My husband and I bought and set up a freshwater tank for our family a while ago. I am now constantly on the net researching and learning about our fish. I love them all and they seem to be doing well...a few casualties, but nothing lately. We have a bit of everything....rainbows (6), tetras (3), neons(4), barbs (2), gouramis (5), algae eaters (2), clown loaches(5), black ghost, pair of kribs, pair of green severum, and a pair of dwarf chiclid. Oh, and an albino rainbow. They all get along great. (Yes, we have a very large tank!) Anyways, everything I've read says to mix the diet up a bit to add variety and such. I feed them flakes, shrimp pellets, wafers (sinking and algae) and frozen brine shrimp, frozen bloodworm, and a frozen "emerald delight". I would like to add some other food into their diets....I've read about veggies, and live worms and such....not sure which veggies to use, or how to put them in the tank. Also, where would I get live food from? Should I get feeder fish, or shrimp...? Any info would be great!
feeding fresh?
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Nothing introduces diseases and parasites into your aquarium like feeder fish bought from the petstore! Avoid them like the plague!
I breed my own feeders for the times I want to use them.
If you do want to buy live foods, try insects like crickets or worms (my oscar loves earthworms I dig in the yard).
Those neons will eventually become Green Severum food unless they are really good at hiding.
I breed my own feeders for the times I want to use them.
If you do want to buy live foods, try insects like crickets or worms (my oscar loves earthworms I dig in the yard).
Those neons will eventually become Green Severum food unless they are really good at hiding.
it's a 100gal. the neons hide really well....though honestly, I like the bigger fish better so if they do become food in the long run, it won't matter so much. The tank was set up in nov., cycled, and then we've been slowly adding fish. If some of our fish outgrow the tank, we'll get a new one...we already discussed it when we bought this one.
About breeding your own feeder.....guppies, goldfish? what kind of setup do you have for them?
About breeding your own feeder.....guppies, goldfish? what kind of setup do you have for them?
I am breeding Convict Cichlids for my feeders. The general suggestion is to breed a single pair of them in something like a 20 gallon long, with another aquarium ready to transfer the babies into when they get large enough to be on their own or are in danger of being eaten by their parents the next time they spawn.
I am sort of breaking the rules, because I am breeding a single pair in a 15 gallon . I am getting away with this because my breeding pair are tiny (less than 2 inches) and that breeding pair has a home in another aquarium ready for them when they are done with another spawning.
I am sort of breaking the rules, because I am breeding a single pair in a 15 gallon . I am getting away with this because my breeding pair are tiny (less than 2 inches) and that breeding pair has a home in another aquarium ready for them when they are done with another spawning.
Whew! Well, that's better than a 55g, that's for sureL_Aird said:
You have no idea how many new people post here with a load like that in a 55g tank.
What kind of bows do you have?
Roan
I have Boesemani, Turquoise, and another that I'm not sure what it's name is....where i bought it, they called it a new breed....at another store, they called it a hybrid.....it beautiful though....like the Boesemani, but brilliant red at the back, instead of yellow, but not fully red, like the New Guinea, unless they haven't come fully into their colour yet.
Nod nod, hope they weren't selling the "new breed" under some scientific name as that would be illegal. Actually, I think calling it a new breed isn't right either. It's either a hybrid or a true rainbowfish, not bothL_Aird said:
Roan