How many peas do I feed to my 3 goldfish?

Question

I have 3 goldfish(fantails) in my tank. I have been feeding them fish flaked but I personally believe that live foods are better for them as it is much more 'natural' and will stop their constipation. I have been doing a bit of research and I believe that feeding them pea's is the easiest and most convenient for me. What is the best way to go about this? How many peas do I put in per fish and should I thaw them before I put them in the tank?
Thanks

Answer 1

I would not recommend feeding them peas. Feed them fish food. That is what it is made for. Where did you get the pea-brained idea to feed fish peas?

Answer 2

Peas For Goldfish

Answer 3

Hi Mrmin, You are absolutely correct-many flake foods are basically rubbish! Hard to say exact amounts for the peas but I generally cook, shell & dice the peas, then sprinkle the pieces in the tank-perhaps half a pea per fish per day. As peas have mild laxative effect it is not recommended to feed only peas. The best staple diet you can give your Goldfish is Pro Gold or Hikari sinking pellets. Supplement this [together with the peas] with frozen blood worms & brine shrimp, cooked broccoli florets & as someone else mentioned citrus fruit.

These are just a few ideas, there are dozens more foodstuffs Goldfish enjoy-many listed on the link Evelyn has attached.

Answer 4

Id blanch them in boiling water for a min or 2 and peel the skin off them, feed 1 or 2 pees per goldfish.

Just drop some in and watch them eat, when they lose interest of after 2 min remove what has not been eaten.

I would still feed them the flake food as it has lots of vitamins in it for them. It is best to feed them a varied diet of live/frozen food, flakes and pees you could even try things like spinach!

Answer 5

cease feeding it for now. that is needed to feed it approximately 3-7 peas reckoning on its length. they might desire to be the frozen eco-friendly peas that are available in a bag. prepare dinner them on the range. devoid of water or oil or something in the pan. Peel the skins off, fall apart them on your palms, and drop them in the aquarium by ability of the goldfish. do this on a daily basis as quickly as an afternoon or each and every morning and each evening. in case you do it for approximately 2 or 3 days it is going to get extra desirable. Do you feed it pellets or flakes? Sinking pellets are superb, because of fact the goldfish do no longer might desire to circulate to the top and get atmospheric air of their lungs whilst attempting to feed. yet once you do feed pellets soak them in some water from the fish tank for approximately 2 minutes in the previous feeding. this ought to help with digestion. and don't feed your fish extra desirable than a pair of times an afternoon.

Answer 6

you thaw them out and once there done squeeze um out of the skin and into your tank but id advise mushing up the peas whne feeing determining on the size of your goldfish and you sensible
judgement whne feeding take in mind there stomachs arent as big as there body id say two to three each maybe even four

Answer 7

Be sure to peel the little shell off of each pea. Its no big deal I make a little cut and pop the pea out. I have three and I give them a small handful when I give peas.

Be sure to give them a slice of orange . They LOVE it.

Actually my gold fish will eat anything.

Answer 8

It depends on how big the peas are and also on how big the fish are. You should defiantly thaw them though... fish don`t have teeth!

Answer 9

i dont know 3-4 mabey depending on the size of the fish

Answer 10

Here is a site that explains it in detail
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/Constipation.html

And yes you can and should feed them peas when they have constipation


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB