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Natalie      Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003    | Just a quick question... Do plecos generally like carrot to eat? I put a piece in my tank about 15 minutes ago for my plecos, and none of them have noticed it. But then again, plecos are some of the least intelligent fish out there, so I presume it would take a while for them to discover it.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 |        |
| houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003 | A couple of mine have enjoyed it and a couple have not, it's just a matter of aquiring the taste and getting them to try it.... Have you softened it up some in the microwave or stove? Sometimes I think it helps them to find it, but of course then it has to be cooled:%) Silly plecos they will find it and then it will be gone  heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
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| Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003 | Nope, didn't do anything besides rinse it off a bit. My blue phantom has gotten within inches of it, but I guess he didn't smell it or something and he hasn't gone after it. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
YourBestFriend Big Fish Posts: 417 Kudos: 79 Votes: 4 Registered: 27-Apr-2003 | Natalie, just use a cumcumber or a zucchini, the plecos always seem to enjoy those. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004   | My BNs will eat the carrots I have offered. I never see them eating it, but the chew marks are there. I will leave in there a while to get to soften up. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003 | Be patient they will find it, I know I just dropped a piece of squash in a friend's daughter's tank for her goldies, and I know it will take them time to find it but they will  heidi Come back and bring back my smile Come and take these tears away I need your arms to hold me now The nights are so unkind Bring back those nights when I held you beside me Un-break my heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Carrot doesn't really do much for the loricariid palette, anyways. Stick with kale and other dark greens. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
Theresa_M   Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004  | I have one BN that will literally eat anything. I'd give it a few tries and if they still don't seem interested don't bother again. My best luck has been with cucumber, broccoli and zucchini. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| Forever-mango Fish Addict Posts: 611 Kudos: 586 Votes: 35 Registered: 01-Dec-2003  | Broccoli didnt go well for me. It just went everywhere and clouded the tank. Very bad experience with it. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003 | Well, I didn't really see any of them eat it, so I took it out. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004 | mangor34 did you cook the broccoli? I buy frozen or fresh, wash it, attach to a rock and put it in the tank. I've never had problems with it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Broccoli is not often eaten by fish: you are quite fortunate to have fish that enjoy it. Most experiences with the vegetable that I know of (both mine and others) have ended in a mess similar to the one mango described. The stalk is usually consumed, but the tops are left and rot. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
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