Fish and Zucchini Skin

Good morning,:;co

Feeding tip:

I started feeding all of my fish (mainly my Silver Dollars and Bloody Parrots) the skin from raw Zucchini. I use a potato peeler and peel the green skin from the Zucchini. Then I cut it into tiny squares and feed it to my fish. The Bloody Parrots and Silver Dollars love it!

I had noticed my Pleco sharing his slice of ZucchinI with the Silver Dollars. The Silver Dollars would only eat the green skin and not the meat of the vegetable itself. This is what gave me the idea and too I had run out of Romaine lettuce!

Another veggie entree for my fish! arty0011:

Ken

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

great tip ken,thanks.I was just going to ask about zucchini,the season around here is apon us.lots to be found.

 

I've fed zucchinI skin for my fish also. And they ate it, but I don't think they liked it as much as the flakes that I usually give them.

 

Great idea! My fish eat that part first
carol

 

I always cut off the skin, in fear that there may be pesticides on it. Is the skin safe after you blanch it?

 

Good afternoon,

I just rinse the zucchinI before I remove the skin. I've never blanched my veggies. They always get it raw.

Ken

 

Many people cut zuchinnI and cucumbers with the skin on it for salads so I would think it would be ok after a good wash.
Mine get theirs raw also and love it
Carol

 

A new zucchinI tip,

For my Pleco, I started soaking his zucchinI slice in Garlic Guard and Vita Chem, diluted with water, after I push the algae wafer into the zucchini. Twice a week.

He loves it!

Ken

 

how do you keep it down to were they can get it?

 

HI Steve,

I use plant anchors to weigh my zucchinI and Romaine lettuce too:


Ken

 

thanks ken.with your romane do you use the whole leaf or do you use the end of the romane plant.(core)?

 

Good morning Steve,

I use the entire leaf on the Romaine lettuce. I just break it off at the base, rinse it, weight it and let it sink .

Ken

 

Thanks Ken, your always so helpful
could I do this to my Blue gourami and columbian tetra

 

Thanks Ken, your always so helpful
could I do this to my Blue gourami and columbian tetra

I'm not Ken, but sure, you can feed other fish veggies.

 

Thanks Meenu

Ken

 

Good afternoon,

I just rinse the zucchinI before I remove the skin. I've never blanched my veggies. They always get it raw.

Ken

Will it float if it's raw? and Can the veggie be frozen, so it will keep longer?, and what is the time limit for keeping raw veggies in a tank? 1-2 days?

I just saw saw the link above.. haha sorry!

 

Good morning,

I've never frozen my fresh veggies.

I would suggest removing any uneaten raw veggies after 8 to 12 hours at the most.

When I feed my Silver Dollars Romaine lettuce, there is nothing left but a stump and the plant anchors after about 2 hours so I remove it.

The Pleco will feed off of the zucchinI for about 2 hours too. Once he leaves the slice I remove it.

Ken

 

My Otos never leave the cucumber.
The Otos love spinach leaves as well.