Feeding fish with lettuce or broccoli

[Halal Hotdog]

You're right, biggest difference is that the pellets and flakes we are feeding should be ones made for our tanks. I feed one mysis pellets and nori. They may not fine pellets in the ocean, but they find the anims made from it.

Take a look at the ingredients in your pellets and flakes. Most will have terrestrial matter in it. Wheat gluten and wheat flour are common. Some add garlic and ginger. Brewer's yeast has come up as well. Beyond that our herbivores will not consume the fish matter in the wild. This is not to say these foods are all bad, but just because it is labeled for fish consumption doesn't make it better than things like nori that is typically marketed for human consumption.

 

[Squeaky McMurdo]

Iceberg lettuce is of no nutritional value, but romaine hearts, kale, spinach, and other dark green vegetables are commonly used to feed fish and are included in some of the commercial foods you buy. They are more nutritionally available if blanched or frozen first to burst cells. My Foxface lived for 12+ years on cucumber before I got him and it took me months to convince him to try nori.

 

[Tastee]

Sydney Aquarium feeds it’s Dugong Kos Lettuce as the primary form of it’s diet as that is apparently close enough to the sea grass it would eat in the wild (and sea grass is overall endangered itself). When I was there a month ago it looked pretty healthy!

 

[ludnix]

Yeah, but some of the human grade nori has oil that I'm not sure about...

I would check out the sushi rolling nori sheets at a local asian market. I can get 50 sheets for under $10 and there's no oil or additives. Check the ingredients and be certain before buying. The main difference I have found between it and fish shop nori is it's usually laid out to dry while the sushi nori is baked. The sushi nori is much more stuck together and signifcantly drier to the feel but I find it's slower to shred to pieces than the naturally dried nori.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Broccoli florets and romaine somewhat common.
Important task if feeding with these are Freezing them. Freezing softens broccoli florets and for lettuce allows the unchewable cellulose film to separate.

 

[Hogan]

If you feed LRS Herbivore frenzy it has broccoli and carrots in it.

 

[mfinn]

Back in the 80's and the 90's lettuce and broccoli was a very common tang food.
And tangs did very well.

 

[JasonK84]

I would check out the sushi rolling nori sheets at a local asian market. I can get 50 sheets for under $10 and there's no oil or additives. Check the ingredients and be certain before buying. The main difference I have found between it and fish shop nori is it's usually laid out to dry while the sushi nori is baked. The sushi nori is much more stuck together and signifcantly drier to the feel but I find it's slower to shred to pieces than the naturally dried nori.

This is what I’ve been using and everyone (omnivore/herbivore) eats it. I just opened my 4th package in a year. I feed a half sheet in the morning and half in the evening.

100 sheets for less than $12 is a great price.

 

[mrpizzaface]

I feed my plecos canned green beans and raw zucchini. They really love it. I see no problem with lettuce or broccoli if the fish eat it. Variety is great for the fish.

 

[1stNoel]

If you feed LRS Herbivore frenzy it has broccoli and carrots in it.

I didn't realize that was an ingredient until this week when I noticed my tang gnawing on a chunk of broccoli. He seemed to love it, because he kept swimming with it so no one else could grab a hold.

 

[tony'stank]

I occasionally feed romaine lettuce to my tanks. My Blue hepatic and Yellow tang really seem to like it. I don’t depend on it for nutrition. I feed red and green nori weekly for nutrition