Ornamental fish feeding ratio & frequency — RSPCA (paraphrased)
Source: RSPCA pet-fish diet advice, copyrighted. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, paraphrased derived fact summaries: numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten.
Claims (derived summary — method: paraphrase)
- Feed only as much as the fish can eat within two to five minutes, and avoid overfeeding, because leftover food harms water quality.
- Feed fish two or three times a day rather than just once a day, so they learn the feeding routine.
- Tropical fish need daily feeding.
- It is better to underfeed than to overfeed, because fish are more susceptible to poor water quality than to a lack of food.
- Daphnia (water fleas) and brine shrimp are an excellent frozen supplement for tropical fish, but only small amounts should be given to goldfish because of their high protein content.