I used to give them bloodworms as a twice weekly treat but I think they got bored of them, and I've read that they like peas and zucchinni but I wouldn't want them to choke on the peas, so does anyone know what little treats I can feed them to make their diet more interesting for them? Thank you.
2007-02-01 03:26:24 · 14 answers · asked by The Queen Of All That Is Cake 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
You should definitely be feeding them greens and veggies. They won't choke on the peas, but if you're worried about them, remove the pea's outter skin and split it in two with your tumb, and drop it in the tank. You can also give them duckweed - if you don't have any growing yourself, you can ask around with local hobbiests, as many people have duckweed infestions and love to give it away.
You can also feed them pieces of earthworms and a variety of frozen, meaty foods, and you can alter between 2 or 3 different brands of goldfish pellets.
2007-02-01 03:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I give my goldfish bits of apple, peas, cucumber, seedless grape, romaine lettuce. (skins removed & chopped up fine) They are omnivores, so sometimes I offer brine shrimp (freeze dried, frozen or for a real treat live) tubifex worms, bloodworms earthworms, I also mix up the flake & pellets offering different brands.
As long as you chop up the veggies small enough to fit inot the mouth, then you really dont have to worry about them choking on it. I usually offer treats 3-4 times a week. Variety is the spice of life. Try some different veggies. See what your goldies like, and net out any food they don't eat within a half hour
2007-02-01 07:01:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish definitely need a variety of foods. Not because they get bored, but actually for their physical health. You can give pellets instead of flakes sometimes, although they are the same difference (always pre-soak flakes or pellets before feeding to prevent swelling in the goldfish's abdomen) as regular food, and then as regular treats, they need dark green lettuces (not iceberg or butterleaf, etc.), spinach, boiled, mashed peas with the skins removed, cut up earthworms, boiled cut up eggs, cucumbers, grapes, oranges, kiwis, brine shrimp, blood worms, krill, tubifex, plankton, spirullina, daphnia and duckweed. They also like gel food, which is made from boiled, mashed peas with the skins removed, or various vegetable baby foods mixed with plain gelatin until it sets up firm and cut in small cubes. Mmmmm...... just remember to remove what they won't or don't eat...
2007-02-01 12:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oranges are great, cucumber boiled soft, with peas you always take off the skin and then you can chop them up small for small fish. I take a few frozen peas, put them in the fish net and hold them under running hot water for about 20 seconds, then I pop off the skins and cut the peas into little pieces.
2007-02-01 05:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Freeze dried tubafex worms. You can find these in any pet store. When I had an aquarium, I used to feed these to my fish I would hold these in my hand and taught my fish to eat out of my hand. They look like a beef boullioun cube when you first take them out of the package.
My fishes loved them!
2007-02-01 04:35:36 · answer #5 · answered by Many Moons 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My subukin and goldfish(was a feeder fish but is now bout 4 inches long) like popcorn, the also like krill, brine shrimp, meat, I put a slice of orange in there which the like. I have these little cubes of worms but I can't remember what they are called off hand.
2007-02-01 04:02:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i chop up cooked peas, cooked spinach, any greens (they just got endive cause i made some soup -- cooked the endive seaparately for them). i feed my goldfish pellets -- its a lot less messy. hikari pellets smell but they are supposed to support wen growth on lionheads and orandas.
2007-02-01 04:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
tubifex worms and brine shrimp.
buy fresh peas, take off the skin, and squish it up in the water. its also healthy for them, its prevents swim bladder diesease. you can also try different types of pellets, floating, sinking....mix itup!
2007-02-01 05:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by Twilite 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can buy all sorts of frozen food at aquarium shop,plus you can give them water fleas.hope this helps you,
2007-02-01 05:55:58 · answer #9 · answered by stephen eblue eyes 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try hardboiled egg yoke, all my fish love it.
2007-02-01 03:49:14 · answer #10 · answered by OLDGZR 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋