Feeding Silver Dollars Cucumber

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i wanted to know if its healthy for SD to eat cucumber to give them different variety of food besides veggie flakes I have a small school of 8 2-4inches and is ok if my oscars eat it as well
 
i wanted to know if its healthy for SD to eat cucumber to give them different variety of food besides veggie flakes I have a small school of 8 2-4inches and is ok if my oscars eat it as well
Should be ok,I think.
But zucchini ,raisins,and deshelled peas would be better.
 
Many Amazonian (and many other) fish have evolved to eat fallen fruit, seeds, and vegetation from overhanging trees, and end up being major seed dispersers.
A steady diet would be lacking, but occasionally is fine.
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Above a river in Colombia.
Below salt water fish eating leaves and fruit off over hanging branches, in Mexico.

 
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