Cantelope

wendyjo · Post by **wendyjo** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:30 am

Would RCS enjoy a bit of cantelope? We just cut one open and it's quite delish and I was wondering if the shrimp might like it?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:46 am

They just might

Try putting a small piece in and let us know if they swarm all over it or not

wendyjo · Post by **wendyjo** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:05 pm

Hmmm - my shrimp have never swarmed anything.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:39 pm

Boy, mine sure do. When I put some steamed dandelion in the tanks they go crazy!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:51 pm

wendyjo wrote:Hmmm - my shrimp have never swarmed anything.

Does this mean you tried the cantelope

?

wendyjo · Post by **wendyjo** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:08 pm

I did - no one seemed to care about it. I also give them zuchinni and cucumbers and they ignore those as well. So does my oto. LOL - so does my husband! I guess no one in my family likes to eat their veges

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:13 pm

That is just too funny! Everyone in your family is picky about fruits and veggies, including the pets.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:03 pm

I have never tried cantelope, But, I have tried dandelion, Thanks to badflash.
zuchinni, green beans, peas, asparigus, collards.

wendyjo
What part were you going to try ?

John

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:21 pm

Whatever you put in, be sure it is softened by steaming or freezing. They onlylike the softer stuff. It should be cooked al dente (still firm).

ToddnBecka · Post by **ToddnBecka** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:55 pm

I dropped a piece of rind into the backyard pond last week. I figured I'd try a small piece in another week or so, after it has time to decay a bit. If nothing else, it should support some micro-critters the shrimp will like.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:36 pm

But, I have tried dandelion, Thanks to badflash.
zuchinni, green beans, peas, asparigus, collards.

Of the foods you tried which ones did they like?

wendyjo · Post by **wendyjo** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:03 am

I put a peice of the cantelope "meat" in there, skewered on a shish-ka-bob stick. I didn't blanch it simply cause cantelope is really soft already. But I do blanch the cukes and zuchini and no one really goes after it.

FISH WORLD ERIE · Post by **FISH WORLD ERIE** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:09 pm

I like to feed my shrimp, snails and crayfish leftover fruits and vegetebles.
Never tried cantelope though. They seem to eat apple, pear, collard greens, zuchinni, cucumber, green beans, iceburg lettuce and romaine lettuce. The main veggies I use are zuchinni and collard greens. The greens I freeze before feeding. They seem to soften faster if you do that. And I boil the zuchinni. The other stuff is just thrown in as leftovers. After 5 days I will throw out any that remains.

Maekellen · Post by **Maekellen** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:52 pm

Shouldn't use the iceberg lettuce, in all honesty. It has no real nutritional value, just a small amount of fiber. The benefit to humans on a diet comes from the fact it requires more calories to digest than you actually gain from eating it.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:21 pm

Maekellen wrote:Shouldn't use the iceberg lettuce, in all honesty. It has no real nutritional value, just a small amount of fiber. The benefit to humans on a diet comes from the fact it requires more calories to digest than you actually gain from eating it.

The nice thing about iceberg is that it rots really fast and all sorts of growwies get doing on it. These are what the shrimp feast on. I like romain better, but don't turn your nose up at it.