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Bamboo food ?
Posted: 06 Jul 2011, 14:43
by crkinney
Have any of you tried feeding bamboo to your fish[ancistrus] ?
I have a good stand of bamboo.If it's ok would it be best in a green state or dead and dried?
also has anyone tried aloe vera plant ,it is a succulent and I ingest it to clam my stomach.
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 06 Jul 2011, 15:50
by MatsP
Very fresh bamboo shoots (as used in for example Chinese cooking) is probably a good food. The green "grass" is not...
I have no idea about aloe. I expect you meant calm rather than clam?
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Mats
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 07 Jul 2011, 14:56
by crkinney
Correct can't spell even with spell check
thanks
mule
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 13 Jul 2011, 08:12
by Squidward
Aloe leaves ooze a lot of sap.
I would suspect that could lead to water quality issues if you put some in your tank.
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 13 Jul 2011, 14:45
by crkinney
I have had bamboo in the tank with two bristelnoses for a week and it has not been touched,maybe they don't like Chinese food
mule
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 13 Jul 2011, 16:17
by Shane
Not Ancistrus, but I have had good luck feeding the "root balls" of bamboo to Panaque spp. Other than the bamboo shoots Mats mentioned (which I have not tried myself), I can't imagine Ancistrus eating bamboo. They do spawn in the hollow tubes of bamboo in the wild.
-Shane
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 14 Jul 2011, 15:27
by crkinney
So far nothing has eaten the bamboo I guess I'll try the root ball .Do you parboil it first or feed it right out of the ground?
mule
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 14 Jul 2011, 18:06
by 2wheelsx2
The problem with Bamboo shoots is that it's rather strong in flavour, so not even all Chinese people eat it (I don't).
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 05:45
by Shane
Do you parboil it first or feed it right out of the ground?
Just wash it off and put it in the tank.
-Shane
Re: Bamboo food ?
Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 15:22
by crkinney
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