Spinach

[musho3210]

Could you feed this to fish? If so how, do you only feed the leaf or the stalk as well? Do i need to blanch it?

The fish are bolivian rams and danios

[fishcatch22]

I doubt either of those fish would consider spinach food, but it is fine for herbivorous or primarily herbivorous fish such as plecos and pacus.

[musho3210]

worth a shot, only vegetable matter available to them is algae wafers.

[fishcatch22]

worth a shot, only vegetable matter available to them is algae wafers.I know rams do not need any plant matter at all and peas will suffice for the danios.

[musho3210]

there omnivores, what do you mean no plant matter, im trying a varried diet here, isnt that what everyone recommends? If it doesnt work oh well doesnt mean its not worth a shot

[fishcatch22]

there omnivores, what do you mean no plant matterrams are carnivores like most dwarf cichlids, in the wild they eat small invertebrates. danios do not eat multicellular plants. if you want your danios to get their veggies try omega one veggie flakes.

[dixienut]

if they try to eat other plant matter spinich is fine for them i feed it to my goldfish but they love veggies... i feed raw.. but you can blanch it to be eaiser for smaller mouthed fish..

[musho3210]

http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/cichlids/bram.html
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/southamerican/p/bolivianram.htm
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1956&articleid=2548

maybe you should read these, all three say they are omnivores, other owners of them say they are omnivores. I research fish before i buy ok

[fishcatch22]

http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/cichlids/bram.html
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/southamerican/p/bolivianram.htm
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1956&articleid=2548

maybe you should read theseLOL that's just because they will eat flakes, and that's only because they taste like animal matter more than plant matter.

rams, like bettas, are what I would consider "loose carnivores". that is, they will eat a very limited amount of vegtable matter, but do not need it at all. I am pretty sure danios do not either.

[musho3210]

then how come whenever i feed vegetable matter (algae wafers) they just explode with color but when i feed meat they just eat it happily? Besides i'd rather listen to those websites and my experiance rather than what you had to say (which had no explanation and/or proof), i didnt ask IF they could eat it, i asked HOW should i feed it to them. If your not here to answer the question, i suggest you leave.

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These fish are omnivores and readily accept most dry and live foods. You should give a variety such as Brine Shrimp, pellets, Spirulina tablets, etc.

[fishcatch22]

then how come whenever i feed vegetable matter (algae wafers) they just explode with color but when i feed meat they just eat it happily? Besides i'd rather listen to those websites and my experiance rather than what you had to say (which had no explanation and/or proof), i didnt ask IF they could eat it, i asked HOW should i feed it to them. If your not here to answer the question, i suggest you leave.

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These fish are omnivores and readily accept most dry and live foods. You should give a variety such as Brine Shrimp, pellets, Spirulina tablets, etc.hang on... what kind of rams do you have? I know blue/german rams are pretty much carnivores but I can't speak for bolivians.

[timrome]

hang on... what kind of rams do you have? I know blue/german rams are pretty much carnivores but I can't speak for bolivians.

to the best of my knowledge there are no cichlids native to germany

[musho3210]

as what was said in original post as well as the links that i gave you (which doesnt seem like your looking at) they are bolivian rams

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Also to my knowledge, the chinese algae eater is not native to china, german blue ram is just a common name not where there from

[fishcatch22]

to the best of my knowledge there are no cichlids native to germanylol they're not it's just a common name. they are from the amazon basin.