Tropical fish?

[pip 40]

Last week I went to the garden centre and a lad who works in the fish part put in the tropical tanks some chunks of cucumber and he said they like a bit of cucumber and like to nibble at it and after three days you take out the leftovers. has anyone else heard that?

[hammerman]

Yep....many fish will enjoy a nibble on some vegetable matter....i used to feed chunks of courgettes to my fish and most of them...all catfish and loaches, livebearers and tetras loved it. Courgettes and cucumbers are good and some people put a slice of raw potato in for their plecos.

A squashed and de-shelled pea or two goes down well too.

I would be inclined to only leave it in the tank for 24 hours...although mine only lasted a few hours. Also, buy some lead strips like you get for aquatic plants to weigh the veg down.

[B00]

Yep, agree fully with HMan- mine get a slice of cucumber once a week and some shelled cooked peas once a week too.

I love watching my catfish literally sit on the cucumber defying any other fish to dare eat it from under him.