Bleached Cucumber

I know my way around the kitchen, but when a website told me to bleach the fresh veggies that I give my fish, I was a little taken aback.

I do not know all that much about fish, but I know for a FACT that bleach kills. It has nothing to do with fish, bleach will kill all living things.

Upon further research I find out that this simply means to put it in boiling water. Boiled cucumber. Sounds tasty. Who am I to judge the taste level of my fish.

I have been worried that my bottom feeder has not been getting enough food. Whenever I put algae pellets in the tank for him, the goldfish eat it before he does. I was told fresh veggies would be a nice snack for all three, but they floated and so Pleco didn’t get any since he is a bottom dweller. Another conundrum.

This is the solution. By boiling the cucumbers, they lose their buoyancy and float to the bottom. I put three in, so hopefully there will be some for him at some point in the night.

Here’s to hoping…