Steamed Yams is a hit with my pleco
After weeks and weeks of fearing my pleco wasn't eating anything but wood. I finally got around to introducing him to yams. He loved them....and so did everything else in my 14 gallon here is how i prepared them.
1.) buy a yam. This is probably the most important part of the process if you actually want to feed a yam to your pleco, having the yam is a MUST.
2.) using a vegtable peeler remove the skin of the yam being careful not to remove the skin of your fingers in th process
3.) Find a metal pasta strainer and a pot that can hold the strainer on the top of it
4.) Fill the pot with water, just enough were the water will not submerge any portion of the strainer.
5.) you need to boil the water now, so turn on the (right) burner and bring the water to a boil
6.) Dice up your peeled yam in to your desired portions and place it into the strainer.
7.) Place the strainer on top of the pot with the boiling water, and let it sit there until the yam become cooked and slightly mushy. Remember your stove must be turned on and the pot must be place on the correct burner, this will become a very slow process if those two guidlines are not met
8.) after the yam has been cooked you need to let it cool down before you feed it to your pleco, especially if you have obiese tiger barbs or some other variation of hoover vaccum motoring around your tank. feeding your fish a flaming yam is NOT RECOMENEDED.
9.) After the yams has cooled drop a chunk into your tank (it sinks) watch your fish go insane and wait for your jaw to drop.
10.) When your jaw has dropped, you should realise by then there will be nothing left to pull out of your tank the next day. and place the rest of the yam in a zip lock bag and freeze it.
11.) repeat when necessary
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