Zucchini question

[kaz]

I put in a raw slice of zucchini but I dont see anyone eating should i cook it first? I do drop peas in and my crab just loves it. I dont see my leo eat at all what could I feed him?

 

[Lonewolfblue]

No, don't need to cook the zucchini. But you need to blanch the peas, then peel the skin off and either cut in smaller pieces or squeeze it into a flat cake like an algae wafer. Might take a day or 2 for them to figure out it's good to eat. Took my fish 2 days. I just left it in for 2 days, then replaced it as it was getting mushy. And they started eating it.

 

[BillD]

Other than the oto, your fish are unlikely to have any real interest in zuchinni.

 

[Zagz]

My fish all love the zuc, it just takes them a while to realize they are food items. Mollies, angelfish, loaches, balashark, guppies, all my cichlids, they all eat it.

 

[patagonia]

all my fish eat zucchini too...i think my fish will eat just about anything you drop into the tank...except medicated food...they one thing you sometimes want them to eat...

 

[DiverDown]

All my fish love zucchini too. I have to cram it onto a piece of driftwood to keep the Oscar and Jack from eating it before my pleco gets some. I feed my pleco in my other tank as well.

I do give it a short steaming to help it stay on the bottom, and make sure you slice the skin. It may be humorous to watch your fish get stuck in a ring of squash rind, but it always ends in tears.