Feeding Fresh Vegetables

[loucd2b]

Hi All,

My fish are happy and healthy and I have added 3 balloon platies (although I fear my gold sucking loach ate the 4th! )

I have been feeding flaked food and the odd treat disc but I have read I could feed some raw vegetables.

What can I give and how often?

 

[LucyB]

I have heard that you can cut a potato in half, boil for 15 mins, then let it cool and put it in the tank for about 2 hours but not much longer than that because the starch from the potato will harm the fish. I have never done this though, but I have given my fish cucumber. Just cut a slice and stick a fork through it (to make it sink) and pop it in

 

[TropicalJuwel]

I feed mine cucumber aswell and they love it, also peas, just boil them and take the skin of the peas and they love them aswell. Never tried potato so not sure about that.

 

[alihar]

I feed potato and sweet potato. Cut a cube off, leave skin on and par boil for 10 minutes. I leave veg in for 12-24 hrs and then remove it.
I also feed broccoli, cucumber, lettuce, courgette, peas,tomato and melon.
Courgette, broccoli and lettuce just blanched, melon just pop it in and tomato remove the seeds and feed the fleshy part.

 

[Binge]

I recomend a spoon instead of a fork my momma lobster almost impaled herself on a fork.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Peas

 

[CezzaXV]

I like this thread

Been considering some fresh food for some time, methinks I'll try some cucumber tonight.

 

[TropicalJuwel]

CezzaXV your corys and apple snails will thank you for cucumber. Yeah the clown loaches love peas or mine do anyway, as quick as I take the skin off the peas they've eaten the last lot that i'd put in. I also leave my veg in for 12 hours aswell.

 

[Lufbramatt]

i just save a couple of peas whenever we have them with tea, peel them and squidge up the insides, the fish go mental for them. Spirulina wafers go down well too.

 

[trianglekitty]

I have cories, but they never show any interest in cucumbers or squash...I find it rather disappointing. They do like peas, though I always have trouble chopping them into small enough pieces for my guppies.

 

[TropicalJuwel]

I found when i used to have guppies and platys that they wasn't interested in peas, all that would eat then in my tank was clown loaches, bn, and my silver sharks loved them to.

 

[the_lock_man]

I have cories, but they never show any interest in cucumbers or squash...I find it rather disappointing. They do like peas, though I always have trouble chopping them into small enough pieces for my guppies.

I always mash the peas under the back of a fork - small enough even for my chilli rasboras that way.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I just mush peas between my fingers. The bigger pieces my guppies will actually carry around with them so that no one else gets any. Then when they bite it, it comes out and another fish will steal it from them. Its actually comical to watch. Usually I give mine peas about every 2 weeks or so. Sometimes more frequent, sometimes less.

 

[CezzaXV]

I tried a slice of cucumber, but I dont think any of my fish touched it.

 

[IanS]

I tried a slice of cucumber, but I dont think any of my fish touched it.

Same here.....only my oto's liked it they were stuck to it for hours