think they can smell it, as well. when it just flots on the top he does not go for it(not smelly ya know) but once its in the watter and particles get to he goes crazy for it...

CHeers

[COLOR=purple]yeah my fish are always hungry they know which bottle thingy of food is theres since i have 2 diffrent tanks for the topicals and the goldies when i bring there thing of food out the speed to the front of the tank for there food its kinda weird [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]