Banana

[LolaLouie]

has anyone ever fed their fish banana? Is it ok to give it to them? Would it pollute the water loads?

 

[WILDER]

I would only use it as a treat as yes it can polute the water.

 

[raptorrex]

only problem i can see is the sugar content. that's if your filtration is up to it.

 

[three-fingers]

I've given my fish banana in the past, tetras went mad for it, other fish weren't too fussed.

 

[Colin_T]

some fish eat it and others don't. Just remove uneaten food after feeding and it won't affect your water quality any more than any other food.

 

[LolaLouie]

I fed the banana this morning and they all went mad for it! It's been there for over an hour and i would remove it but there's 4 shrimp a krib and a cockatoo eating it right now so i think i'll wait until it's unoccupied!

 

[Colin_T]

Next time use less banana. I used to cut mine into little pieces and drop in a few bits at a time. The fish could eat as much as they wanted and when they no longer showed any interst in it, I stopped feeding them.

 

[LolaLouie]

I only used a small slice and it's almost gone. I'm not taking it out because they've practically finished it!

 

[Colin_T]

that's cool, I wasn't sure if you stuck a whole banana in the tank or only a bit. A slice of banana isn't going to do anything to the water.