Fresh Vegetable Recipes

What kind of fresh vegetables, if any, can I feed my fish?

I have a community tank with swordtails, mollies, platys, danios, corys, a pleco, and some tetras Can they eat any dried vegetables? Can I feed them raw vegetables, or do they need to be prepared in anyway?

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1. My fish eat lettuce.
2. Romaine lettuce and zucchini or cucumber are excellent choices. Your pleco needs the fresh foods, and your livebearers will enjoy them as well. Dried veggies: Well, I'm not sure about regular type dried veggies, but many fish stores sell dried seaweed which is very good for your fish.
3. Guppies are omnivores, just as humans. You can try veggie flakes. But egg yokes, mosquito larvae and/or brine shrimp is good for them because they need the essential fats and amino acids and a balanced diet consisting of both greens and meat. Guppies can overeat too, so feed them just enough for nourishment and proper nutrients. Here's a site listing diets, products and treats, but most of them include other animals. http://guppyplace.tripod.com/Feeding.htm... There are also aquarium fish that are herbivores, these include: *Mollies - Algae-eater that also eats vegetables such as spinach. Will also accept flakes. (Your best bet as these are easy to care for, and very closely related to guppies - not as easy to reproduce, but they can and do when conditions are right) http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex... * Farowella - Eats vegetable tablets and algae. * Pacu - Prefers fresh vegetables, will eat vegetable flakes and fruits. * Silver Dollar - Feed fresh vegetables, vegetable flakes and tablets. * Tropheus - Acccepts algae, plants, spirulina, vegetable flakes.
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5. cooked garden peas are a favourite (remove shells first) also for my pleco i boil the bigger softer leaves of a lettuce for a couple of seconds an he adores it!, the other fish like the mollies e.c.t like it two, but it waas aimed at my pleco = ] Happy fish keeping