Dario Dario (Scarlet Badis) feeding

matiller

matiller

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Does anyone have any experience with this fish and frozen foods? Here's a list of foods I'm wondering if they'll take to:
-frozen bloodworms (chopped up)
-frozen tubifex worms
-frozen baby brine shrimp (I'm currently feeding tank this)
-frozen daphnia
-frozen cyclops/copepods (heard of it, never saw it in person)
-frozen glassworms/mosquito larvae (are these too large?)

Also, has anyone heard of them eating pond snail eggs or crushed/live snail babies?
 
They are somewhat timid feeders, and don't always take to frozen/freeze dried foods. Mine ate live black worms (I painstakingly picked out the smallest black worms for it), and I'm sure they'd eat any kind of small live wormy things, but I had to spot feed it with a syringe because there were other fish in the tank. They are very, very tiny though, so just about any food that is tiny should work, and if they are tank-raised, they will probably take frozen/freeze dried foods.
 
Try live daphnia or BBS.
 
Ordered a daphnia pulex culturing kit from www.carolina.com's crustacean section. Can't wait to see how things'll go with it!
 
Neatfish said:
Where did you find a dario dario? I wanted one but could not find them.
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My LFS carries them sometimes, but none of the box stores do.
 
Grindals are the most easily cultured live food suitable for Darios. A sandwich sized tupperware kept at room temp full of moist potting soil can produce more than you'd ever need for a tank full of Darios, once it gets rolling. You will need to run two cultures for a short period while restarting a fresh one, something I do a couple of times a year.
 
I received my dario's from Mgamer, but I've found a few sites that do sell them, although the shipping is RIDICULOUS (minimum purchase of $24, $36+ shipping for 4-6 fish smh). I'm trying to locate about two or three more in case I lose any genders while I'm away (2 males, 1 possible female in 5g now-not sure).

I'm going to try frozen cyclops as soon as I can find it and see if that works. I just received my culture kit from www.carolina.com, super fast shipping! I believe I'll probably start the culture when I get back from my vacation instead of trying to travel with daphnia in water bottles lol.

@SubRosa I'm actually thinking about breaking down and doing that at some point and time. The only reason I ordered the daphnia was to see if they could live in the tank with all the fish, and keep a couple cultures going outside the tank to constantly replenish a steady amount. I believe my plants should be growing in even more by the time I get home, so there just may be enough hiding spaces for them by that time.
 
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