Compare that to g of commercial fish flake and pellets having between g of protein. Tropical fish diets are usually significantly higher and should not be fed to goldfish, no matter how tasty they are. Learn more about the right food to feed your goldfish.
Green peas sink in water, therefore making fish dive to the bottom of their tank to eat, preventing excess air from ending up in their GI and swim bladder. Goldfish are physostomous, with a duct connecting their esophagus to their swim bladder.
Considering the anatomy of some fancy goldfish varieties, these ducts are extremely short and therefore more air is able to get into the swim bladder, causing positive buoyancy issues. When fish eat at the surface, slurping food down like pigs, they can take in a lot of extra air.
Goldfish, like all other carp, are omnivores, eating plants, bugs and almost anything tasty that fits in their mouths. In feeding them a flake or pelleted diet, you are aiming for a balanced diet. There are sooooo many fish foods out there, and a lot of them are based on educated guesses rather than actual research. Feeding your fish green peas can certainly add in missing nutrients your ancient fish food is severely lacking. We have our most watched webinar on this very subject of reading fish food labels.
After 6 months, your fish food has lost enough of the water-soluble vitamins, including vitamin C, that you are essentially feeding your fish cardboard. Dried green peas have considerably more fiber due to the decreased water content, but these should not be feed to fish.
All in all, peas are a low calorie treat that fish can enjoy. But are they magical, cure all tablets of greeny goodness? Sorry, but no. Very interesting article.. Peas Why are peas good for Bettas and are any other vegetabl If i boil water then let it cool for two hours can i put fis Peas, bloating, "swim bladder" and buoyancy issues.
Found wood - what's safe to use in an aquarium and how to prepare it. Betta bloat not fixed by peas or Epsom salt. Are peas a good thing to feed guppies if they are would caned peas work. Dried Peas for fish? Anyone ever tried cooking dried peas instead of frozen Can i feed green peas to my goldfish everyday? Different ways to feed goldfish peas.
Peas for constipated Betta fish? What about a diet change instead? I don't want her to get too much. I am probably the most anti drug person on here! The problem is you need to find the reason she keeps going belly up. What are you feeding her normally? How often do you feed veggies and what types? Those will work as well as peas and are much better for her, things like broccoli, kale, spinach, squash, all have additional vitamins that the peas do not.
Also, rather than feeding only once a day if you do , feed her 3 or 4 really small meals thru out the day. I have five fancies, almost 3 years old, and they get fed three times a day, two veggie meals and one pellets. Flakes cause them to inhale air while they are eating, resulting in more bloating.
I also fast mine at least once a week, often twice a week. None of mine have ever had any problems with bloating at all. To make it easier on my time spent preparing food for them, I buy bags of frozen, cubed veggies and just use some of the different kinds from day to day. If I have time, I will also buy fresh and then freeze them myself on a cookie sheet, then bag in zip lock baggies and keep frozen until use.
How big is the tank? What sorts of fish and how many of each? What filter, make and model do you run? What is your water change routine? What de-chlorinator do you use? Do you know the levels of Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate pH. If you could give us some more information about the tank, fish etc we can try to help you further. M y A quarium C lub. How many frozen peas do you feed a fancy goldfish?
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