All inverts love squash/zucchinni

[LizStreithorst]

My squash has just started producing.  I had been feeding my inverts with a homemade mix of some fresh but mostly frozen veggies mixed with calcium carbonate and held together with agar agar.  The like it just fine.

But today I sliced my first nice squash, removed the seeds and blanched it for 2 minutes.  Then I strained it and plunged it in to cold running water since I rarely make ice.  When It was cool I dropped it into the tanks with the inverts.  Holy moly what a feeding frenzy!  The snots were all over it immediately as were the shrimp.  The Mystery Snails are taking longer.  BTW, I've found out that the snails are also meat eaters.  I always stick 1/4 of a freeze dried tubifex cube on the glass for them. 

[Barb]

I will get a zucchini to feed my shrimp, had not thought of that!I wonder what they would do with a cherry tomato?  I am growing them, have a nice batch ripening if the rain doesn't turn them to mush or make them explode from all the water in them.

[LizStreithorst]

I'd remove the seeds in the middle of the tomato.  From what I understand a tomato is mostly a bag of water.