Feeding

[jacko]

Hi all..
i am totally new here but i love the site..

ok my question is simple ( i hope)

Can you feed tropical fish lettuce leaves?

 

[yvez9]

depends on the fish

 

[jacko]

i have silver sharks , guppies , mollies , platties and neon tetris's

 

[dwarfgourami]

Yes, that should be fine. You might want to blanch it (boil it slightly) to make it less chewy and get rid of any chemicals. Try a small piece and be prepared to hoik it out after 24 hours if it hasn't got eaten. Livebearers do need some veggies in their diet; other good ones are peas, cucumber, spinach, courgette, chard. I find peas are the alltime favourite.

 

[offutt_chris]

just curious, what size is your tank, because silver sharks need to be in groups, and grew rather large?

 

[cane76]

and they grow quite fast too.mine have doubled in size in just 3 months

 

[jacko]

about 3 foot tank......just starting out again