RE: NANFA-- zucchini (was: white sucker)

Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS (HOOVERJ_at_wes.army.mil)
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:25:01 -0500

Scott wrote:
>>>...buy up all the
zuccini you can (or all you can effectively store) at the garden markets
while they are in oversupply. Slice them, zap them for a few seconds in the
microwave and freeze in zip lock bags....
I know one guy who simply cuts them into 1" wide sections, screws a new
stainless (?) steel screw into them to weigh them down and tosses them into
the tanks.<<<

Jan writes:
Zucchini is a staple for our sailfin catfishes and recently acquired pacu.
I slice the zucchini longitudinally into quarter-inch slabs, layer them onto
6-inch square clay floor tiles, and loop heavy waxed twine around the
"open-faced sandwich." This presents a wide, flat feeding surface that
stays in place on the bottom.
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