Fish Veggie Food?

[steveb14]

it depends on what you are putting in the tank
for peas: boil them and remove the outer skin then smash em up with your fingers and put 1 or 2 in the tank and then put more as the fish eat it up
oranges:cut a round slice and put it in a food clip and attach it to the side of the tank, be careful with oranges though as they will pollute the water like crazy as the fish eat them
broccoli: boil and put on food clip and the fish will pick at it until its all gone
cucumber:boil and food clip
carrots:boil and food clip

Whats a food clip please. Would threading the food through a piece of string be ok, if they didnt eat it all you could pull it back out then.

 

[three-fingers]

Do tropical fish eat vegetables in the wild?

Not vegetables...but aquatic plants and fruits .
Depends what fish you are talking about too.
I know I was surprised when I saw a video of lots of small tetras and other fish in the amazon all having a go at fruit as it fell of the tree. It was like a feeding frenzy.
On the other end of the scale, I also saw a video of the same small tetras going mad trying to get into a dead fish that was being ripped apart by piranhas, and eating all the mess the piranhas made.

Don't be scared to try out a good variety .

I feed my fish (tetras, angel, gourami, syno catfish ect..nothing unusual) a wide variety of foods to try and mimic what they would get in nature.
Live 'pinhead' crickets, live/frozen brine shrimp, live(home bred)/frozen daphnia, frozen bloodworm/white mosquito larvae, frozen whole fish (just cut open and leave in for fish to scavenge), tetra fresh delicia, small clean earthworms, regular tropical flakes, regular tropical pellets.

'Greens' I often feed are oranges, mango, banana and peas.

I feed them peas at least once a week and in addition they get the fruit once every 1-2 weeks.

My tank is also completely filled with aquatic plants that all of the fish like to eat (or in the case of the angel, destroy for the fun of it ).

 

[Jozlyn]

A food clip is a bit like a peg, you clip it to the side of the tank to stop the fruit/veg drifting away, makes it easier for the fish to eat.

I use a skewer and thread the fruit/veg onto that and lean it against the side of the tank.

Apart from everything already listed you can also add, sprouts, beans, lettuce, cabbage, apple, canteloupe (rock mellon) to your list of suitable fish food.

With things like zucchini, cucumber, apple, canteloupe, softer veg, don't leave them in your tank for anymore than twelve hours or they'll cloud your tank up something shocking!

Also, don't be surprised if your fish do not recognise it as food at first, just persevere and they'll soon get the hang of it.