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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Do you feed veggies to your fish?
Do you feed veggies to your fish? If so what do you feed them and how do you prepare it? And how often do you feed it?
I have put a lettuce leaf in my tank and microwaved spinach... but that is about all I have tried. I'm just interested to hear other peoples experiences feeding their fish veggies.
Right now I primarily feed flake with occasion blood worm and lettuce now and then... but I'd like to branch out and try some new things for my fish. Any interesting advice would be great. | 
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I put in a piece of cuke and zuchinni once a week just wash it well and cut off a piece and hook it to my veggie clip...I put other veggies in my homeade foods tho ...just about all fresh veggies go into that or whatever i have bought for the household, the fish get also  | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| How do you make your homemade food? | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Well, I tried zucchini once on my corydoras. But this was the only thing they did with it: | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| ive been feeding zucchini. | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| I tried zucc a couple of times with no one eating it. Lettuce, the snails like. Bloodworms, i've just started a couple of weeks ago and it's a hit. | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by JennDFK  How do you make your homemade food? | I take all my fish foods, (omega one flakes,omega one pellets, frozen blood worms, frozen shrimp, fresh raw shrimp, beef heart, ) and mix it with usually spinach, carrots, cukes, zuchinni or any other veggies i have, a high daily vitamin, daphnia, spirulina,fresh garlic, and then blend in a blender with 6tbs of plain gelatin and 6 tbs of water...pour in a small ice cube tray and freeze
theres a bunch of different recipe's and I switch things out all the time...but its cheap and makes a ton ....not to mention I can give them everything in one cube! | |
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May 11th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie I take all my fish foods, (omega one flakes,omega one pellets, frozen blood worms, frozen shrimp, fresh raw shrimp, beef heart, ) and mix it with usually spinach, carrots, cukes, zuchinni or any other veggies i have, a high daily vitamin, daphnia, spirulina,fresh garlic, and then blend in a blender with 6tbs of plain gelatin and 6 tbs of water...pour in a small ice cube tray and freeze
theres a bunch of different recipe's and I switch things out all the time...but its cheap and makes a ton ....not to mention I can give them everything in one cube! | Hey, that's a great idea! I never even thought of that. And I used to make my own baby food when my son was young; by cooking his veggies, etc. then freezing the puree in ice cube trays. It was easy then to pull out how much I needed and be able to adjust his serving size just by adding an extra cube. | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I feed my fish zucchini all the time. | |
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May 11th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Amanda I feed my fish zucchini all the time. | Lucky duck. I painstakingly individually wrapped each slice before I discovered they didn't like it. | |
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May 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Rofl. My BR parrot LOVES eating the seeds. My cories eat it, and my blind cave tetras also love it. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Thanks for all the input guys...
Dou you cook the zucchini or just put raw slices in? I'm making some for dinner tonight and it would be easy to just toss a slice in while I'm making dinner.
What about corn? Has anyone tried that? I know a friend of mine uses it as bait when he's fishing...but he's not trying to provide nutrition and comfort for the fish. It seems like it might be a little tough for the fish.
I put some lettuce in a couple of days ago and they have just ignored it. I think they liked the spinach better. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I dont cook mine but others do...so its probably a personal preference because to my fish, it doesnt make a difference
as far as corn, i dont think it would be good as it has a ton of sugar and starch....im sure other members will have an opinion | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie I take all my fish foods, (omega one flakes,omega one pellets, frozen blood worms, frozen shrimp, fresh raw shrimp, beef heart, ) and mix it with usually spinach, carrots, cukes, zuchinni or any other veggies i have, a high daily vitamin, daphnia, spirulina,fresh garlic, and then blend in a blender with 6tbs of plain gelatin and 6 tbs of water...pour in a small ice cube tray and freeze
theres a bunch of different recipe's and I switch things out all the time...but its cheap and makes a ton ....not to mention I can give them everything in one cube! | why do you add gelatin? | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by coffeebean why do you add gelatin? | I didnt the first time  it was like adding mud to my fish tank...it wont hold together without it
someone here also mixed everything up and then put it in a pan with a scrambled egg mixed in it to hold it together....either works as long as you use something because once it thaws, its mud without it | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| ah, ok. so when you put it in the tank it stays like the shape of the cube bobbing around?
is the plain gelatin like a powder? the stuff in the canning/jam making section of the grocery store?
im making some food for the fishies today. had a fridge malfunction and a lot of my produce got ice crystals on it. so im making veggie soup for the family and figured i would do the same for the fishies.
also what is the daphnia and spirulina for nutrient wise? and where would i get them?
thanks. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| hi everybody.
Have you try giving you fish some cucumber. I know my pleco likes it a lot and the mollies too. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by siamese blue hi everybody.
Have you try giving you fish some cucumber. I know my pleco likes it a lot and the mollies too. | That was going to be my next plan. At least if they don't eat it, I will! | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i gave them cucumber and no one touched it. zucchinis and carrots are a hit around here | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
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Originally Posted by coffeebean i gave them cucumber and no one touched it. zucchinis and carrots are a hit around here |
It seems like carrots would be a little difficult for them to eat... so I guess you steam them first? Or do you just grate them? I keep lots of carrots around for my guinea pig... but I never thought about feeding them to the fish. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| i took a small chunk and parboiled it. just enough to soften it a tad and make it not float. the plecos, snails, shrimp and otos loved it | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by coffeebean ah, ok. so when you put it in the tank it stays like the shape of the cube bobbing around? | Well it does until they pick on it ...then it breaks up as they eat it... Quote: |
is the plain gelatin like a powder? the stuff in the canning/jam making section of the grocery store?
| I have never tried the canning stuff but what a great idea!! yes its the powder Quote:
also what is the daphnia and spirulina for nutrient wise? and where would i get them?
thanks.
| I get it from kens fish foods http://www.kensfish.com/kensspecialtyfood.html great prices and its good for minerals, vitamins, proteins etc...his site is amazing for a ton of different items you might need..but he specializes in foods and breeding necessities ..check him out  | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| thanks so much, sorry for totally hijacking the thread ive got fish food chilling/setting now. hope it works out. i gave some 'loose' to the fish and they loved it.
it reminded me of making baby food. lol | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by coffeebean thanks so much, sorry for totally hijacking the thread ive got fish food chilling/setting now. hope it works out. i gave some 'loose' to the fish and they loved it.
it reminded me of making baby food. lol | I dont think it was a hijack as it was about fish food  but if the OP thinks so, I appologize also | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Hey Shawnie,
How much of each do you mix up? I have a ton of diff kinds of fish foods and I like the idea of feeding them more veggies. My molly and platy love zuchini, they didn't seem to thrilled about cucumber though. But I noticed that when I hang a zuch in the tank it will clog up the filter if I leave to long. So I take it out in 2 days regardless if it's all gone or not. | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| if you feed fresh veggies, they shouldnt be in longer than overnight...12 hours or so is good...then remove the leftover....as far as making your own foods, I dont measure I just throw stuff in to the consistency that is like a paste ...usually a few slices of each veggie, handful of pellets, few tsps of flakes etc... | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Ok! I'm going to give it a try. I need to find some small ice cube trays.
Thanks Shawnie! | |
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May 12th, 2009
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| My silver dollars love leaf lettuce, I give them a little every other day or so. I tried a cucumber slice, everybody ignored it except the CAE went over it a time or two. We'll have fresh zuchini in the garden by next week, squash too. I'm looking forward to trying those. | |
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May 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| ive tried feeding my clown loaches cucumber but they totally ignore it...!
other than that i have oscars and blood parrots so i believe veggies are not the order of the day...
i do have a couple of tinfoil barbs but astonishly they just wont come to the surface to eat...ive had luck feeding them only with sinking pellets...feeding them spinach would cause a lot of smug because for spinach to sink ill have to boil it up and throw it in the tank...before it reaches the bottom it would be all over the tank and might clog the filter | |
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May 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
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Originally Posted by saqib ...feeding them spinach would cause a lot of smug because for spinach to sink ill have to boil it up and throw it in the tank...before it reaches the bottom it would be all over the tank and might clog the filter | I just weight it down with a rock and pull it out before it gets slimy. | |
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