Hey everybody,

How do you feed romaine lettuce to your fishes. I have one of those clips that hold the lettuce and suction cups to the sides, but it seems to make the water yucky, and i worry about it producing too much ammonia.

it really depends on how many fish you have in your tank
i feed mine one leaf every week- usually when i dont get the chance to feed them
they love it but your right, if you feed them too much it can pollute the water
goldfish can be quiet messy at times and visually, i see that there bit
of chewed up lettuce floating around
you shouldnt really be too concern about ammonia in this case
the good thing about lettuce is that lettuce doesnt really dissolve in the water unlike fish food
it usually stays solid and gradually gets filtered out

Thanks, slipperylittlesucker

Do you put the lettuce in fresh or cooked a bit? I have tried putting the luttuce in the freezer for awhile, that kind of softens it up. I have tried fresh but it seems my fish have a harder time nibbling at that. What do you suggest?

i dont cook mine
because when you cook it a lot of the goodness like vitamins and minerals
are lost
i just put it in the fridge for a couple of days to soften it up
and then put it in my pond
come back at night to remove the centre(hard part)
my koi love it, i havent actually seen my goldfish eating it though

I would take the veggie clip and clip a half a leaf of romaine letteuce to it for three fish. I take mine from the fridge, and take a leaf, wash it and put it in the aquarium. I just started feeding my goldfish romaine letteuce, but only one fish (Paintbrush) is in my aquarium because the other two are in the hospital tanks, and she checked it out, but I haven't seen signs of eating. Oh well, at least she checked it out! I'm happy about that.