Can Tropical Fish Eat Cucumber?
Mar 25, 2010. #5. Just remember to not leave the cucumber in the tank for any more than 24 hours max ! It will start to rot badly after that, and contaminate the water. To make the cucumber sink, just spike a metal teaspoon through a piece, which will keep it down on the bottom. For fish who do like cucumber, most prefer the softer middle, so ...
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2005年7月3日 · SirMinion said: Cucumber contains almost no food value at all. Only the skin is worth eating! I use zuchinni (courgette) instead and my plecs & loaches seem to prefer it. [snapback]879296 [/snapback] . Same here, I use zuchinni, the fish seem to prefer it, and most fish will peck at it some. 1. 2.
How Do You Guys Blanch Cucumber | Fish Forum - Tropical Fish …
2011年4月9日 · Jun 16, 2011. #6. I cut the carrots into 5mm thick slices,and put them in boiling water for 10 minutes.Drained water,put them into a plastic tub and added tank water.left them for a few hours. Carefully added them to the tank. Spare ones i keep in a tub in the fridge.
How Long Do You Leave Cucumber In The Tank For? | Fish Forum
2007年12月17日 · Never leave it in for more than a day as it does rot into the water rather fast, as will any green veg. Your otos will be finding algae, especially if you have bog wood they'll be happy with chewing on the algae on that too. Keep on with the cucumber. They'll have a taste evetually. 'Blanching' courgette isn't cooking it PRW1988, it's just ...
Feeding Cucumber To Pleco | Fish Forum - Tropical Fish Forums
345. Location. GB. Mar 5, 2012. #3. Plecs do usually like cucumber, but there's so little nutrition in it, it's hardly worth feeding, tbh. Courgette, peas, melon rinds, broccoli, apple and slices of tomato (an end piece, with no seeds) are all far better. The courgette and peas need to be lightly cooked (and the peas need deshelling), as does ...
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Maidenhead. Jul 18, 2006. #10. we've got a veg clip that your supposed to stick on the glass of the tank, but our plec likes eating the skin, so we took the sucker pad off and wrapped a plant weight round the end. You can dig it into the gravel so the cucumber sticks up and they can eat all around it. It doesn't work loose and float either.
Can I Feed My Corycats Cucumber? | Fish Forum - Tropical Fish …
2004年5月4日 · Oct 12, 2011. Messages. 117. Reaction score. 0. Oct 13, 2011. #8. They shall eat cucumber since they are natural scavengers, Blanch the cucumber in hot water for about 30-60 secs. That way it will sink and the natural liquids wont cloud the water.
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Oct 29, 2008. #14. Eclecticoldsod said: Best to peel cucumber as the skin often has traces of insecticide or other harmful chemicals. I have found that very few fish turn their noses up at a slice of cucumber, and it never lasts long enough in my tanks to need removing. sadly the vast majority of the useful food and fibre is in the skin, over ...
Can I Feed my Otto Cucumber? | Fish Forum - Tropical Fish Forums
2003年12月11日 · Location. Southern Cali. May 18, 2004. #2. Hi Sasha! Yes you can feed your Ottos cucumber. I cut the skin off and microwave it in water for about 20 seconds. OP. S.
Cucumber Turned My Water Cloudy. Is It Safe? | Fish Forum
2011年4月3日 · I popped a big bit of cucumber in for my apple snails last night, they've been eating it all night but now my water is very cloudy. Is it safe to leave it like this? I've taken the cucumber out. I did the same thing 2 days ago with cucumber and the water went slightly cloudy, a little water change does the trick and the fish divoured the cucumber.