I have just starting feeding my fish (a small calico ranchu) veggies as he was having swimbladder problems (floating to the surface).

I fasted him for three days, which really seemed to stop the floatyness, and was told to continue feeding him only vegetables from now on.

I have been feeding him peas and runner beens (chopped into small peices) for three days now but he doesn't seem to be enjoying them!

He has trouble chewing them, even though i tried to cut them up small, and takes about five minutes to chew per mouthful. He also doesn't seem very enthusiastic about eating these foods.

Today i tried runner beans - yesterday and the day before where just peas- and he has now got quite a swollen belly He has had a poo but it was long a quite see through.... does he have fishy constipation??

I don't like the thought of carrying on feeding him this diet....any suggestions??

You might try blanching them or cooking then lightly to soften them up some for him.
Did he get any down at all?
The swollen belly and clear poop don't sound good. I'm sure someone will come along soon to help.

I feed mine frozen veggies (peas, green beans, lima beans), defrosted in tank water, and they seem to love them (along with shrimp, red worms, daphnia and gel food). They spend a lot of time chewing on it.

Some of my goldies love peas and some completely ignore them. Are you taking the skin off? Even if they are cut up in small pieces, you still have to take the skin off. Try putting them in the microwave for a bit to cook them. Make sure they are cooled off before feeding of course.

Algae wafers and spirulina flakes are good for floaty fish too.

Fish should take quite a while to eat their food, right? Mine sit and quiet eat in the corner for I don't know how long.

I did cook both the peas and the runner beans. I removed the skin from the peas but fed both the outside and bean bit of the runner beans.

he's still looking rather swollen this moring and im seeing some weird looking poop. clear with pale green bits.

He used to gobble up his food very quickly when i fed commerical stuff...flakes and and freeze dried bloodworm and daphnia. but with the veggies he seems to be really struggling to chew and digest them. Funny as you'd think they'd be easier on the digestive system!

He has stopped floating though. Is it a good idea to fed only peas, runner beans and spinach all the time? i was told to do this from now on, otherwise the floating problem would come back....but is this a varied enough diet? Doesn't he need some sort of meat protein? I don't want to fed live food because im worried about bringing diseases to the tank.

Sounds like his digestive tract is not happy.

The fasting and peas is supposed to give the digestive tract a rest and then the peas are supposed to act as a laxitive.

What I think happens with goldies who flip is that the commercial food has ingredients that sit in the intestine and produce gas... so their bottom gets more bouyant than their top. I saw evidence of this when my daughter fed my goldies a bunch fo flakes. They didn't flip... but their poop was VERY floaty. Their usual poop from their totally fresh diet sinks.

The swollen belly worries me. Is the poop floaty?

Yes, Goldies need meat as well as veggies to provide essential amino acids and essential fatty acids that they can't make on their own. Here's a good article on goldie nutrition.

I think the freeze dried bloodworm and daphnia would be ok to feed as long as they don't contain any additional ingredients. You'll need to soak them before feeding. Cocktail shimp are also good protein source.

Consider making some gel food. A quick and easy recipe is
2 sardines chopped up very fine (into a mush preferably)
1 jar babyfood veggies (e.g. peas or green beans, no sugar/salt added)
1 pack of unflavored gelatine.
mix it up well and microwave until it boils. Pour into a flat container and let it cool a bit, then stick it into the fridge till it sets up. Then you can cut it into small cubes to feed it.