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January 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by Trpimp147  wow this is an old thread | Yeah this was one of the first few places i posted too. Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple | Thanks!
Lol, no not him but i can get you one as they go cheap but you'l have to send one of your  to fetch him! | 
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January 6th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  ok.  Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabi Yeah this was one of the first few places i posted too.
Thanks!
Lol, no not him but i can get you one as they go cheap but you'l have to send one of your to fetch him! | | |
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January 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Barbrella, that is one of the greatest cucumber shots off our whole collection!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbrella I love this thread.  "No cuke is too big for ME!" | How time flies! Glad you're still with us! Quote:
Originally Posted by Trpimp147 hahaha good job this is one of the first post i posted on here i think and were i first met you talking about my plecos being so big. |
Last edited by Chief_waterchanger; January 28th, 2008 at 07:10 AM.
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January 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thank you. It was a very lucky shot.
My other ancistrus thinks maybe a cuke tastes better if you eat it upside down.  | |
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January 7th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| That's a great shot too!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbrella Thank you. It was a very lucky shot.
My other ancistrus thinks maybe a cuke tastes better if you eat it upside down. | | |
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January 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| woohoo yea i cant get any pics of my plecos eating they are always hiding. i havnt fed any of my fish cucumber in for ever i dont get to the store much. | |
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January 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Here's some more pix of fish eating veggies:
Dwarf loach on zucchini
Oto (zebra) on carrot
Oto (zebra) on cucumber
Dwarf loach on carrot
Dwarf loach on carrot | |
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January 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| And a couple more...
Dwarf loach and oto on courgette (zucchini)
Oto on courgette (zucchini)
Zebra oto on carrot
Pleco and oto on courgette (zucchini) | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| I love the pics of those Dwarf Loaches! | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Has anyone tried giving cucumbers to clowns 
Loached I mean... not the circus variety.
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January 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| my pleco's love cucumber's but you have to make sure you get all the seeds out of the tank. messy stuff cucumbers are. | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| | Moderator
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Originally Posted by dtaylor85 Loached I mean... not the circus variety. | My Clowns used to harass the Rhino Plec when he was eating zucchini but they would absolutely hog a piece of melon
Carol | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by Morph my pleco's love cucumber's but you have to make sure you get all the seeds out of the tank. messy stuff cucumbers are. | I get the seeds out before it goes in. We don't eat cukes ourselves, so when we go out the restaurants will always give me lots of nicely sliced...which goes in the freezer, till gone. | |
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February 1st, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Armadillo, I see your otos eat carrots? Does anyone have plecos who eat them? Mine won't. 
Here's my little albino taking a "cuke break". It didn't last long and he was soon eating again. | |
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February 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Barbrella. Your pix are so funny! It's more like taking a cute break!
They've taken to it straight away. I tried it and was lucky, I guess. Took them way longer to work out the cucumber.
Do you cut your carrots lenghtways, so that they have access to the 'flesh' side? Maybe the tough skin puts them off? Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbrella Armadillo, I see your otos eat carrots? Does anyone have plecos who eat them? Mine won't.
Here's my little albino taking a "cuke break". It didn't last long and he was soon eating again. | | |
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February 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Zuchinni all the way, its basically chocolate for a pleco, or some other form of delicious candy. | |
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February 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Okay, so this is really cool! I tried the cucumber for the first time last night, and I didn't expect any results as I have read many people saying their first try was less than successful, but within 2 hours the slice disappeared!  I do think I have a slight advantage though: I have a very curious flying fox who will try to eat anything that ends up in the tank, and he tool to the cucumber very quickly (not that he took very large bites). I was enjoying watching him, but I had to go to wash some dishes. I came back 15 minutes later, and found nothing but the plant weight, the outer rim of the cucumber, and a yoyo loach gnawing away. I think the plecos got to it too, as they were right there, but I'm not sure. Anyway... Fun stuff! Thank you to the person who decided to start this thread. I will try to get some pictures later on. | |
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February 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Do you cut your carrots lenghtways, so that they have access to the 'flesh' side?
| Yes, I did. I also softened them a tiny bit in the microwave. My plecos did go to the carrots, but left - I presume in disgust. Maybe I'll try again.
I like to stuff peas and algae wafers in the zucchini to give them more nutrition. I have to do that at lights out, or my incredibly greedy barbs take everything. Quote: |
It's more like taking a cute break!
| Yes! I love my little yellow pleco! | |
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February 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hi!
I also feed peas to all my fish. I heard it's supposed to help prevent Constipation and Swim-bladder!
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February 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Very cool pics! I feed peas to my Mollies but my pleco doesn't seem interested in them....I will have to try cucumber!! | |
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February 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| So now that many of the fish in my tank seem to really like the cucumbers, how much is too much Should the cucumbers be a part of my daily feeding routine, or should I be saving it as a kind of a treat | |
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February 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hi David
As a rule, non-processed is better than processed, so if anything, it's processed food that should be a treat only. Of course, you have to take food groups into account. For vegetarian fish, I just stick a whole slice of cucumber overnight and there's only the rind left in the morning. For carnivorous fish, I use thawed bloodworms or bug's larvae. For omnivorous fish, I always leave a slice of cucumber + some processed flakes. | |
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February 12th, 2008
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| Oh my goodness, Laure Anne, I adore your zebra otos. I didn't even know otos came in different varieties. It's hard enough finding otos here in Australia, much less zebra ones. They are SO cute!!! | |
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February 12th, 2008
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Originally Posted by dtaylor85 So now that many of the fish in my tank seem to really like the cucumbers, how much is too much Should the cucumbers be a part of my daily feeding routine, or should I be saving it as a kind of a treat | Plecs that are of the vegetarian variety(algae eaters) their diet needs to be 90/10 vegetable matter/protein. Unless you are trying to breed them then its 80/20.
Carol | |
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March 11th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Man i havent seen my 2" pleco eat a thing, ecept for something on my live plants, when will he eat the cucumber? Is he too small? | |
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March 11th, 2008
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| | Moderator
| No he's not too small. Plecs start eating fresh vegetables when their 1/4 inch long. Did you put it in after you turned the lights off as suggested? It may take a little while for him to learn that its food but don't leave the same piece of veg. in there over 24 hrs.
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March 11th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Oh ok ill try that, since i ran out of cucumber, do'ya think he will eat lettuce? THanks For the Help  | |
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March 11th, 2008
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| | Moderator
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Originally Posted by plecomaniac Oh ok ill try that, since i ran out of cucumber, do'ya think he will eat lettuce? THanks For the Help | He might never can tell. Remember to rinse it off
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March 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Maybe i missed it,but what type of pleco is he? | |
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