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agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	Is there any human food (including fruits and veggies) that i can occasionally give my fish for variety? (i have a common pleco, male betta, mickey mouse platies, pearl, blue and gold gourami and guppies) If so how do i give it to them?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
smurf Hobbyist Posts: 56 Votes: 4 Registered: 16-Jun-2004	My fish like zuchinni best - I buy a whole one, cut it up and boil it for a couple of minutes, let it cool and give them about a 1" piece. The rest goes into the freezer in a zip lock bag for future use - microwave a piece for about 10 seconds and let it cool before giving it to the fish. Also blanched peas, remove the shell and put the halves in the tank and tomatoes, just the fleshy part next to the skin and take off the skin in about 1/2" cubes.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
Meg's Mom Enthusiast Posts: 208 Kudos: 435 Votes: 10 Registered: 25-Mar-2004	I give my platys zucchini. I cut the zucchini into about a 1" piece, boil it in the microwave for a couple of minutes, peal, let it cool then watch the fun. You can't see the zucchini through the swarm of "toddlers". I have also tried lettuce to which they said and peas which went over okay with the toddlers but the adults weren't that interested.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
signal20 Fingerling Posts: 29 Kudos: 39 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Jul-2004	Romain lettuce & spinach, some of my cichlids will eat soft carrots, they all love salad shrimp. Just try to cut them up in small pieces. Don't let the food sit in the tank too long though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	i use zucchini. Lettuce is a good bland one to start with to get the fish used to eating whatever comes into the tank via the rock And that square behid the zucchini is a thin slice of pineapple. [span class="edited"][Edited by Callatya 2004-07-26 23:35][/span] Callatya attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/403796.jpg"] For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Lettuce, spinach, peas, cucumber, tomato. I haven't had much luck with zucchini, broccoli is the #1 favorite here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
ReikoX Hobbyist Posts: 71 Kudos: 306 Votes: 14 Registered: 29-Jun-2004	Orange, Zuchini and Brocoli are readily eaten by my dad's goldfish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
chip Hobbyist Posts: 51 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-May-2004	i give my fish little pieces of cooked plain noodles to my community tank and cooked rice to my bettais that okayi've always done it and they love it oh and peas to [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-07-27 14:16][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56


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