Shame Shame Eat your veggies

[JDogg]

well once or twice a week i try to feed my fish veggies.

after a couple of days i take them out, all slimy, and throw them away, after of course they have decomposed a little raising my nitrates....!

any trick you us to get your fish to eat there veggies?

i feed Zucchini , frozen corn, peas, lima beans and carrots

tia

 

[Alshain]

No tricks, I put a small slice of cucumber in with 3 swordtails and 3 otos yesterday and its gone now.

 

[Menagerie]

When I feed veggies, no other food is fed that day. If feeding large slices of zucchini, I make sure it is secure and cannot float away.

 

[lovemybarbs]

I throw in a bunch of peas and each barb takes off with on in their mouth.

Will a pleco eat a pea???

 

[Alshain]

If feeding lettuce or spinnach, freeze it first then warm it by running it under cold tap water. This will make it moist and a little mushy.

 

[talloulou]

When feeding peas I take the outer layer of the pea off before I toss them in the tank and all the fish go crazy over them.

 

[lovemybarbs]

Yeah, they can't eat them with the skin on. I nuke my peas for a couple of minutes in the microwave, let them cool, skin them and then throw them in the tank in the evening. I think all of them like it in my tank except for the frog and the pictus. The shrimp even like them.

 

[joannde]

Does anyone feed broccoli ? I believe that broccoli has higher than avg calcium for a veggie. I'm trying to figure out a way to feed the snails some calcium for their shells and thought broccoli might work - but I've never seen it mentioned as being fed to fish, so just in case its bad please let me know

 

[JDogg]

Does anyone feed broccoli ? I believe that broccoli has higher than avg calcium for a veggie. I'm trying to figure out a way to feed the snails some calcium for their shells and thought broccoli might work - but I've never seen it mentioned as being fed to fish, so just in case its bad please let me know

i tried some frozen broccoli once, they eat none of it, atleast my plecos and bolivian ram eat some of the others veggies (i am most worried about my tiger barb who suffers from gass and my angels who taste, but spit out veggies)

 

[Jchillin]

Yes, you can feed broccoli, my plecos love it. Snails will enjoy it as well.

 

[joannde]

Thanks - I'll give the broccoli a try today.

 

[Elle2]

I think will try the broccoli too- should it be cooked at all?

 

[Jchillin]

Nope, no need to cook it. Just rinse the stalks and save the rosettes for yourself. Lightly salted and buttered...nothing goes to waste.