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You can feed any vegetable, but blanching them in boiling water first will cell structure so that the shrimps and fish can eat them more easily. You can feed unblanched vegetables, but it will take a lot longer before the veg is soft enough for any shrimp or fish to start eating. By which time the veg is already rotting and would have lost most of it's nutrition. Cucumbers are mostly water, and is less nutritious than say a carrot or Zucchini. You can also try spinach, potato, capsicum, ... virtually any vege you and I can eat. Just blanch them in boiling water for 3-5 minutes first.

Hi all, I just got back into shrimp keeping after a long break. This guy was sold as an Orange Eyed Tiger, was hoping to get confirmation.

Hey guys just wanted to ask a question also to let you know how things are going. My tank is looking great out of the 13 original blue dream/velvet shrimp I bought I have 6 left they are doing great and have produced lots of fry I now have a colony of 30 plus. I have gotten 6 oculus affins and they are doing well from what I see the shrimp are actually approaching them and they don’t care about them anyways my question is can I feed them a slice of cucumber or do I need to give it a pre cook first. I’d send a picture but can’t clear the forum pic memory and can’t work out how to do it.

Great news that all is going well and you are getting shrimplets! Long may it continue and thanks for the update. I would soften the cucumber by cooking it for a few minutes in the microwave in some water, and make sure there isn't anything else on it. Make sure it is organically grown cucumber (or any other fresh produce/vegetables). You may need to reduce the file size of any photos you are trying to upload it (under 1mb)?