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Seasonal Advice
Things you can feed goldfish:
High quality frozen foods, like brine shrimp and bloodworms, are great supplements. You can place small, frozen chunks directly in the tank and the fish will pick at them as they melt. You might want to turn off the filter or only feed small amounts at one time, to avoid the food getting sucked into the filter.
Veggies: most vegetables can be offered to goldfish. Slightly to completely cooked may offer the best results (most food in fish, least mess in tank). Chopped broccoli florets are good, but tend to cloud the water. Spinach and most leaf greens are excellent. Peas are an old standby and often help fish with buoyancy control issues.
Egg is a good protein source for goldfish. Scrambled and microwaved is the common way to prepare this. Feed in small amounts to keep the tank clean.
Cooked rice can be fed and goldfish seem to like it. It is not particularly nutritive, but it has a reputation as helping to give goldfish round deep bodies, which is desirable for some types.