Goldfish and peas

[John D. Goulden]

OK, a dumb question - I have read that is a good thing to feed goldfish peas
on occasion. I assume these are green garden peas. How do you prepare them
for gf? Cooked or raw? Skinned or not? Whole or broken up? My gf aren't
large (2 inches or so) and have no health problems that I know of - should I
give them peas once a week or so?

--
John Goulden

[Lilly]

When you eat peas, your fish can eat some peas. Then there is no extra
step involved for you. Otherwise, you can put a couple in some warm
tapwater and let them defrost for a couple minutes. Knick the shell,
pop the peas out. You will see two halves. If that is still too big,
just cut them to bite size pieces.

Lilly


John D. Goulden wrote:
> OK, a dumb question - I have read that is a good thing to feed
goldfish peas
> on occasion. I assume these are green garden peas. How do you prepare
them
> for gf? Cooked or raw? Skinned or not? Whole or broken up? My gf
aren't
> large (2 inches or so) and have no health problems that I know of -
should I
> give them peas once a week or so?
>
> --
> John Goulden

[Kellbot]

I think peas are gross and I think my fish might agree. They'll eat
them, because they'll eat anythign I drop in the tank, but not as
ravenously as other things.
When I feed them bloodworms its like they think I'm never going to feed
them again. The little one t hrashes wildly in an attempt to get at
them, he usually opens his mouth too soon and ends up pushing it away
from him. it's cute :)

[Lilly]

Goldfish, like people, seem to have food preferences. I've had some
that adore nectarines and banannas, and others that wouldn't eat it at
all.

Now worms...
that is the universal fish treat!

Lilly

Kellbot wrote:
> I think peas are gross and I think my fish might agree. They'll eat
> them, because they'll eat anythign I drop in the tank, but not as
> ravenously as other things.
> When I feed them bloodworms its like they think I'm never going to
feed
> them again. The little one t hrashes wildly in an attempt to get at
> them, he usually opens his mouth too soon and ends up pushing it away
> from him. it's cute :)

[Raccoon]

I defrost frozen peas, pop them out of the "skin" (not the pod but the
actual skin they are in) and mash them up with a teaspoon. I then drop the
mash in the water with the teaspoon and my fish actually eat from the spoon,
its very cute, and they spend ages chasing all the bits around, there is
never any left over.

Tess

"John D. Goulden" > wrote in message
...
> OK, a dumb question - I have read that is a good thing to feed goldfish
peas
> on occasion. I assume these are green garden peas. How do you prepare them
> for gf? Cooked or raw? Skinned or not? Whole or broken up? My gf aren't
> large (2 inches or so) and have no health problems that I know of - should
I
> give them peas once a week or so?
>
> --
> John Goulden
>
>

[John D. Goulden]

Do bananas have the same anti-constipation effect on goldfish as peas?

--
John Goulden

[Lilly]

John, I don't know. I just know that some GF like it, and some don't.
What I do know is it's a good source of potassium, a necessary mineral
for living beings. ;-)

Lilly

John D. Goulden wrote:
> Do bananas have the same anti-constipation effect on goldfish as
peas?
>
> --
> John Goulden

[John D. Goulden]

Well I think I will treat my gf to a little banana tonight :)

--
John Goulden

[Lilly]

John, what did the GF make of the banana treat?

John D. Goulden wrote:
> Well I think I will treat my gf to a little banana tonight :)

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they are good for "cleaning out" a GF because they are not very digestible and most
people put a single crystal of epsom salts into the pea to help;.
cooked and shelled or they could get stuck in the throat.
Ingrid

"John D. Goulden" > wrote:

>OK, a dumb question - I have read that is a good thing to feed goldfish peas
>on occasion. I assume these are green garden peas. How do you prepare them
>for gf? Cooked or raw? Skinned or not? Whole or broken up? My gf aren't
>large (2 inches or so) and have no health problems that I know of - should I
>give them peas once a week or so?



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[John D. Goulden]

>> Well I think I will treat my gf to a little banana tonight :)

> John, what did the GF make of the banana treat?

Well, they ate it (of course they would probably eat anything I put in
there, including my fingers if they could).
I hope it was good for them.

--
John Goulden