water melon

[Chinese DNA]

May I feed clownfishes with water melon?

 

[danieljames]

Consider their food opportunities on the reef sir.

 

[stykthyn]

what benefits do you see from watermelon?
liquid supplements would be a better source for vitamins if that is your goal

 

[sunfishh]

Why not. There is a member on here that feeds his CB butterfly and Moorish Idol bannana without any trouble. I would suggest avoiding feeding only watermelon. Remember variety is the spice of life.

 

[shutiny]

My Dad has been feeding his Koi with melons for ages but am not sure about anemonefish.

 

[drnkjunglist]

i vote this for funnniest thread of the month cause i cant stop laughing

 

[stykthyn]

koi are not clownfish. marine and freshwater fish have completely different dietary needs.

 

[sunfishh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7603922#post7603922 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drnkjunglist
i vote this for funnniest thread of the month cause i cant stop laughing

Glad we could entertain you

 

[Chinese DNA]

I worry about that water will be contaminated with sugar from watermelon.

 

[Chinese DNA]

 

[stykthyn]

running a skimmer should take care of that, but still, why would you want to feed them water melon???
strips of nori or some other marine vegetation would be much more nutritious

 

[Chinese DNA]

lol~~ I am just curious.

 

[drnkjunglist]

haha those pics are awsome, i guess watermelon isnt to crazy compared to cheese in a can lol

 

[sunfishh]

Great pics Chinese DNA

 

[jjackson]

maybe watermelon is the secret to keeping Moorish Idols successfully in captivity !!!!!!!!

still not sure why you would want to... The sugar will not hurt your tank there are a lot of people right now dosing their reef tanks with sugar to increase bacterial populations.... anyway odd

 

[Chinese DNA]

jjackson: Really? I am very interested for your point of view.
what is bacterial you say? Do I add food sugar into tank to increase nitrobacteria? thanks

 

[bluerug]

People add sugar to lower their nitrates, i know someone that had 80 ppm nitrates and from adding sugar he got them down to 0 within 2 weeks, and he doesnt do any water changes or anything, he justs adds a pinch every other day. At first the tank may get cloudy but eventually the water will be grystal clear once again.

 

[bluerug]

Granulated sugar that is.

 

[818]

Well watermelons are 70% water. 30% sugar/vitamins etc...

I dont see how it can harm them. Maybe even make them flourish.

This can probably only be supplemental feeding. Just keep up with the regular feedings of formula one flakes/pellets etc.

 

[Chinese DNA]

I don't think so. I think watermelon cell can break water quality.
By the way, I also love Blue .