How to feed Cucumber to Fish, Snails and Shrimp

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How to feed cucumber to fish, snails, plecos and shrimp. Cucumber is a good food to fish fish, snails and shrimp. To easy to prepare and store. Cut the cucumber or zucchini into slices, add it to a pan of boiling water for a few minutes. Once it’s blanched put it in some cold water, this will stop the blanching process.
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@Creatureexotics 6 жыл бұрын

If you find your cucumber still floats, give it a good squeeze or two getting the air out and it sinks right down! :) xx

@jonnyboy9222 8 ай бұрын

Ah thank you 3 years of putting forks in it comes to an end!!

@typicaltaco4510 6 жыл бұрын

I never knew you could feed fish cucumbers! Thanks for the info!

@factsoverfeelings1776 5 жыл бұрын

Zucchini is a good choice too

@Jsarson1976 4 жыл бұрын

How long do you leave them in the tank for before you have to take them out?

@salmaadel8683 3 жыл бұрын

Today I'm going to the beach and I really want to take a snail for observation so I did this research until I found out that I can feed the cucumber

@okcool7899 3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan UK about 3-4 hours

@romankrhounek5974 2 жыл бұрын

I do it all the time it's perfect when going away for a week or a few days instead of worrying about them not eating or buying those shitty trip feeders

@TaciGrant 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely to watch them eating it all!!! Thank you so much for the video! ♥️🙏

@rubyd00byd00 2 жыл бұрын

This video is so helpful thank you I had struggled to prepare vegetables for my aquarium cause they wouldn’t sink so this helped a lot!!!

@wolfhound8675309 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting videos like this.

@MoonSpinners 3 жыл бұрын

Good, informative, straight to the point video. Thank you. 👍🇬🇧

@Deb1Gilmore 6 жыл бұрын

Hello from Missouri!! Shelia I must confess I am in love with your goldfish!! LOL! I just think he is the most beautiful fish I have ever seen!! BTW, thank you for the snails. They are growing and multiplying. I never thought I'd enjoy watch snails, but they are just too cool!! Counted the babies this morning...45!!!

@Lifewithpets72 6 жыл бұрын

We absolutely adore him. He’s like a puppy dog! The snails multiply rapidly!

@Zachary360Games 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the guide, I've got a decent size school of cories as well as a pleco who loves it.

@TheTurtleGirl 6 жыл бұрын

Never thought of blanching them to make it easier for the fish to eat! Thanks for the tips Sheila! ^-^

@alimery07 5 жыл бұрын

The Turtle Girl omg the turtle girl I’m your biggest fan

@JustinWoodTV Жыл бұрын

I never boil or Blancing them. Within an hour or so in the tank the veggie will be more then soft enough for anything to eat. Blancing is just a personal preference

@haroonsharif8137 8 ай бұрын

Remember to not keep the veggies in ur tank any more than 3 hours! Or else disaster will await🥲

@bobbymalta73 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing really helped!

@Cory_Dora 6 жыл бұрын

So much fun to watch! Thanks!

@geetachatterjee8737 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the very important information

@lilstarduke4119 6 жыл бұрын

Lifewithpets: wow great video, thank you for sharing! I never knew cucumbers could be blanched! I have often wondered about it and the process of how to go about doing this for my land snail pets and crickets, they never touch the raw vegetable and that worried me. Thank again!

@Andy36yr19 6 жыл бұрын

OMG thank you sooo much!! My neon tetras wouldnt eat their mini pelets then I saw this and they eat cucumbers now thank you so much

@indee6190 3 жыл бұрын

how small did you have to cut up the cucumber for them to eat??

@frederiqueconstant8819 3 жыл бұрын

@@indee6190 They just take a bite out of the big piece

@123akgun 3 жыл бұрын

Is it going well?

@dominicaaaaa5547 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this going to do some cucumber for my fish and shrimps later on :D your shrimp seem to really enjoy it

@persian9259 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, to the point, no waffling on like some! 😊

@samrh3181 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video

@jackyphuah732 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome sharing tq very much....didnt know they like cucumber....

@jenifferhyatt8336 5 ай бұрын

I greatly appreciate your channel ❤️

@RaulsAquaticsandReptiles 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very helpful and informative 👍

@danchoyordanov4804 4 жыл бұрын

That's good advice! Thanks

@edmundkishikawa5589 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It really works! My cucumber sank and really help to feed my aquarium snail

@rkoehler28 Жыл бұрын

Just got my first snail & this was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much, this was extremely helpful

@katrinahazlewood1532 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fab video ☺️

@45kittyboo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information and video

@PhanNgocHuong888 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I know more new knowledge,😉

@areeshk3173 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for u r tips

@abualwaleed4154 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, sufficient explanation

@amirwizard0156 6 жыл бұрын

Hi,thanks for your informations. Good luck. :)

@dream_er4138 5 жыл бұрын

Thankyou very helpful

@kingnamsuxx 6 жыл бұрын

just as a kind reminder that in order to preserve water quality its actually best to remove the seeds and center part of the cucumber/zucchini as they tend to degrade relatively quickly and the fish and little critters don't usually bother with the middle anyway :) actually by running the cucumber in an ice bath it maintains the cucumber's cell structure which means that it wouldn't break down as quickly in comparison to you just blanching the cucumber and popping it into the tank, which allows the fish and other invertebrates to graze on for a longer period of time, rather than having a mushy mess and fouling the water :) just be careful like Shelia said with pesticides and stuff :)

@Lifewithpets72 6 жыл бұрын

We keep the center part as the snails love to eat it. They eat that part first so the cucumber looks like a donut! Then they work on the rest.

@kingnamsuxx 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Shelia! thanks so much for replying! thats cute that your little snails eat like cucumbers like a donut! my comment was meant to be for fish keepers who put in cucumbers/zucchini for bottom dwelling fish like plecos :)

@jessicabee9299 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing ☺

@gazza2933 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you. 👍

@kay9738 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this 🙏

@gardentwitcheruk7076 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm going to try this with my shrimps.

@timeakiraly9079 2 ай бұрын

amazing I will definitely try it ❤️

@Slacktest 8 ай бұрын

Awesome help thank you.

@tokkiev.3234 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Recently started my aquarium back up and guess what? Within 2 days I had snails haha. Last time it didn't go that well with the snails so now I am ready to take better care of them so that they can benefit the tank!

@mikuenjoyerXD 4 жыл бұрын

Wow those snails were really tearing into that cucumber XD

@thethingwithfins 6 жыл бұрын

Might consider these for my golds as a treat!!!

@literallythelamest2177 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shabeerok38 6 ай бұрын

Very useful

@pegionlovers4404 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@baboy123baboy8 4 жыл бұрын

Nice ty po sa info

@thekingofanimalcare5947 6 жыл бұрын

Great video

@PriscillaMKArt 6 жыл бұрын

Nice i normally buy organic ones but never bother cooking them. I will try for the sake of them sinking.

@subhankarroy2680 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jonros5854 5 жыл бұрын

Great point about peeling the vegetation for aquarium Life 👍🥒🎏

@CMK_Patriot 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just did this and my snail seems to be happy. My ghost shrimp hasn’t checked it out yet, but I’m sure he will :)

@coffeebeann1 4 жыл бұрын

Ghost shrimp! How cute lol I got new plants and I think that’s the kind of shrimp ..I got as a hitchhiker lol

@bonificent3138 5 жыл бұрын

Can you feed them cabbage? I'd love to tint a tank with dried red cabbage leaves. Pretty blue water!

@dinowastaken 5 жыл бұрын

Do I have to do this with carrots ad well for my snail and 2 goldfish?

@rick3095 5 жыл бұрын

nice tank

@abdalrahmanayman7069 4 жыл бұрын

Very thnx.

@chiroxxxrt Жыл бұрын

Can I use this method to gather up snails that are growing in my tank?

@sukmyrocket26 5 жыл бұрын

I use a plant weight to hold it down. It’s like lead but I assume it’s made of something else. You can buy rolls of it from amazon.

@Xanderful209 2 жыл бұрын

How long can the cucumber be stored for in the freezer? :3 I have 4 snails that love to eat algae but I want to feed them more than just pellets :) thank you for the video.

@joseph7105 9 ай бұрын

Aquarium hobbyist put more thought and effort into feeding their fish than most parents put into feeding their own kids 😅

@SystemofEleven 5 жыл бұрын

How do you know how much to feed? I have a new-ish tank with 4-5 ghost shrimp and a few trumpet snails, and I've found that even doing a quarter as much pellet food as the instructions on the package say, more than half the food goes uneaten. I'm not sure if they don't like it, or they just aren't hungry. There isn't any algae in my tank, and I haven't seen them grazing on any of my plants or the like. I want to try veggies to see if they prefer that, but I don't know how much to put in...

@poldoll5683 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh your goldfish is beautiful!! What kind is it? It looks like it had the head of an Oranda but the body of a Fantail. So stunning. Thanks for the info about blanching the cucumber/corgette. I never thought of doing that before 😁

@Lifewithpets72 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. He’s an Oranda goldfish.

@ZeRo2o9 4 жыл бұрын

How do you give them a frozen piece? Warm it up or just drop it in?

@kenlemuelgudelosao5919 6 жыл бұрын

How do you trim/cut amazon swords and java fern/needle leaf fern? Btw love your videos 😊

@liamthompson4884 5 жыл бұрын

JustLem once there at a certain size you can just rip the leaves off and it’ll heal up fairly quickly.... it’s the same with most others plants like these.

@abhijeetchaudhari1725 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job...what else do they eat?

@hkh2316 2 жыл бұрын

Can I mix blue and red ramshorn together? What color will be the babies?

@saiftowhid3766 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@SS3paranormal Жыл бұрын

I was always told to remove the seeds in the middle so for a long time now cut them out before blanching it lol.

@edwiser 4 жыл бұрын

You Mention freezing how do you thaw the cucumber out to place it in the tank?

@beavertown2006 3 жыл бұрын

can they survive only feed on biofilm and sometimes cucumbers and carrots without eating any commercial shrimp food? great video btw.

@ariannaspetworld6691 5 жыл бұрын

Can ghost shrimp eat cucumbers? I just got 2 ghost shrimp for my 5.5 Betta tank and I was wondering what I can feed them besides them eating the leftover food my Betta didn’t eat.

@IlluminatorBoiiii 5 жыл бұрын

Quieres? *OOOOH BABY GIVE ME ONE MORE CHAAAANCE*

@greenfingaz4801 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. We're those ramshorn in with the goldfish? Thanks

@Lifewithpets72 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they were. I wouldn’t recommend that though. These came from eggs that had been on the wood. We kept pulling them out when we found them.

@nathanford1379 5 жыл бұрын

I’m new to keeping fish and wondered about the chlorine on the cucumber everyone says chlorine is bad. Does the chlorine boil away and is it in your ice water.

@leesutton1845 Жыл бұрын

How long do you leave the Cucumber in the tank for I have one snail and two fantail goldfish

@ma.angelatempla4211 3 жыл бұрын

this good so god will be happy

@Jamiesinkpens Жыл бұрын

Can you feed this to gold fish And if so had do I cut it for them

@angeluqu5925 3 жыл бұрын

Do I have have to blanch spinach can I just rinse them and put a Rock on top of it so it won’t float up?

@spencer83t 2 жыл бұрын

How long do you leave vegetables in the aquarium?

@gruden22 Ай бұрын

How long can you leave these slices in the water for without fouling the water ? Thanks!

@briansanchez6147 6 жыл бұрын

Oh 😯 I don’t take off the skin sometimes I will remember to take it off next time 😊

@jordruss8621 3 жыл бұрын

Skins the healthiest bit, wash it if your worried but its better to keep on, google it

@ShawnHineidi 6 жыл бұрын

great video. Would this work with Nerite Snails?

@Lifewithpets72 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, mine will eat it.

@KoiBettaFinAddicts 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Shelia, I've always wanted to be on one of your live chats. How do I find out when and how to be a part of your next live stream. The Micro Worms we got from you a month and a half ago are still going and going I have like 8 master cultures going. I've tried a bunch of different substrates and we have found baby organic oatmeal is the very best for reproduction they thrive in it. Glad I have a child in the house lol. Do you post up when you will be doing a live stream? I just saw that Cory from aquarium co-op has just posted a date for his. Thanks Sheila for the amazing culture. and all the great and informative videos.

@Lifewithpets72 6 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear they're doing so well. I usually stream either a Friday or Saturday. I put it up on the community tab a few hours before going live. If you have the notification bell on for our channel it should notify you when we go live.

@marx875 5 жыл бұрын

Can it be used as fishing bait?

@quintessence6793 4 жыл бұрын

Can i add the cucumber if i have a betta

@bakheg6153 5 жыл бұрын

wow!

@rugerkidd2076 5 жыл бұрын

what exactly is blanching? are you boiling out nutrients? what about just serving pieces with no skin?

@bhuvanana417 5 жыл бұрын

One can also feed garlic for boosting the immunity of one's fish

@brianjones3584 4 жыл бұрын

Any ideas why my guppies never want to eat the veggies I put in? They ignore it always :(

@TayBunny420 2 жыл бұрын

What other foods am I able to feed my guppies, shrimp, and afric.dwarf frogs??

@googleuser569 Жыл бұрын

Same for Salt tanks, or only fresh water?

@Mrtom40 4 жыл бұрын

do you need to feed them anything eles

@dezrasindlinger9680 6 жыл бұрын

My pleco will not touch if blanched. Tried several times wil only eat if raw.

@emmatheartist09 4 жыл бұрын

Dats a big moss ball!

@pinkgiraffe720 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you store the boiled cucumber the fridge or the freezer?

@karenkhoo252 2 жыл бұрын

Can carrots work too?

@alecalvaro7123 5 жыл бұрын

I put my unused cucumber to the fridge and by the i used it it floats?? Any tips

@craigjenkins2462 Ай бұрын

Is it just a case of letting it defrosting the frozen pieces before putting them in the tank?

@zasskeee4323 5 жыл бұрын

Please more info feeding, fish, snail & shrimp

@Lifewithpets72 5 жыл бұрын

We have several videos on those topics on our channel.

@serbian_nationalist14 2 жыл бұрын

3 of my platies have ich and I don't have access (due covid) to a fish store. I need help with getting the ich off my fish without using aquarium salt or anything from a store because I don't have it on me. Great video lifewithpets

@Lifewithpets72 2 жыл бұрын

You can use the heat method. Research it on google.

@benl7070 4 жыл бұрын

Try blueberries as well, my Shubunkins are so fussy though, I first off halved small blueberries (2) plopped those in the tank, yes we like those but the skins a bit tough, fine I'll peel them, nope too big, okay then, I'll quarter them, nope not interested anymore. I've now got to go out and buy a cucumber just for my fish.