What people food...

[elephantsrock]

I heard someone mention feeding eggs to their fish...

 

[GuppyDude]

no dont feed your fish egg, bad idea. most livbeaers like boiled letus and spinach. raw cucumber is good, other than that u dont want to feed ur fish anything man made

edit- except fish food

 

[pica_nuttalli]

other than that u dont want to feed ur fish anything man made

edit- except fish food

the reason you want to minimize the amount of "people-food" you give fish is that most people-food contains land animal protein. fish aren't really evolved to process these proteins and so cannot effectivly digest them. obviously, fresh and home-prepared vegetables are not affected by this issue and so can make an excellent fishy treat.

 

[weswest]

I have found that you need to experiment with your specific fish. I have tried to feed my livebearers cucumber and zuchini, prepared various ways, but to no avail. Others on this forum have said that their fish love these vegtables. My mollies seem to like spinach though.

If they don't eat whatever you give them make sure you remove it from the tank within 5 minutes, so that it does not start to degrate. Also remember to wash the vegtables very well as they will often contain pesticides and dies. Organic grown produce is best if you want to spend the money.

Good luck

 

[Dorkhedeos]

i thought boiled egg yolk was ok. ive read that people use egg yolk to feed their fry

 

[b.c.f.c]

i think im going to try some cucumber tonite just to see if my shark and corys like it but will the platys eat it as well?

 

[b.c.f.c]

ive just put some cucumber in my tank and the only fish that eat it were my zebera danios, they went mad for it, also my platys had a nibble but dnt fink they were to fond of it.