I've got a BiOrb 60 litre tropical tank and I have two red platies, two black mollies and two silver mollies. I put them in the tank a week ago and they're all doing very well. I'm feeding them some recommended fish food from the aquarium where I bought them, but I want to balance their diet with fresh things too. Any tips would be great. I've also heard that cucumber would be good - do I just give it to them raw? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
2007-03-12 11:22:56 · 19 answers · asked by Hotpink555 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Tropical "staple" flakes and for mollies, spirulina flakes too. All fish like spirulina, but it is especially beneficial to mollies. I'd feed them twice a day, once "staple" and once spirulina.
2007-03-12 11:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mollies will nibble on very thin slices of raw cucumber - but pull it out of the tank at the end of the day so it doesn't spoil and cloud the water. You can also feed baby foods like spinach, and peas with a small dropper (like an eye dropper) . Don't get too carried away with the fresh foods or you will find that they won't eat anything else. Platies will eat the same things and in addition will eat frozen brine shrimp and other frozen foods.
2007-03-12 11:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a brilliantly simple device on "ebay" called a "screwcumber" available for about a £1 or two.
This allows you to feed your fish on RAW cucumber, courgette and the like very easily.( your fishy friends will love you for it!) Frozen bloodworm are always very welcome in an aquarium, too!
Make sure you retrieve any un-eaten food after 4 or 5 hours, or it will poison the tank. Do a 20% water change once a fortnight, and you, and your fish, are laughing!
Hope this helps. : )
2007-03-12 21:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by fleshflayer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little pieces of green squash is better to feed them than cucumbers. Feed them:blood worms, krill,flake food,live brine shrimp,frozen brine shrimp.freeze-dried brine shrimp,,but not too much at a time. Vary the feedings at different times;3-4 times a day.
2007-03-12 12:20:11 · answer #4 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes some fish will eat cucumber although i never tried it.Bloodworm from your local pet shop every now and again aswell as the tropical flakes should be enough.
2007-03-13 05:30:46 · answer #5 · answered by leedslass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will like stuff they can find in the sea. Cucumber is definately not grown in the sea. I recommend buying them some frozen fish food which you can get in a pet shop. they tend to like daphnia and bloodworms. You can also drop a few frozen prawns in the tank. Another option would be to get them tropical plants, which you should be able to buy in a pet shop that sells fish. Good luck!!!!!
2007-03-12 11:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by Toni F 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been trying my fish on cucumber for the past two weeks. They seem to love it. However I do find it clouds the water a little. Would zucchini/courgette be better?
2007-03-15 09:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by dorcusmallorcus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop a cucumber into extremely small peices. You can throw in store bought live worms, shrimp, or frozen blood worms. Also try feeders. Your fish may not be that aggressive but they will be happy to chase around a few fish.
2007-03-12 13:13:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, toss a cucumber chip in there, they'll love it.
Also try, Romaine Lettuce, squash, flightless fruit flys (at petco and petsmart)
Also at petco are algae pellets. Usually for algae eaters, but all my fish will nibble.
Good luck
2007-03-12 11:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from the right food these fish appreciate a small amount of seasalt in the water(about a teaspoon in your tank).
Available from aquarium shops,it will make them much happier and healthier.
2007-03-13 03:17:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋