is it ok to....

[jennymit21]

feed your fish frozen peas (cooked before put in tank)? or should i only purchase the peas in a pod in the store and de-shell them? i'm supposed to give one of my fish some peas today to help with digestion (thank you Qtoffer) after a pigging out incident yesterday. Just wanted to find out before i did more harm than good

 

[An t-iasg]

Yes, frozen peas are fine. I prefer frozen peas because they don't turn to mush in the tank water like canned ones. I've never tried using fresh peas.

I microwave the frozen peas for a few minutes in a glass measuring cup, cool, peel the skin, throw away the skin, and feed the "meat" of the pea to the fish. My bettas will only eat the pea if I break it down smaller for them, so it resembles their pellet food in size. I guess they're spoiled! But whatever it takes to get them to eat it!

 

[jennymit21]

cool thanks..i'll start cooking some right away! I appreciate the fast answer!!

 

[patryuji]

Unless you get the "fresh" vegetables from your garden or a farmer's market it is likely that the frozen veggies will be *fresher*.

 

[Menagerie]

I use the frozen peas as well--cook, peel and serve!!

 

[youronlysin]

I threw in a frozen peapod once for the Pleco. It was boiled and cooled. He drug it around the tank for a couple days then ate everything but the peas inside! Funny how he left them intact.....I need to clean them from the filter now.