Pleco cucumber or courgettes?

[henward]

which is better?

i know my ones are OMNIVORES

BUT i put cucumberes in there

what has better protein content?

courgettes or cucumbers, anything else that can be stuck on something that doesnt float around? like a solid chunk stuck into a drift wood or something?

[DennisP]

Why not both?

Variety in diet leads to good health.

[henward]

fair enough

any other vege they can eat?

[Nymox]

mine love kumara and pumpkin too.

[blueyes]

My BN's love pear, not so keen on watermelon though oh and the Clown Loaches seem to like the fruit & veg too!!

I just try all sorts with them

[Sharkie]

you could also blanch your broccoli stalks as well.

[Navarre]

carrot cucumber broccolli and cauli

all sorts really

[Rabbit]

Make sure to scrape the seeds out of the cucumber, i feed Watermelon rind, pumpkin, mushroom, zucchini, capsicum, carrot (slightly boiled), egg plant, broccoli stem. Whatever's cheap at the time

[henward]

why do you remove the seeds from cucumber?

i didnt remove it and it was totally untouched thsi morning. left it over night.

does the seeds put them off?

or does it indicate perhaps the catfish in the tank, numerous catfish are all not hungry?

Kumara sounsd like a good idea, higher in protein too.

[Rabbit]

No there fine but tend to breakaway and end up in the filter.

[henward]

raw kumara?

[spoon]

i use courgettes and put a knife through them(just an ordinary cutlery knife) this enables them to sink they are normally gone over night

[Joshlikesfish]

You can use tweezers and attach fishing line for an easy way to get it out

[henward]

i just stab it into the bits of wood

[si_sphinx]

Mine eat the cucumber seeds, skin and all.

Blanched lettuce too.

Drop sliced courgettes into boiling water for 1min, depending on thickness of slice, and they will sink.

I find mine don't like broccoli stalks so much an it gos off if not eaten within 24hrs.

[Nymox]

raw kumara?

Yeah raw. I tend to find the ones with the orange flesh are preferred over the purple skinned ones. But what ever is cheap. The key is variety as people have been saying, try all sorts, avoid the obvious ones like avocado.

[myfishybuisness]

my grandads common plecos (all 5 of them) love the seeds they race to get the seeds first :bounce:

[DonnaM]

The turtles eat kumara, courgette, cucumber etc and the plecos eat all the leftovers. Tho I do sometimes stick a t.spoon handle thru a slice of cucumber or courgette to hold it on the bottom to make it easier for the plecs to eat as well.

[henward]

I took some out today

one cucumber totally has no seeds left in it! all bits of cucumber has distinct round rasp marks on the skin side. lots of it.

dont know if its the BN, niveatus, gold nugget or cactus or royal.

I suspect its either the bn, gold nugger and niveatus.

Cactus i dont believe will go for it as much.

[waterlogged]

i found that if you put to much courgette in after a while it starts to make the tank smell like someone has thrown up careful to take it out after a few days now lol

[henward]

yay, all plecos are eating:D

saw the niveatus eat nls pellets on the ground today

gold nugget also

and cactus ate in its hidey hole. some food got blown into there and ate some.

i put massivore into the cactus cave, and it was sucking on it:D