getting cucumber and zuccini to sink

**TheFredPit** · 07-17-2012, 01:11 AM

how in the hell do you get them to sink where my pleco's are?

**Goes to 11!** · 07-17-2012, 01:28 AM

A few ideas come to mind:

* Stick a stainless steel fork in it.
* Rubber band/tie w fishing line to rock or drift wood.
* Wedge under something stable.

Don't forget to remove the uneaten portion after 24 hours.

**KingFisher** · 07-17-2012, 01:28 AM

I just stick a fork in it and it sinks.

**Lady10Godiva** · 07-17-2012, 01:31 AM

I tried sticking it under my driftwood and it didnt work so well.....so I am using the fork method too.....people ask me why there is a fork in my tank when the fish have pulled the zucihini off.

**Northerly** · 07-17-2012, 03:55 AM

I stick the handle of a spoon through it and slide the cucumber as far down as it will go then just drop it in, it works well.

**Lady10Godiva** · 07-17-2012, 04:13 AM

^Will have to try that because I would bet they wouldnt get the slice off as easily.

**Lady Hobbs** · 07-17-2012, 08:54 AM

I ram a fork in mine, too, and throw it in the tank. If you feed the vegetables raw, it doesn't get mushy so fast and sometimes can stay in the tank two days.

**ScottishFish** · 07-17-2012, 09:06 AM

+1 to Lady Hobbs

I go for raw veg and a fork

**Aeonflame** · 07-17-2012, 01:59 PM

I use a plastic clothes pin

**TheFredPit** · 07-17-2012, 04:28 PM

thank you I ended up putting a slice of zuccini on one tine of the fork and cucumber on the other and they love it. I saw 5 of them chomping away last night