Golf Fish

[waterdrop]

I disagree. Modern canning processes have long ago stopped imparting any heavy metals to canned foods. While its true that sodium content has sometimes been a problem, that too has changed some and its still better to get people eating foods like black-eyed peas than fast foods. Even many of the healthy families I know that eat mostly fresh vegatables, fruits and grains each day will have an assortment of canned and frozen things around the house too!

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[fishtalk]

Well its too late now , I have fed him some cooked green peas (tinned) with no skins.. Hes started to be more on his side now, I dont know if this is better or worse?

How long can goldfish last in this state? Will he come round?

 

[rdd1952]

There are almost no additives in canned foods. I don't currently have a an pf green peas but the 2 can's of beans (pintos and northerns) list water, pork fat and salt as the only ingredients (besides the beans obviously). The green peas don't even have the pork (don't need the seasoning).

Most fish will last quite a while in that state. Hopefully, it will improve more so he is back upright.

 

[kelly528]

There are almost no additives in canned foods. I don't currently have a an pf green peas but the 2 can's of beans (pintos and northerns) list water, pork fat and salt as the only ingredients (besides the beans obviously). The green peas don't even have the pork (don't need the seasoning).

Most fish will last quite a while in that state. Hopefully, it will improve more so he is back upright.

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Well its too late now , I have fed him some cooked green peas (tinned) with no skins.. Hes started to be more on his side now, I dont know if this is better or worse?

How long can goldfish last in this state? Will he come round?

I forget who told about green peas woking like a charm but I have personally never experienced INSTANT success with peas, except in relieving constipation. Sure, its possible if the SBD was a direct result of a too-large supper but for chronic overfeeding the only way you can reverse SBD is by chronic proper feeding.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Honestly, it's not like it matters a great deal as a one off or whatever.

Personally I prefer frozen peas (for me and the fish)- get nice ones though, nobody likes horrid peas. Use them as and when you want them with your fish and chips, take out one or two if you want them as fish food.

 

[kelly528]

get nice ones though, nobody likes horrid peas.

 

[waterdrop]

get nice ones though, nobody likes horrid peas.

for some reason peas were what my brother and I chose to hate, even though we liked just about every other food, growing up... aren't peas thought to be more popular in UK than almost anywhere else? Or is it the other way round and most UKers like peas better than any other green vegatable? Hey! What's the inside story on this, clueless yanks want to know

 

[rdd1952]

I understand that the peas have salt but the amount you are feeding is so minimal, it's not going to make a difference. Most likely, you are looking at a dozen peas or less (I generally only use 3 or 4).

The results won't be instant but should show fairly quickly. As far as working on anything other than constipation, that's really all they are supposed to work on. You (or your fish) only take a laxative for one reason. They will not help with true swim bladder problems.

 

[OldMan47]

We don't have mushy peas in the US WD. It is almost reminiscent of what we would call pea soup but not quite. In the UK you can order mushy peas at any simple restaurant. I gave in to the desire to know what that meant only once in the two weeks that I spent there. I am fairly certain that something akin to mushy peas would be well received by my fish. I tend to use the outer leaves of Brussels sprouts that I have cooked for my own dinner to feed my vegetable loving fish. They really enjoy a feast of the leaves when they get them. Right now my extreme vegetarian fish are feasting on duckweed because I just returned from a club auction where I picked up duckweed cheaply enough to treat it as fish food. I do this every time that I get the chance since my Herotilapia multispinosa always breed shortly after they have been conditioned by a nice duckweed feast.

 

[fishtalk]

They worked!! Fish is looking a lot better now thanks everyone for the help.. his tail is still a little bent though but only when he rests, not when swimming.

 

[waterdrop]

Glad to hear it fishtalk --wd--

 

[chrisbassist]

We don't have mushy peas in the US WD. It is almost reminiscent of what we would call pea soup but not quite. In the UK you can order mushy peas at any simple restaurant. I gave in to the desire to know what that meant only once in the two weeks that I spent there. I ma fairly certain that something akin to mushy peas would be well received by my fish. I tend to use the outer leaves of Brussels sprouts that I have cooked for my own dinner to feed my vegetable loving fish. They really enjoy a feast of the leaves when they get them. Right now my extreme vegetarian fish are feasting on duckweed because I just returned from a club auction where I picked up duckweed cheaply enough to treat it as fish food. I do this every time that I get the chance since my Herotilapia multispinosa always breed shortly after they have been conditioned by a nice duckweed feast.

not ANY, it's morepopular in certain areas, like the further north the more common it is, but there are chains which have restaurants in places all over the country which have them on the menu everwhere to cater for the northerners,

btw, no offence to anyone, it's not JUST northerners that like em, but for some reason it does seem to be more prominant in the north...

 

[OldMan47]

I really meant nowhere Chris. I wouldn't need to try to explain them if they were available here.

 

[fishtalk]

He's gone upside down again!!

Ill feed him some peas again, but is he suffering?

And how long should i put the filter on for all day or just for an hr or two?

Thanks

 

[kelly528]

The filter need to be on 24/7.

And again, long term problems like flip-over call for long term solutions. You will want to be feeding him peas several times a week for the rest of his life.