hi i have been trying to get my goldie to eat fresh vegies 4 a wial now he will only eat flakes .floating pelats. and blood worms brine shrimp ect.... iv put peas in the water and he dosnt even ecnolage them hasnt even tryed to eat them. so i tryed tying romain lettce to a rock . again dosnt even look at it twice. iv tryed giving him bananas and spinich and cucaomber and zucini. he dosnt even try it. iv also tryd puting the fresh stuff at feeding time. he acualy eats around the fresh stuf. i wash it supper good so i dont know y he wont even try it. dose any one got any ideas?

thats great that your trying to feed your goldie some "healthy food".

you could try fasting him for a couple of days and then introducing it to him. also its ok to leave them (veggies) in there for a few hours.

do you have gravel in your tank? doeas your goldie pick at the gravel in search of leftover food? if so, leave a couple of skinned and pinched (thawed from frozen) peas in there for an afternoon. then check to see if they are there later.

you can get veggie clips for fish or reptiles at most local fish stores. they are very useful in that goldies often graze the waters surface for food. a veggie clip will keep the food right at the water surface.

you could boil or microwave (in water) a small chunk of broccoli w/stem. veg-clip it and leave it for an afternoon.

your goldie isnt perhaps a black moor is it?

I thought goldies went for anything and everything that fell in the tank! I think you have some fussy little fishes!

But yea i guess what has been said is good, just slowly introduce it and put it in a place where they recognise that food comes from. They'll get the idea eventually.

Hmmm... do you think they are bite-sized enough for him? My goldies had trouble with some of even actual gold-fish food, unless I broke it into little peices. Watch to see what he does. Maybe mix really tiny peices with the other food and he may accidently eat it too. You got to trick your babies sometimes!

-Ed

yeah, be persistant! once he realizes that its food,22 dig in everytime!

its just one fantail in the tank right now. the pecies could easly fit in his mouth he is 5 inches right now. i have some grvel in the tank but just anuff to cover the bottem noth even a 1/4 on an inch of gravel in there.im gunna be keep on trucking with the veggie thing but i dont want to fas because i have dojos in there too. a day without feeding wont kill them though. lol ahh fish lol thanx guys

hey guys he finaly ate some romain lettec!!!! yay! his poop is all green. now i dont think its somthing to worrie about is it?

Don't worry, that is normal!

heh. green poop, huh? oh no! it sounds like your goldie is becoming a full fledged veggie freak!

just kidding! thats great news! if you should decide to try to feed him other veggies, dont forget to cook them long enough to "soften" them to their liking!