Feeding Cucumber

[Qays]

How do you go about feeding fish cucumber (Cories)

Do you boil the cucumber slice? Or do you just stick it in the tank with a weight?

Thanks

 

[dthoffsett]

You don't need to boil it first, cucumber is very soft as is. There are several different kind of veggie clips you can use. Or, I've seen someone on here that spears the cucmber w/a fork and drop it in.

 

[Cheffi]

Get a skewcumber from ebay, or is it screwcumber?

 

[jarmado]

just wash, put some plant weights (cheaper than veggie clip or screwcumber), and drop it in the tank.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

just use the leads you get to hold plants down, stick one of them through it and drop it in

 

[carrera]

screwcumber

 

[furryrabbit]

i just shove it into the substrate , lazy style

 

[rfisher]

What fish tend to eat cucumber or is it pretty much a case of what doesn't eat it

Rich

 

[Qays]

lol, the screwcumber sounds like a waste of money!

Cories, plecs and other catfish eat cucumber.
Shrimps eat cucumber, and so do some normal community fish i think?

Gonna try a piece tomorrow. Thanks all

 

[furryrabbit]

i find everyone in my tank picks at it , but its ronan the plec who munches right through it

 

[KathyM]

I wash the courgette (mine won't touch cucumber) and sling it in raw, with a stainless steel teaspoon shoved through lengthways nearish to the skin.

 

[Qays]

ok will try it! thanks

 

[carrera]

meh true the screwcumber is just a peice of twisty metal, butit does what it says on the tin

 

[BigIan]

i just use plant weights

 

[timmystood]

I use plant leads as well!