Garlic or some other food that cories love should work...I've tried it on everyone---otos, L204 plecos, zebra danios, endlers, and the rescued cory. They all love it except, oddly enough, the cory, who doesn't seem very interested. When I put it in the endler/oto tank, they swarm!
Pongo said that her Africans go crazy for it: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225714Hmmm...
I wonder if this would work in an African tank.. ?
I may have to give that a try.Garlic or some other food that cories love should work...
So far, in my experience, it gets eaten before it breaks up. I've had it in the tank for several days without a problem---sometimes I've gotten a bit carried away with how much I put in, and there's a limit to how much the otos can stuff into their little tummies each day.How long will this last in a tank before it turns into a tank polluter?
Yes, I had lots of recipes for inspiration. There's nothing ground-breaking about my mix, it's just convenient. Agar has some advantages over gelatin---plant source, gels at room temp---and it's nice to have a pre-mixed powder that I can prepare in small batches as needed.I have made food of a similar consistency...
That has been my experience as well. As far as I can tell, the "fine bits" are mostly... uh... "processed." I generally don't see pieces of uneaten food getting spread around.The thing about foods without animal protein, in my experience, is that while they appear very messy - fine bits of food everywhere - they don't cloud the water or actually create any pollution, water quality wise.
Thanks!Cello, I do hope you have great success with this food! It seems fabulous. I'm too busy right ATM to make any fresh food but I hope to order some from you soon, maybe the next time around
I chose spirulina and spinach for their high nutrient content, but of course a mix of fresh veggies would be better. I just don't have time to prep veggies regularly, so this is the next best thing I could find. The nice thing is that (like all gel foods) you can add whatever you want when you prepare it. The spirulina is a really impressive dark green, so I guess that means it has lots of chlorophyll?Have you considered adding anything like wheatgrass juice or other "green" juices to your mix?
Yep! When you buy supplements like "liquid chlorphyll" or some such, they're usually from alfalfa, algae (like spirulina or chlorella) wheatgrass or barley grass. So I'm sure your mix has a lot of chlorophyll already.The spirulina is a really impressive dark green, so I guess that means it has lots of chlorophyll?
I'm curious on this aspect as well. Not so much as a tank polluter but more so as to remaining a "semi-solid" and not dissolving in the water.How long will this last in a tank before it turns into a tank polluter?