How do you prepare zucchini?

[pwrflpills]

Is there a special way to prepare zucchini for the fishies? Mine's for my cories and whoever else wants it.

I dropped it in raw and they're completely ignoring it. A ghost shrip poked at it for about 5 seconds.

 

[Hannys_Papa]

I boil it for a minute.
I just got ready to type up my favourite zuchini recipe after reading the thread title - but then i saw it was for your fish.

 

[Flowerhorn916]

I just skin mine and screw a stainless bolt into the bottom so it sinks. It may take awhile before your fish get used to eating it.

 

[jimangie1973]

Just put a slice in a dish with a little water and microwave it for 10-20 seconds to soften it up. Skin it too if you like.

 

[RanchuRick]

I put it in raw. The fishes ignore it for the first night. Then they eat the whole thing including the skin wthin two days. I use two 1" slices every week for my 72G. Both my clown pleco and clown loaches love zucchini.

 

[matthewburk]

Cut it up into slices and individually pack them in foil or something. Then freeze them, this destroys the cell walls making it a little mushy and easier to eat.

 

[danielle_adam]

boil it with garlic also

 

[RTR]

I slice, spread on waxed paper on a cookie sheet and freeze over night. Sort the slices into small baggies for storage until needed, storing the small baggies in a larger heavy duty bag to slow freezer burn.

 

[Roan Art]

Mucho stuff on that in this thread in the Bottom Feeders forum:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46284


RTR,

You don't find that freezing breaks it down too much?

Roan

 

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

Sweet potato and squash are also popular...I just blanche (boil for a minute) or steam until soft. freeze and away you go... Just toss a frozen hunk in and it will defrost.