Adding plant matter to homemade foods

[aussieorchid]

I am about to make a batch of homemade food and was just wondering if anyone has added minced up fresh water plants to the mix. I seem to be trimming plants particularly val every week in the tank and it seems a waste to throw it out as it contains heaps of nutrients from the tank. Has anyone done this will the discus eat it are there any bad side effects. Any comments welcome.

[martraci]

i like spinach..and so did pop-eye!

[the german]

i use fresh english spinach,it is one of the best iron resources in vegies and it helps digest the meat.
dont know about plants out of tanks,i wouldnt try it because you never know whats in them can be bad can be good,i think it is a bit of a gamble

[Andrew Soh]

I tried mixing duckweed...no harm done....as to other aquatic plants...only spirulina :wink:

Andrew

[aussieorchid]

Thanks for the replies. As with disease worries from fresh water plants I would only use the plants from the current discus tank so that should not be a problem. I will maybe do a small batch with the plants and see how it does. I figure it has to be better than say spinach which a discus would never find in the wild but fresh water plants would be there for the picking.