Veggies like peas and galic must be cooked?

[GoldfishLover! 4]

Hi everyone, I smash some pre-cooked frozen green peas and carrots with a little bit of peeled raw garlic, and feed it to my one-year old goldfish once a week. They seam to like it.

But, should we feed them un-cooked or cooked veggies? Once a week is about right?

Thanks.

Edited July 17, 2012 by GoldfishLover!

[horserider36 508]

Cooked and unsalted. Once or twice a week is good Keeps the pipes clean lol.

[GoldfishLover! 4]

Cooked and unsalted. Once or twice a week is good Keeps the pipes clean lol.

Thanks. Will stop using uncooked garlic from now

[Evening 102]

You don't have to cook them much. Maybe a minute steeped in water off the boil.

[Acro 690]

If they are frozen, you don't have to cook them. Being frozen, breaks them down just like cooking.

[number20121 2,663]

The thing with cooking veggies is that it makes them softer, easier to eat and easier to digest.

That said, the plant material they find and eat in a pond is not cooked either, so there is no harm done when you don't cook something / don't cook it enough. Of course there's no zucchini growing IN a pond, but you're getting the point LOL

[Captain Findus Goldfish 272]

Aquatic zucchini ROFL!!!!!!

[Evening 102]

Aquatic or not, fish love it. Although I'm kind of trying to feed a little more "natural" food, just because it doesn't require cooking, and it might be a little closer to what they're adapted for, so I'm keeping a lot of java moss, duckweed, and watersprite in my other tank so there's plenty of trimmings for the goldies.

[GoldfishLover! 4]

You don't have to cook them much. Maybe a minute steeped in water off the boil.

Brilliant idea! Much easier than cooking them through. Thanks a lot.

[GoldfishLover! 4]

If they are frozen, you don't have to cook them. Being frozen, breaks them down just like cooking.

Right. Frozen veggies are kind of softer than fresh ones Thanks.

[GoldfishLover! 4]

The thing with cooking veggies is that it makes them softer, easier to eat and easier to digest.

That said, the plant material they find and eat in a pond is not cooked either, so there is no harm done when you don't cook something / don't cook it enough. Of course there's no zucchini growing IN a pond, but you're getting the point LOL

That is very logical Thanks.

[GoldfishLover! 4]

Aquatic or not, fish love it. Although I'm kind of trying to feed a little more "natural" food, just because it doesn't require cooking, and it might be a little closer to what they're adapted for, so I'm keeping a lot of java moss, duckweed, and watersprite in my other tank so there's plenty of trimmings for the goldies.

Good idea.