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Freshwater Aquaria - Freshwater aquaria in general.
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Posted by Lisa on March 13, 2005, 8:15 pm
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Hello,
Being a fairly new aquarium owner, of course I want to feed my fish
great food. My plan was to alternate frozen bloodworms with frozen
brine shrimp and a high-quality flake food. (Fast day every Wed.)
The bloodworms and brine shrimp I bought in frozen "gumdrops" packages
from my LFS - impressive ease of storage and delivery, I thought. All
the fish scarf up the bloodworms, and the flake seems to be received
OK, but every *single* fish in my tank performs the famous "patooie"
maneuver - i.e., spits out - the brine shrimp! They don't seem to care
for the BS at all. Why do they do this? I thought Brine Shrimp were a
delicacy that would be eaten with relish.
I don't want to risk fouling the water with uneaten brine shrimp.
(Although my water readings are 0-0-10 with Am./Nitrite/Nitrate) Should
I stop feeding the BS? Keep feeding the BS? Switch to live BS from my
LFS?
For the record, my setup is as follows:
2 male Dwarf Gouramis
6 cory cats
1 juvenile angelfish (US nickel-sized, 1-in. body)
in a 50-gallon bowfront that is about 3 months old (cycled *I think*
with Biospira.)
Both gouramis and the angelfish are performing the "patooie" maneuver
on the Brine Shrimp. I haven't observed what the corys do with it - if
anything.
Thanks for any insights.
- Lisa
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Posted by Ozdude on March 13, 2005, 9:49 pm
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> The bloodworms and brine shrimp I bought in frozen "gumdrops" packages
> from my LFS - impressive ease of storage and delivery, I thought. All
> the fish scarf up the bloodworms, and the flake seems to be received
> OK, but every *single* fish in my tank performs the famous "patooie"
> maneuver - i.e., spits out - the brine shrimp! They don't seem to care
> for the BS at all. Why do they do this? I thought Brine Shrimp were a
> delicacy that would be eaten with relish.
I use dried brine shrimp pellets because the frozen stuff is too expensive
for me, but the same thing happens in my mainly Tetra tank. They will ignore
the brine until there is nothing else to eat.
I have a sword and Gourami too and I've noticed over the months that in
order of preference my fish like this:
Live Mosquito larvae (frantic dashing to get these)
Frozen Blood worm (less frantic, but still a tank wide feeding frenzy)
Tropical Veggie flake
Tropical Protein flake
Multi-vitamin floating pellets
Hikari sinking disc
Hikari sinking algae wafer
Dried Brine Shrimp pellet
Given the mix of fish you have I think frozen blood worm and flakes should
be enough to give them a varied enough diet and keep their bellies full ;)
Oz
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Posted by Angrie.Woman on March 14, 2005, 9:33 am
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> I use dried brine shrimp pellets because the frozen stuff is too expensive
> for me, but the same thing happens in my mainly Tetra tank. They will
> ignore the brine until there is nothing else to eat.
>
DO pet shops sell live brine shrimp any more? I asked at two stores (chains,
because I can't find any LFS's here) and the young clerks looked at me like
I was speaking Chinese.
One of them did offer me a Sea Monkey type kit though.
A
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Posted by Victor Martinez on March 14, 2005, 9:34 am
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Angrie.Woman wrote:
> DO pet shops sell live brine shrimp any more? I asked at two stores (chains,
Good fish stores do.
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Posted by Angrie.Woman on March 14, 2005, 2:23 pm
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> Angrie.Woman wrote:
>> DO pet shops sell live brine shrimp any more? I asked at two stores
>> (chains,
>
> Good fish stores do.
The only "good" stores within a 45 minute drive here are marine fish only.
(Odd, because I live in a pretty densely populated suburb of Chicago.) But
anyway - do marine fish keepers have any use for them? I could try those
stores, I suppose.
A
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> from my LFS - impressive ease of storage and delivery, I thought. All
> the fish scarf up the bloodworms, and the flake seems to be received
> OK, but every *single* fish in my tank performs the famous "patooie"
> maneuver - i.e., spits out - the brine shrimp! They don't seem to care
> for the BS at all. Why do they do this? I thought Brine Shrimp were a
> delicacy that would be eaten with relish.