Plecs/otos/cats -Cucumbers + Zucchini

[Derringer]

For those of you with plecos, otos, cats or other fish who like these veggies ... How often do you put them into your tank? How long do you leave them in?

 

[Weezer]

Twice a week we give them cucumbers, and leave them in about 8-10 hours, the other fish peck at them also.....

 

[NeonJulie]

I put them in when I added new Otos... if I don't like the behaviour of an Oto (say I see it parked in the same place for a few days or very inactive)... or if after an algae wafer, the belly's seem slimmer.

If you leave it in too long, which is probably more than a day, it disintegrates and is very difficult to clean out of the tank. Which seems unfair because it seems that's when they really start to like it.

Thankfully for me, all of my Otos appear to respond well on a regular basis to the Wardley's algae wafers with the first ingredient being spirulina.

 

[Rbishop]

2-3 times a week, for overnight, about 8-10 hrs

 

[Derringer]

Cool - Ill try to add something every 3rd day; most likely I'll add it for closer to 10-12hrs.

Just reintroduced some otos into my tank after the customary algae breakout. The 75g was pretty much over-ran; in just 2 days, 5 of them almost have the tank spotless.

I added in a quartered cucumber last night it took them forever to find it - I had left it in for about 14hrs - and it was starting to show signs of shriveling. I'll also see if I can get them to feed on the wafers - haven't tried those yet.

Thanks!

 

[thetazman]

Mine seem to enjoy peas, they start eating them as soon as they hit the water. I get the one pound frozen bags and keep frozen. But I have to shell them for them. They hate the shells.