How many pellets?

[Torch]

I got RAnchus that are from 4.5 inch to 5.5 inches. About how much and how often do you feed them? Right now I am feeding them ProGold sinking pellets twice a day, each Ranchu gets around 8 pellets, is that too much feeding and will that leads to swim bladder issues? They are in indoor aquarium with good fitration and temperature is arond 60 degrees.

[WakinAZ]

At 60 F, you should probably go with one or two light feedings a day. No more than what they gobble up in two minutes or less, especially with ProGold as it is very crumbly and messy in my experience.

Here is a compilation of a couple of goldfish/koi feeding guides I found on the web a few years ago that made sense to me: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dczhvxjd_47gjmgm7cq

[Cincy Ranchu]

At 60F I would consider feeding Wheat Germ instaed of harder to digest stuff. I am feeding my fish at 52F wheat germ once or twice a week. At 60F there metabolism is significantly better, tough call...:coffee:

[Torch]

Thanks, wow, I see that I'm overfeeding them right now. I'll cut back but I do see the difference, When I feed then twice daily their stomach and forms grow very nicely (round stomach). When I feed only once daily they look kind of stun. So unfortunately, its catch-22 that not feeding them they won't grow nice, but feeding them too much it'll cause problems. Guess that is why Ranchus are considered Fancy Goldfish.