Caryl

Just read a post elsewhere that said "Help I fed my fishes cucumber and now they are all dead!" Seems they did not wash it and it had pesticide on it. Something to think about. :-?

Thanks guys just what I need to know. Anyone else?

BUGGER! :lol:

OK, I want to do an article on feeding fresh fruit and veg to fish and need your help. I want to know; 1. Which fruit and veg do you feed to your fish? 2. Which fish like what? 3. How do you prepare the food? Cooked or raw? Chopped finely or whole? 4. How do you add it to the tank? Just drop in, weight it down? If so, how? To start you off; 1. peas and cucumber 2. BNs and barbs like both 3. Peas are cooked and shelled and whole or squished depending on how cleanly they came out of the skin. Cucumber gets sliced into 2cm thick rings 4. Peas get dropped in. Cucumber is threaded onto a plastic knitting needle and weighted with a sinker in the middle so it sits on the bottom. I know an oscar who loved banana and would go through at least half a banana a day, given in 2cm chunks. Very messy! A friend manages to keep her plants reasonably whole with her silver dollars by feeding them large amounts of lettuce, raw, and leaves just dropped in whole I believe. Many fish will eat a wide range of fruit and veg and it is good for them. They eat them in the wild if they drop into their water. Some, like carrots, may enhance the orange colouring of fish too. Tougher greens like cabbage need blanching (drop into boiling water for a minute) to break down the cellulose to make them more digestible. Someone in another forum mentioned their fish died after feeding them potato and it turns out they didn't peel it first. Others thought the skin may be toxic (green) or covered in spray residue. What fruit and veg do you feed your fish?

I suggest you change boyfriends, this one seems to be defective Mind you, finding one that isn't will be difficult but find one that likes fish as much as you do.

What sized tank and conditions are they in? These fish are normally OK to leave with the parents, especially if you have plenty of fine leaved plants for the fry to hide in, as they don't eat many. I only ever fed mine finely crushed flake and left them to grow up in the tank with the parents.

I was not complaining about poor grammar or spelling. I am aware that for many typing is difficult, English is not their first language, and a number have reading and writing difficulties. I was just wanting the correct terminology used when referring to young fishes THEY ARE NOT BUBBAS THEY ARE FRY (the plural is not FRIES either )

Hi and welcome Karly. You have joined a great site with plenty of help. Breeding wcmms is easy. Contact Loopy. She too is a mum with young ones and is really into her fish, having bred quite a number of species. She recently started a new club in ChCh too and should be a lot of help.

What do you mean "excuse the female"? What did she do?

You will not establish bacteria levels just adding Cycle. Save money and stop using it. What fish are you intending to have in there? Have you already got another tank running? If so, seed the filter in there.

Not when referring to fish

Using such a small amount of yellow was a touch of genius evil

young fish are called FRY, not bubbas! :lol: This comment is not directed at any one person in particular

Some plants grow faster than others. Is it in cold or tropical water?

Medicated foods are not available here

What's it got to do with him? :-? :roll:

I don't use it and rarely do water changes either. Those who have seen my tank know it doesn't smell and the water is clear. It is also heavily planted and understocked.

me neither 8)

I never add anything to my tank if I can help it - no carbon here.

Hope you manage to raise quite a few. Good pic 8)

Should be OK but I wonder if it is so dried out it will never sink.

Angels start turning into angel shapes at about 6 weeks I think.

Good decision

As a teetotaller I have never been inside a liquor store so didn't know they had little bottles. Are they expensive? I don't want to waste money giving you lot a laugh 8)

My bigger males tend to do that but they never actually harm any other fish and eventually the other fish just move far enough out of his way then ignore him.