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cheirodon

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OK, this one comes because the more I read, the weirder it gets.

I tipically feed my guppys flake food. And I suppose flakes are the most common food for general fishkeeping. Also some freeze dried Red Grubs, which are more of a Betta food, but my critters aren't picky, and I like to vary the diet.

Then I started with the mosquito larvae, at almost all stages of growth. My fish are rabid about these. Then came mosquitoes, real, live, fat ones, electrically stunned. Ends up I'm feeding my own blood to my fish, ARGH! :eek:

Now I found out that the still water were I get my larvae, also contains vividly red worms, up to 1/4 inch in length. They too get devoured without hesitation. :D

Then I heard about Brine Shrimp, which need cultivation(?)

...and Pasta, yes, spaghetti, uncooked! I tried it with a small 2 inch section, and the whole gang went nuts with it, although I fail to see any nutrtious value in pasta :eek:

Then came the egg yoke, which I haven't tried, but is said to aid the coloring. I haven't the foggiest how to feed this one to them, or if it's really worth it.

Bits of lettuce, they told me. You have to give them vegetables! Carrots? Potatos? This is getting ridiculous... :crazy:

Ana has talked about frozen peas, Precooked? Shelled? Purpose?

Chicken liver and cow heart are the latest suggestions :X

In short, although I'm sure flake foods provide most of what my fish need, I would like to hear the variations on this subject, and straighten out some of the info that goes around. Is it worth it to spend sinnful amounts of time hunting down bugs? and the "transfusions"?

I guess I'm just fullfilling my human profile as hunter/gatherer: I gather fish and hunt bugs! :hyper:

Does this make me a fishaholic, or is this a deviation? :lol:
 
Some fish, such as mollies need vegis in their diet. Usually they eat algea in teh wild, but you have to substite this with lettace and peas. You have to precook and shell teh peas so they are easier to eat. Egg yolk provides fat and protien for growing fry, but I only feed it to fry, gets too expensive and dirty to feed to everyone. Live misqitoe larvea is very healthy for the fish, accually any food live is healthy. Bloodworms are very nutrisious for fish, and I wouldn't exactly feed my fish live, blood filled misqitoes. Brine shrimp aren't the most nutriciose food on earth for fish, but I feed it anyways. You don't have to feed all this stuff along with the flakes, maybe 1 or two.
Ron
 
How do you feed the egg yolk? do you just float it? or must it be cooked somewhat?
 
cheirodon said:
How do you feed the egg yolk? do you just float it? or must it be cooked somewhat?
You feed the yolk of a boiled egg. As ron said, it is really good for small fry as it is high in protien :)
 
:lol: My goldfish love bits of boiled shrimp and lobster. Raw lean steak, too. They eat pretty well, don't they? :lol:
 
lgreenmk said:
Ummm....did you see Little Shop of Horrors :lol: ? Just kidding :D
Yes, that's my main concern. I may wake up one day and not recognize meself in the mirror! ;)

I did stop the bloody mosquitoes part. I'm quite sure I must be breaking some rule in some religion or other... :(
 
:lol:
All you do is take a little bit of cooked yolk, take a tooth pick and stir it up. Then tanke a little 'mush' and put it in the water.
Ron
 

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