Sinking Cuccumber?

[HawkEye_Pierce]

I have read here that many of you feed your algae eaters cuccumber once in a while...well I tried that and the cuccumber just floats on the surface...how do you get the cuc to sink to the bottom?

thx

 

[HanshaSuro]

Boil some water and drop it in for about a minute. Pull it out and let it cool. It should sink better.

 

[HawkEye_Pierce]

Thx HanshaSuro...I never thought of that...makes it mushier...

 

[Davy]

Put a rock on it or stick the side of it in the rocks the change sides after part is eaten.

 

[FroggyFox]

The local petsmart here uses a flat rock and rubberbands the cucumber to the rock. Seems to work great.

 

[sugarbear001]

I have the prefect shell to attach it to and let it sink to the bottom, never knew mollies and guppies would nibble at it but they did

 

[dana307]

rubber band and a rock.

 

[HawkEye_Pierce]

thx...I thought of the rock idea but was wondering if any of you had anything a little more creative...lol!!! I also thought about using something long like a net handle and push the cuccumber to the bottom under a plant or something...

Also, how big if a piece of cuccumber do you feed them?

thx

 

[MrKrispy]

I feed my bristlenose and ottos thin slices of zucchini, I have a suction cup food clip. I stick in on the class, easier to see the guys chowing down on it. Kind of nice since the bristlenose is shy.

 

[Velvet AciD]

Blanching it would be the best thing. Soaking it in water over night or boiling it til it gets soft.

 

[MarkRW89]

Just stick a lead weight in it....the ones you sometimes get with plants

 

[CoNMaN]

I put my zuchini in the freezer for a day, and now i keep it in the fridge in a ziplock bag, It is super saturated (from being frozen and thawed) all i have to do now it slice a piece and drop it in and it says sunken no matter how much they nibble on it.