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Oh, and I guess it's not only plecos. My mollies adore the stuff. Again, whoever posted that advice on the forum, thank you soooo much. You've made my fish very happy.
I don't know of any veggie or fruit that will hurt your fish. Some are little more messy than others , like the melons because of the water content. But it's well worth the clean - up to see them eat.
Carol
Hi Carol
What do you mean with messy? What happens then? Does it turn your water a little sweet? Does it just dissolve all over the tank? How do you clean it up?
Hi Tom. I've definitely noticed that in the morning after I've put the cucumber in the water, it's only the seed that's gone. But then when I leave it long enough (2 days), only the skin is left. And I've seen my small pleco join in with the rest of them long after the seeds have gone, so I guess he likes the flesh too.
By the next morning everything but the the tiny bit in the clip is gone My Rhino shreds some fruits then when he's done I just do a small vacuum to get the left overs out.
Carol
Whatever is left on that clip LOL :...which I don't know what is I didn't take it out yet today and put another piece on it yet. It's really strange how my male comes out during the day and the female comes out during the night, so I never get pics of the female except I have her juvie one's. I'm still hoping they breed but it doesn't look like they like each other. I see if I can get a picture of him eating a piece of cucmber soon.
I tried peas, I tried peas!!! It's the funniest thing . I figured I wouldn't peel them as I couldn't really think of how. So I just plomped some in. They were behaving like seals! They propped the peas on their noses. Reallly funny. In the end, they managed to break the skin and had a right fest.
If I had a video camera I would definitely u-tube it. Sooo funny.
I have a question and its going to sound really dumb, but its true anyway...
I've tried giving my pleco vegies, but the problem is, he doesn't seem to know its for him. And if i bring it to him, he swims or moves away from me! how do i get his attention to the veg or or make him understand its for him?
Actually i've never seen him eat anything apart from algea!
I have a question and its going to sound really dumb, but its true anyway...
I've tried giving my pleco vegies, but the problem is, he doesn't seem to know its for him. And if i bring it to him, he swims or moves away from me! how do i get his attention to the veg or or make him understand its for him?
Actually i've never seen him eat anything apart from algea!
Mine were not so quick on the uptake either, actually. First time round, I left the cucumber overnight and they ignored it. Then I tried again and for some reason they got it then.
As a sidenote, I either just pierce a pea with my fingernail or with a paring knife...the skin comes right off then.
Am really the least practically-minded person in the northern hemisphere, so you'll have to bear with me here: so what happens once you're done pierced an opening in the pea? Do you just pull? Because if I was to attempt that, I'd just end up with all the flesh in a mess on my fingers. P.S. Am using tinned peas, not frozen. Maybe that's the difference?
I've only done it with frozen, so I'm not sure. With the frozen, once the skin is pierced, I just kind of gently smoosh it, and the pea comes out through the opening. I always keep a bag of frozen peas for when I make tuna salad, so it's easy to just grab one from there when I need one.
love the pics!! my guppies enjoy the cucumber as much as the bristlenoses! atm....my pair ignore each other most of the time too. how old are yours?
tan
I don't know about eating my fish, but back in the day when my oscar got to about a foot long I had people start asking if they could bring over a fishing pole and try and catch him!
oh, back to the cucumber... I got a plant weight and I'm going to try it tonight.
Sorry about this, but I've just had a forum discussion with Lunyin and she says she doesn't use plant weights for the associated risk of lead poisoning.
I myself am not that concerned as I have seen no ill-effects so far, so I will continue doing it until I've found a plastic clip, but I thought you'd better have all sides of the argument before you do it.
Hey for all I know it may not actually be lead, the chances are thats its an alloy anyway which would change the entire chemical characteristics of the metal. Who knows...
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My Rhino shreds some fruits then when he's done I just do a small vacuum to get the left overs out.
. I figured I wouldn't peel them as I couldn't really think of how. So I just plomped some in. They were behaving like seals! They propped the peas on their noses. Reallly funny. In the end, they managed to break the skin and had a right fest. 
With the frozen, once the skin is pierced, I just kind of gently smoosh it, and the pea comes out through the opening. I always keep a bag of frozen peas for when I make tuna salad, so it's easy to just grab one from there when I need one. 
