Hi all. This is my very first post. I looked for a goldfish discussion board because I have a simple question about feeding peas to goldfish: How much and how often?

I have a single 16-year-old goldfish in a 30-gallon tank. With a fish that old you'd think I'd know how often to feed him peas, but I don't. So any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I feed mine peas as a treat around once a week

Sixteen years old!!! That's awesome!! Pictures??

I feed my little ones peas once a week as a fishy-health-maintenance thing as well as a treat-thing.

If they haven't been pooping as often as usual, I fast them for a day or two and then do another pea-round. Fixes things right up! & my goldies love them some peas.

Wow! 16 years old? How big is he? He must be one happy fishy! Is he a common? I want pictures!!!

Yea, I also feed my babies peas once a week. Make sure you peel 'em! The fish can't eat the tough outer coating of the peas. I also feed my fish orange slices and lettuce on occasion. They LOVE cantalope mellon, too. If your fish is constapated, feeding rice is a good idea as well.

PenelopeFish

May you let me know the size and variety of your sixteen years old fish?

Welcome to Kokos!!!
Wow! 16 years old!!! Amazing! You are doing something very right!

Most goldfish love peas--take a couple of peas out of the freezer, run a little warm water over them. Like others said, be sure to take the skins off and then you will have two halves. Try dropping in a half at a time to let your fish get the idea that it is something good to eat. For smaller fish, you break up the pea halves. But sure to remove any uneaten peas so they don't rot in the tank. But I think your fish will love them.

What is his name?

I was feeding my goldies tonight & decided to drop in a shelled pea. They all were busy pigging out & didn't see the pea halves drop to the bottom. I watched to make sure they would find them. They seemed to smell them (do fish smell??) That was it, the search was on. They all rushed around poking everything. It was a minature shark feeding frenzy!

Are goldies the greatest!

I' m new for feeding goldfish... i don't really know the types of the fish foods.. may i know hows peas looked like? ...is that a vegie as what v eating?

hey same here.. i want to know wat is peas?

Peas are little green vegtables. Little round balls of green. We eat them, they come canned or frozen, or in a pod. lol There not special fish food, just regular peas.

thnx...carroll..by the way, do v need to boil it before feeding them? coz d pea looks 'dry' and 'hard'...

I would buy canned peas or frozen peas. It sounds like your talking about the dried out peas that come in a bag that arent frozen. If you buy frozen ones, pop them in the microwave entil their warm, and pop them out of their shells, and then smush a bit, and plop them in the tank. The goldfish will go crazy for them!

Hi all! Thanks for the information! Sorry I didn't get back on this board earlier to answer questions.

"My" 16-year-old goldfish is really my daughter's. She talked her Daddy into getting her a fish when she was in third grade . . . and now she's in med school! Of course, when she left home, the fishy stayed.

As an 8-year-old, she thought Goldie was the perfect name for a goldfish, but by Jr. High she thought that was a "baby name" and rechristened him Sharkey. I call him Shark Bait.

As for what type he is, um . . . am I bad Fishy Mama if I just say "regular"? Or maybe he's a comet. He was a 5-cent feeder fish, but he did develop a lovely long tail.

As for size, I think his body is about 4 inches, and his tail another 4. Hard to tell . . .

We have so many stories about him! Like how my daughter used to scoop him out of his bowl and PET him because he was her PET. And the time the cat tipped over his bowl and I found him gasping for breath on the floor.

And then there was the time we moved cross country and had to buy a plane ticket for my daughter (then 10 years old) so she and the fish could fly while the rest of us drove 2,000 miles.

Me: Can't you just give him away, honey?
Her: But he's MY fish!!!!!
Me: He'll be fine in the car.
Her: Nooooooooooo!!! He'll DIE!!!!!!!

And then, after spending $400 on a plane ticket, the airline wanted me to buy an additional "pet ticket" because without it they "couldn't be responsible if anything happened to him." When I asked what that meant, they explained that if I spent $25 on a pet ticket, they'd replace my 5-cent fish if he died en route -- if it was determined to be their fault and I filled out multiple claim forms, of course.

Who knew we were in for such a ride when we bought this silly, adorable, exasperating fish??

I've tried feeding my goldies peas, but I'm not sure they agree with them.

I use frozen peas, soak them in a little tank water until they are room temp. I peel them and squish them, as my fish are sitll small. I drop them in the tank little by little as they eat them.

The problem is they goggle them up, and then in a few minutes, they just sit in one spot, doing weird mouth movements. I can see the pea scrapes in their little mouths.

What am I doing wrong? Is this harm full? it looks like they gobble pieces that are too big to swallow. I hope I am not choking my babies.

they eat too much at once, lol and they need to go off and chew them thats all. Goldies eyes are bigger then their bellies. You could try smaller peices, or just leave then to chew.

I just loved reading your stories about Sharkey. And I would say that he is definitely a comet--the long tail is a trait of comets. Have you tried the peas? Once again, welcome to Kokos!

Thank you Meg

I feel so much better. I didn't know they chew

I have soooo much to learn, and you all have been such a help.

lol some times they forget they have to! At first i thought they were choking as well, sitting at the bottom like that, but nope. They dont chew so much as mash and grind their food with teeth in their throats. They kind of mush it in their mouths and then grind it as they swallow.

Lovely story WVMom :-)

I love the story too!

Hey WVMOM!

I loved your stories about "Shark Bait"

That is so hilarious that you actually had to buy a plane ticket for that little guy! But really, what's even cooler is that you actually sent your daughter on a plane with that little fish! What a mom you are!

My goldies get fresh foods daily. Green beans, lima beans, zucchini, peas, seaweed, orange, kiwi, duckweed, salvenia and other veggies in their gel food like mustard greens, colliard greens, broccoli, kale, etc. They also like red worms, wax worms and shrimp.

Fresh food is good for them.

I gave my goldies peas for the first time yesterday. They kept spitting them out to start with, then they must have got the taste for them and they disappeared down the hatch real quick.

How often is it recommend I feed them peas?

I heard they are good for constipation, but how can you tell if your fish are constipated?

You can tell if they're constipated by looking at their poop!Go to the Goldfish Poop link on this site.

great story!
you have really inspired me WVMOM

again thanks for the story