Sinking veggies

[HopefulHobbiest]

What is blanch?

 

[Pipedreamer86]

Blanching is boiling to the point the veggie is cooked/mushy. I have fed zucchini, green bean, peas, etc this way and it sinks and is eaten totslly by morning every time. My fish LOVE veggies

 

[absolutangel04]

I rubberband mine to a rock. Easy-breezy.

 

[HopefulHobbiest]

those are both great ideas, i didn't even think about cooking the veggies... i'll have to give that a try

 

[shellieca]

I bought some bendable rebar looking sinkers at my LFS, LOVE them. I feed blanched zucchini or cucumber a couple times a week. I'll buy the veggie, cut into medallions & freeze, take out a piece or two when needed, defrost in some water then pop into the microwave for a minute, stick the sinker in it & drop into the tank. Works like a charm, my problem is remembering to remove the sinkers.

 

[HopefulHobbiest]

Does the rebar you bought have a specific name or you just happened to get lucky and found it that day?

 

[shellieca]

Does the rebar you bought have a specific name or you just happened to get lucky and found it that day?

I asked the LFS employee, its used for anchoring plants. I don't have the package anymore. Here's what they look like:




I thought they might break with all the bending back & forth but so far none have, I've been using them about 6 months.

 

[HopefulHobbiest]

Not bad... I'll have to check my lfs to see if they have those