fed my fish some banana....

bigevill · #1 07/20/2004, 08:08 AM

off an impulse I fed my fish a few small peices of banana the other day. they werent sure what to do with it at first and then a few of them ate it all up. have any of you ever fed your fish banana? just wondering if it could cause any harm......

TyeAndersonII · #2 07/21/2004, 10:50 AM

bananas are not a natural food source in the ocean. Your fish's digestive system might not break it down, but i guess you will find out soon want happens. let us know!!!

bigevill · #3 07/21/2004, 12:41 PM

well, I had read in a few places that people have fed other fruits to their fish and I figured what the heck......I have seen pics of people feeding oranges to there tangs. all is fine in the tank days later.......

rehren · #4 07/29/2004, 02:08 PM

i've heard of feeding brocolli and other green veggies to their tangs...

bigevill · #5 07/29/2004, 02:33 PM

yeah, whim is what caused me to do it, and all is good. maybe I will try it again some day......

luvmyreef · #6 07/30/2004, 09:50 PM

I feed my Tangs broccoli green leaf lettuce and zuccinni. My sister said she fed her hermits a grape and I freaked out and said that was not a natural source of food u will kill your tank 4 sure...but then I thought neither is zuccinni, but the book said it was ok. Who really knows without trial and error...Let us know. Crazy cyano spike or other crazy abnormal stuff might be because of it.

DgenR8 · #7 07/31/2004, 09:36 AM

I would avoid fruits, as they contain natural sugar, but I'd expect the green veggies to be okay.
With the availability of nori, I don't see much need for them though. Why feed something foreign?

luvmyreef · #8 07/31/2004, 03:16 PM

Much cheapper is most of the reason. Plus it is always fresh

Saltz Creep · #9 08/01/2004, 09:17 PM

You should feed bananas to gorilla crabs.

And it's a plus if they die from it.

snobanker · #10 08/01/2004, 09:46 PM

Isn't "Tang" an orange flavored instant drink anyway???

...sorry couldn't help it

Mishri · #11 08/08/2004, 08:45 PM

i tried feeding my 10 clown loaches bannana once (read that they liked it) but they ignored it.. dunno about any sw fish though.

scrummyotool · #12 08/12/2004, 07:15 PM

wow all this time ive been feeding my shrimp york pepermint patties.

daytona955 · #13 08/13/2004, 01:21 PM

The vitamins that people feed corals and such are not necessarily natural, the broccli is not natural but if it has the same nutrients, go for it.

bigevill · #14 08/13/2004, 01:22 PM

I would say 80% of the content of most flake foods that people feed are not natural.......

Saltz Creep · #15 08/13/2004, 04:07 PM

80% unatural? Let's see some proof.

bigevill · #16 08/13/2004, 04:28 PM

wheat doesnt grow in the ocean does it? all of the vitamins they put in them???

jay24k · #17 08/14/2004, 03:03 PM

Well alot of the medicines and stuff we eat are not natural either but it is healthy for us. Just because it isn't in a fish's natural enviroment doesn't mean it's bad. Remember when people thought tomatos were poisonous?

easttn · #18 08/14/2004, 06:43 PM

Jay,

Unrelated, that is one beautiful daughter you have there. What blues!

jay24k · #19 08/14/2004, 07:43 PM

Thanks. I should call her my little blue zoo. 1st because of her eyes and second cause she wears my butt out! Anyone got a blue zoanthid frag they wanna donate in her name? lol.

brc0488 · #20 08/20/2004, 09:45 PM

i went snorkiling and i brought bananna with me and the tangs would attack me for it. It was awesome. i highly doubt that a bananna would hurt the fish. I mean a bananna has to find its way into the ocean every now and than. being that they are found on islands

reefsociety101 · #21 08/20/2004, 09:48 PM

I was in Thailand in January and the fish off of Koh Tao seemed to love pineapple chunks.

Ron Leversee · #22 08/20/2004, 09:51 PM

fed my fish some banana.... WHY????

Greens are ok but most fruit will not benefit fish!!

brc0488 · #23 08/20/2004, 10:00 PM

dude chill its like you eating icecream... not good for ya nor benificial (well maybe calcium..) but we still eat it. Its not gonna kill them

Ehydo · #24 08/21/2004, 12:24 AM

If the eat something it most likely will not harm them. Animals are more aware of foods that are poisonous to them than people are. I have seen many bananas, coconuts, and other fruit floating in the ocean. I am not saying it grows there but almost anything in small amounts will not kill you.

Ryan · #25 08/21/2004, 05:11 PM

Bananas are sometimes grown in countries that use leaded gasoline. This results in trace amounts of lead in the banana- But it sure doesn't kill you. Now heavy metals in my reef tank? I'd likely avoid it.