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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2007lettuce ?
I read ( a while ago ) on a goldfish keeper's website, that finely chopped lettuce is a good alternative to the regular *flake* type food. I tried it tonight & every tiny piece of lettuce was consumed within seconds ! Any advice about sensible goldfish feeding would be GREATLY appreciated !!! > I read ( a while ago ) on a goldfish keeper's website, that finely > chopped lettuce is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Any advice about sensible goldfish feeding would be GREATLY appreciated > !!! =========================== Lettuce has little nutritional value and should be a "treat" only. Feed goldfish or koi pellets with the highest protein you can find.  SignatureRM.... rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }<((((*> ~~~ }<{{{{(ö> > > chopped lettuce is > > a good alternative to the regular *flake* type food. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Zone 6. Middle TN USA > ~~~~ }<((((*> ~~~ }<{{{{( > The type of lettuce matter too. I wouldn't toss in iceburg lettuce, but romaine, sure. What are the other types that are used, RM? For a long time now I have often given my tropicals leftover chopped spinach,(I cook it plain) however I recently gave some to my goldfish and lost 3 of them within a weeks time. In a later posting you write of losing your goldfish, I was thinking maybe the lettuce had some adverse effect. My goldfish have not gotten spinach since and I've not lost any others. land based food is not good for fish. get spirulina or other water based "greens" more suitable. fish ARE very, very sensitive to pyrethrums, which are typically used on organic veggies. Ingrid >For a long time now I have often given my tropicals leftover chopped >spinach,(I cook it plain) however I recently gave some to my goldfish >and lost 3 of them within a weeks time. In a later posting you write of >losing your goldfish, I was thinking maybe the lettuce had some adverse >effect. My goldfish have not gotten spinach since and I've not lost any >others. |
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