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greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	so i put 1/2 of a zuccini in my tank the other day for my 5 inch pleco, it ignored it for the first day, so i was gonna take it out, but when i woke up the 2nd night, the whole thing was GONE, no skin, no seeds, no nothing left, its like it jumped outta my tank or something, it was my first time putting vegie in my tank, i hope thats what its spose to happen?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
seedkiros Mega Fish Posts: 974 Kudos: 270 Votes: 8 Registered: 07-Mar-2003	Half a WHOLE zucchini? Thats alot of zuchinni. If he ate half an entire zucchini thats alot, and i'm suprised he's not dead... What other fish do you have in there?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	convicts, 10 of them, 3 adults, 2 medium, 5 babies, i didnt like them eating my plants, so i traded them for 5 small angels and a dozen ghost shrimps
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
seedkiros Mega Fish Posts: 974 Kudos: 270 Votes: 8 Registered: 07-Mar-2003	So you did feed a half a WHOLE zuchini? And it disappeared? Um...i'm not sure if angels eat the stuff, and i would think the ghost shrimp do. I don't know, half a whole zuchinni is pretty large and a pleco and 12 ghost shrimp eating it seems odd. Sure you didn't eat it or something .
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	greenfootbal No one has asked the most important question "How big was the zuccini" . I never leave extra food in for more than an hour at the most. Did you pre cook it or not??? Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	I have fed about a half inch slice to my juvie BN. He's maybe half the size of your plec and let me tell you... I've left that slice in there for a night or two and he didn't finish half of it. Of course, he does have a decent selection of algae to munch on, too. I can't imagine a pleco like yours could finish half of even the smallest zucchini I've seen in a grocery store, which would be just as big as he is. Maybe a family member took it out? After two days, that thing's going to start falling apart... ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	the zuccini was about 5 inches, so half of it is almost as big as my pleco. i didnt take it out, i didnt eat it... and nobody else messes with my tank. yes it disappeared, however, the lead weight i used to hold it down was found in the gravel... i did not have ghost shrimps in the tank at the time, i had my convicts. but i just recently traded for angels, and ghosts are just something to watch for fun, and team up with the pleco to eat extra food for now.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	oh, and they were not precooked
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	10 convits and a pleco IMO would be able to put a hearten on a peice of zuchinni!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	i dunno, because the first day, they barely nipped it, and the second day, its just GONE
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
fish_dude Big Fish Posts: 334 Kudos: 231 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jun-2002	My two Bristlenoses can take out a 5in diameter by 1in High pieco of zuccini in a couple of hours easily. They are pretty small too.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	thats scary, they eat more than their body weight
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Ya, lol, and i guess he can tell if any of his fish are fat! since he traded em in!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
larry c Hobbyist Posts: 95 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-Mar-2004	I slice my zuccini in 1/4 inch and put 3 in tank with 4 goldfish and one pleco. It takes them 2 days to finish it off. I think some softens in the water and goes thru filtration.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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