feeding cucumbers

[tttnjfttt]

I've heard in addition to peas, that cucumbers are another good veggie to feed fish. How do you prepare the cucumbers for the fish?

Also, does anyone know if zebra danios, tiger barbs, or bettas like them?

 

[debiasir]

i just cut a slice rinse it, attache a plant weight and drop it in.

sorry doint keep those fish but my neons, guppys, gouramys, BN plec and apple snail can't wait for cucumber day lol

 

[Joviella]

Nearly all my fish in my community love to eat cucumber and courgette(zucchini).....I use a clip with a sucker that attaches to the side of the tank.

 

[debiasir]

when i have no plant weights i slide the slice of cucmber behind the thermometer to hold it in place

 

[tttnjfttt]

Cool, thanks for the tips. I will be giving my fish a new treat tomorrow.

 

[Morrgan]

I usually drop zucchini and cucumber slices into boiling water for a few seconds first, just to try to make them sink (usually doesn't work though) and to make them soft enough for my guppies and platies. My bristlenose would eat them raw or cooked, no difference to him.

Of your fish, I doubt the betta would eat any veggies, they're carnivores. Don't know about your other fish, but I understand barbs in general like a bit of greenery now and then, so go ahead and try, see what they think.

 

[tttnjfttt]

Actually, most of my bettas love peas. I have a few new ones that are still skeptical though. I have one betta who is ultra picky. He will literally spit pellets back out at me. He loves peas. They were seriously the first food I found he would take (this is like after 2 months).

 

[Morrgan]

Heh, that's news to me. None of my bettas ever touched anything even remotely green.