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What is a deshelled pea, and where can I get some2007-11-24 23:11:58

I've been reading how you need to feed your fish this if they are floating...my beta is floating in the tank but he's still moving around. He's also kind of fat...and he's only fed once or twice a day.

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Deshelled peas are just normal, green peas. You take the pea, and take off the tiny shell it has (it is the outer green part). The best way to do this is to just boil it. Your Betta may not be sick, it may just be groggy due to low temperature (it should be around 80 degrees). Try it anyway though, it's not going to hurt it.

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Bettas are insectavores (they eat insects), but will generally eat whatever you feed them (mine eats cucumber on occasion). You shouldn't have too much trouble with deshelled peas...

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Bettas are carnivores. Good luck getting him to eat veggies.

Deshelled peas are just that--peas without a shell. If you boil peas long enough, the shell will crack open. Voila! Deshelled peas (or split peas).

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The easiest way I've found is to take a frozen pea and run it under warm water for a couple of seconds. It will split and you can peal the shell right off of it in one piece.

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If a fish is floating but appears otherwise healthy, you can try giving him some roughage (the pea), but most of the time in bettas this is not caused by the swallowing of air, as is common in goldfish, which do not really swell like you're describing. Every case I have ever seen of a betta behaving this way has ended badly. It seems to be a case of a bacterial infection that causes organs or something inside the fish to swell or bloat. The swim bladder is obviously being affected, if he's floating, but is not likely due to swallowed air. Anyway, what they mean by a deshelled pea is for you to crush a pea so the fish can eat the softer inside part. Your betta, being a carnivore, probably will not be interested, even if he still has an appetite. My advice is as follows: