Supplemental spirulina

[Sgooosh]

Hi! Recently I've seen a lot of bite marks on my anubias which makes me suspect that fish are chowing down on it. what should i use to supplement some more veggies to my fish?

 

[GaryE]

Anubias don't seem very nutritional to me. It probably isn't hunger, but boredom. Maybe zucchini rounds?

I can't remember what your fish are.

 

[Sgooosh]

Anubias don't seem very nutritional to me. It probably isn't hunger, but boredom. Maybe zucchini rounds?

I can't remember what your fish are.

I just have live bearers, guppies, swordtails, characodon, some Rasboras and also a single American Flag killifish who I think is the culprit

I also have a ton of nerite snails, do you think they could do that? I would be happy to leave some veggies for them if so

 

[GaryE]

I don't know if any of those guys could damage an Anubias. Here, I doubt it. They'd just graze the surface. I wonder if the Anubias might be struggling?

I buy a zucchini,cut it into thin coins and freeze it. Take a coin out and throw it in cold, and the freezing will have made it accessible to the fish. They generally leave you the skin.

I stopped keeping nerites after years of them leaving eggs all over - they never damaged Anubias barteri.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Also, I was unfamiliar with characobon so I asked Google. It came back with a link to this information
https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/freshwater/catching-up-on-characodon

Characodons are omnivorous. They enjoy live foods and can be feed flake food, but they also need to have a good portion of vegetable matter in their diets. I’ve always kept mine in well-planted aquariums. If they feel the need for a salad, there’s always something around to munch on. If kept in a non-planted aquarium, extra care must be given to ensure they have a well-rounded diet including green foods.

While I am somewhat careful about believing the Google AI, because they do offer the sources for what they answer, in this case I trust that because it was from the TFH Magazine.

 

[GaryE]

Characodon are good greens eaters, as Goodeids.

I tried hard to get some when I was keeping Goodeids, but never succeeded. Still, no one I knew who had them had trouble with them damaging tough plants.

They need their fiber.

 

[Sgooosh]

I don't know if any of those guys could damage an Anubias. Here, I doubt it. They'd just graze the surface. I wonder if the Anubias might be struggling?

I buy a zucchini,cut it into thin coins and freeze it. Take a coin out and throw it in cold, and the freezing will have made it accessible to the fish. They generally leave you the skin.

I stopped keeping nerites after years of them leaving eggs all over - they never damaged Anubias barteri.

Characodon are good greens eaters, as Goodeids.

I tried hard to get some when I was keeping Goodeids, but never succeeded. Still, no one I knew who had them had trouble with them damaging tough plants.

They need their fiber.

alright, zuchinni is the way to go then! Currently i have none growing, would it be OK to use other vegetables like bok choy?
I believe the characodons or whoever is eating the anubias is eating the new growth, so that could be why

I'm also still surprised i got it! My fish store got them in once and never again at like 5 bucks apiece
and I also managed to get a tequila goodeid as a baby, i think it was a hitchhiker to their sunfish or something

Also, I was unfamiliar with characobon so I asked Google. It came back with a link to this information
https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/freshwater/catching-up-on-characodon



While I am somewhat careful about believing the Google AI, because they do offer the sources for what they answer, in this case I trust that because it was from the TFH Magazine.

alright! I will try to give them more veggies. I believe a change in the food i used caused them to have less of that in their diet.