Will Platys Eat...

[piratedninja]

peas?
i put a few boiled peas (outer shell removed) into my tank which consists of 3 sunset fire platys and 2 otos
and i was wondering if they will eat the peas

 

[mommyof2bettas]

if the peas are small enough to fit in their mouths yes, just mush a little bit of the pea an feed that to them/

 

[theotheragentm]

Yes. Smoosh the peas up a bit. If you don't want the Platies to eat the peas, just put peas in the water in multiple spots. The Platies can't get to it all at once.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Yes feeding pea's to platys is a good way to get the much needed veg into their omnivorous diet, feeding a bit of veg to livebearers like platys alongside their usual/normal foods has many benefets for their health and can help prevent things like constipation in them.
Just chop or squish them the de-shelled pea's a bit so the pea's are broken into small platy bite-sized peices and feed them to the fish- the platys may not take interest in them at first since they will not recognise them as a new food, but given some time and encouragement by cutting down on their other normal foods will help encourage them to eat the pea's .