My ABNs and BNs love zucchini, fresh string beans, carrots, yellow squash. I serve the zucchini and squash on a thin skewer which works quite well because they have a lot of surface space to chew on. I'm really curious about the screwcumber though. Today, I added a slice of sweet potato to a skewer of zucchini. The fry are interested...we'll see what happens tonight.

Dad loves carrots


Fry munching on Zucchini on a driftwood branch


Sweet Potato and Zucchini skewer

Nice pix abnmom1, great to see some foto"s attached to a post :bounce:
Oh yeah food: I've only tried Zuchinni, green beans and peas( funny the peas
had no where near the success as the other 2), and hold down the zuchini down with
a spoon , just thread it on the skinny end +no pointy bits that you get with a fork.
Waiting to try sweet potatoe.
Cheers J

Just popped over to post my veggie list, see jacob has done it already lol. Just so ya know, should really get permission from author before posting an article in its entirety. Anyway tis fine.

Do have a request though, would it be possible to change the link for the veggie list to here as the PF one might be removed at some point

Veggie List

kind of old post but i heard that cucumber contains keratine that does no good for us but it promotes bone growth for fish.

I think I'll definately have a look at carrots now, they are chok'a'blok with keratine( aren't they?)
J

Can anybody elaberate on the word keratine???

Keratin is an extremely strong protein which is a major component in skin, hair, nails, hooves, horns, and teeth.
J

keratine is just literally what your hair and nails are made out of like KJ said it is a type of protein. but when eaten by us it doesnt provide much for us. people say zucchini is mroe healthier than courgette to us but for fish its quite opposite i believe

Beet tops and spinach are my bns absolute fave. It is easy to grow on my tiny balcony and I enjoy it too.
they particularly like it if the spinach goes to seed a bit, they eat all the soft flowers off first.

lol ive only tried cucumber and carrots.. they LOVE cucumber! i blench the carrots and the cucumbers i thro strait in (atached to a fork). i like to do alot at 1 time and save the rest in the freezer so i thro in a cucumber and skip a day and then i thro in a carrot... also mine dont touch algea wafers anless there starving.

thats interesting as mine will swarm on algae wafers if it throw some in. they go nuts!

I have just started feeding vegetables to mine they like the zucchini and sweet potato. Do I have to blanch it for the fry and parents or can I just put it in the tank for both (the fry are about 3/4"-1" long snout to tail?