What vegetables and fruit...

[aquariumbeginner32]

do you feed your fish? I've had a look online and there are quite a few that it says you can feed to them. The only one I've used so far are peas.

Do you know if you can give them tinned fruit such as diced pears? We don't buy pears ... we only eat them in tinned fruit. But we do buy bananas and apples.. both of which apparently fish can eat.

We have carrot, peas, broccoli... we only buy frozen potato that is ready to go in the pot and doesn't have to be mashed... so no potatoes. Oh and we have sweetcorn.

Is there any veges or fruit that are poisonous to fish? I'm just wondering if I can use broccoli and carrot and sweetcorn from frozen mixed veges, when it's been boiled with cauliflower and green beans?

Just trying to find inexpensive ways to add more variety to my fishies diets )

[Caryl]

Try anything you like. Different fish will like, or dislike, different foods. They key is to only drop in a small bit at a time. if they don't like it, remove it. perhaps try again sometime. It may take them a while to recognise some stuff as edible.

Try anything that does not disintegrate too quickly in the water. I suspect anything tinned would do this but try a bit and see. Make sure the tinned fruit was in water, not syrup. I doubt excess sugar is good for fish.

Frozen veg are fine and some feed them still frozen but I would thaw them. They can be fed cooked or right out of the freezer packet.

Be careful any fresh fruits or veg are washed well to get rid of any spray residue. Some always peel their cucumbers or zucchinis for this reason, or buy organic.

Cabbage needs to be blanched as the fish can't digest it raw.

I know of an oscar who loved banana.

You don't eat real potato?

[supasi]

. we only buy frozen potato that is ready to go in the pot and doesn't have to be mashed... so no potatoes. Oh and we have sweetcorn.

Just trying to find inexpensive ways to add more variety to my fishies diets )

Those two statements contradict themselves.

You want to save money on fish food yet you buy ready to eat potatoes which are like five times the price of fresh.

[aquariumbeginner32]

Those two statements contradict themselves.

You want to save money on fish food yet you buy ready to eat potatoes which are like five times the price of fresh.

Caryl - we do eat real potato LOL It's potato... it's just already peeled, mashed and in small cylinder shaped pieces and all I have to do is add 8 tablespoons water and cook it in the pot.

The reason we buy it like that is because whenever I used to buy potatoes they would not get used because I like to cook meals that don't take more than half an hour or so most nights and we only have potatoes once a week so I was buying like a 5 or 10kg bag and most of them would go rotten because I never used them. So I'd rather pay $5.70ish for a 1kg frozen bag of potato. I know it's more expensive but it's faster... Also the reason why I buy frozen mixed veg instead of fresh veges... they just went off because I never used them. Same with fruit most of the time... it doesn't get eaten and goes off.

When I say inexpensive I mean it's probably cheaper than buying fish dinners from the LFS. They get flakes and bloodworms.

[Ira]

do you feed your fish?

Yes.

Do you know if you can give them tinned fruit such as diced pears?

Yes, but best not the ones in syrup like Caryl says.

But we do buy bananas and apples.. both of which apparently fish can eat.

Yes.

We have carrot, peas, broccoli

All good.

Oh and we have sweetcorn.

Yes

Is there any veges or fruit that are poisonous to fish?

No.

I'm just wondering if I can use broccoli and carrot and sweetcorn from frozen mixed veges

Yes

when it's been boiled with cauliflower and green beans?

Yes

[Caryl]

Since when does peeling and cooking potatoes take more than half an hour, unless you are baking or roasting them in the oven? Even less than 10 minutes if you have a microwave :dunno:

I suggest you buy a basic cookbook

You do realise you can buy loose potatoes, or small bags of them, not just 5 or 10kg bags?

Buy smaller amounts of fresh fruit and veg each time and they won't go off. Cauli and pumpkin are two that keep really well.

When I buy frozen veg I buy them as separate bags eg a bag of peas, a bag of corn, a bag of beans etc, rather than a bag of mixed veg as the flavour in the mixed ones comes out pretty tasteless and nothing like the real thing.

Fish, like humans, like variety in their diet so experiment.

[si_sphinx]

Ive feed Broccoli before and it went off in the water over night so don't leave it in your tank too long.

[aquariumbeginner32]

Since when does peeling and cooking potatoes take more than half an hour, unless you are baking or roasting them in the oven? Even less than 10 minutes if you have a microwave :dunno:

I suggest you buy a basic cookbook

I don't know about everyone else, but it takes me about 10 minutes to wash, peel and cut up the potato. For one meal we would use about 8 potatoes. When I say half an hour I mean to prepare and cook the meal. That's why I usually buy convenience foods that are ready to go. I do know HOW to cook lol I just hate cooking. I love baking but not cooking meals. Especially in Summer. I'd rather eat salad and fruit than cook in the oven/kitchen in Summer UGH

You do realise you can buy loose potatoes, or small bags of them, not just 5 or 10kg bags?

Buy smaller amounts of fresh fruit and veg each time and they won't go off. Cauli and pumpkin are two that keep really well.

Yep but my husband is a bulk buy freak lol and if it's cheaper to buy a 5kg or 10kg bag than to buy 8 potatoes separately each week, he will do that. I don't get a say. And we go shopping once weekly, so I can't buy my fruit and vegetables more regularly.

I've actually been told it's best to eat vegetables fresh because the longer they sit the less vitamins/minerals they have. That's why I buy frozen vegetables because they don't lose their nutrients when they're frozen.

When I buy frozen veg I buy them as separate bags eg a bag of peas, a bag of corn, a bag of beans etc, rather than a bag of mixed veg as the flavour in the mixed ones comes out pretty tasteless and nothing like the real thing.

The vegetables we get are the McCains Winter Vegetables and they have carrot, beans, cauliflower and broccoli in there. I haven't had any issues with them being tasteless. I don't boil them for too long... if the color is coming out into the water then the vegetables are losing their nutrients. I always hated how my mother cooked cabbage until it was soggy and veges were always soft.

Fish, like humans, like variety in their diet so experiment.