Would This Be Safe?

[Phillip.M]

If i tie a cucumber or zuchini to a rock and let my fries eat it, will it polute the water in any way?

 

[Bloo]

Just leave it in for a couple of hours - no more
With fry needing higher water quality than the adult fish, you want to cut down on polution as much as possible. I often leave cucumber etc. overnight for my large fish but will remove any leftovers by then next morning.

 

[Phillip.M]

yea but one thing, fries are more hardy then regualr fish, lol

 

[fishing4exotics]

You might want to blanch the veggies to soften them up for your fry. Also, try growing algae in your fry tank. In nature, algae is a food source for fry.

 

[Phillip.M]

how do i keep the cucumber down, it floats lol

 

[Bloo]

yea but one thing, fries are more hardy then regualr fish, lol

Not true - what is your logic behind this ?

You can stick a teaspoon or similar object through it to weigh it down. Blanching for a few seconds in boiling water (do not cook it!) will help for the fry as mentioned. I don't bother blanching for my adult fish.

Edit: because I can't spell

 

[Phillip.M]

uh i haerd it in many fish sites

edit: the cucumber down there, but none of them are going for it ?

 

[Fella]

uh i haerd it in many fish sites

I can't see how newborn fry can be hardier than fully grown fish. Post your sources.

 

[Bloo]

Sometimes it takes a bit of getting used to. If they are too small, they might not be interested yet. If none of them have touched it in half an hour or so, remove it and try again in a few days

 

[Phillip.M]

rofl, the fries are now under it while the adult guppies are eating it, i tried to look for the source but couldnt find it, it was in the forums of guppies.com

 

[wuvmybetta]

I think that you most likely read that guppy fry are hardier than most other species of fry

 

[Littlelady]

I found that my fish needed to get used to cucumber/zuchini first!! The first few times it went into the tank they didn't go near it, with a little perserverance though they soon became too inquisitive to ignore it!