Spinach for fish?

[bbrianhaag]

Can fish eat raw spinach or does it have to be cooked? and what other vegetables are edible for fish? I already give them zucchini.

 

[jm1212]

you can try raw, but people usually blanch it so it does not float.

 

[blue2fyre]

I feed mine raw but for the first time you may want to try blanched so it's easier for them to eat. My fish love romaine lettuce, cucumber, squash and zucchini.

 

[DLV082]

Cucumber is ok to feed raw. My plecs love it.

 

[foolishfish]

Got a great tip from Discus Hans. Collard greens, they're cheaper than spinach or lettuce. Rinse them off, stack them and place them in the freezer. Grab some small plastic bag clips from the dollar store and clip one on the frozen leaf to help it sink. If you need a smaller portion, let it thaw for a minute or so and you can cut the leaves into smaller portions. My plecos leave nothing but a little piece of stem inn the clip.

 

[LeahK]

I used to buy frozen whole-leaf spinach for my fish. I'd just break off a little bit, thaw it in warm water, and pick out the biggest, most intact leaves to put in the veggie clip. The rest stayed in my freezer until needed.
Just don't get the frozen chopped spinach

 

[OldMan47]

When I have brussels sprouts with my dinner, my Herotilapia multispinosa always get some of the outer leaves. They are real pigs when it comes to eating their veggies and they love the sprouts. I have tried them with other things but they really eat the sprouts and duckweed really well.

 

[Turbosaurus]

my adult BN plecs will eat raw veggies of all sorts, but the babies have a tough time with anything not softened up first (freezing or blanching). I think it depends on the size of the fish/jaw strength. Its perfectly healthy either way, I think its more a matter of their ability to eat it/tear it into bite size pieces. what kind of fish are you talking about?

 

[Lab_Rat]

I feed spinach raw, but I do freeze it first to help break the cell walls and make it easier to eat. I clip it to the side of the tank with one of those suction cup clips. I also feed squash, zucchini, cucumber, and sometimes apple or watermelon rinds.

 

[fishorama]

What sort of fish? My loaches & plecs eat romaine, leaf lettuces, zucchini, peas regularly but sometimes others like broccoli (cooked stems, the flowers are messy & stinky), summer & winter squash, bok choy, brussel sprouts, etc. Spinach, carrot & apple are not favorites, banana is messy.

Barbs, SAEs, garra like veggies too. My apistos, corys & rasboras do not. I put veggies in homemade discus food too.