Duck Weed

[Jazzzz]

I tend to harvest it from my pond and feed it to my fish, is there a reason why i shouldnt. It usually commes complete with small shrimps snails and loahes which the fish seem to eat as well.

 

[WILDER]

As long as there no leeches in the duck weed.

 

[Jazzzz]

I tend to harvest it from my pond and feed it to my fish, is there a reason why i shouldnt. It usually commes complete with small shrimps snails and loahes which the fish seem to eat as well.

i think there is yes they are wormy things with sucking ends about 5mm

 

[FiSh123FiSh]

They could be leaches which can be potentially harmful to fish by sucking there blood. Keep the duck weed in a bowl for about 24hrs and you will be able to see them and remove them. If the fish eat them. Don't bover washing it and just feed it to them

 

[kribensis12]

I see no problem with it. If you see leaches, get rid of them, other than that, you should be safe.

 

[Jazzzz]

The goldfish has been eating it raw from the pond for 5 years its always all gone in an hour.

In future i will try and washh the leaches out but feed the shrimps and things with the weed. Thanks

 

[FiSh123FiSh]

That sounds great. I might try feeding duck weed to my fish. What fish do you feed yours to?

 

[3ndl3r]

if you are worried about leeches, put the duck weed in some boiling water, kills the leeches.

 

[Breedon]

duckweed is great for koi and gold fish, im on the hunt for some it never over runs my pond as it's all gone within a day