My DPs won't respond to tubifex ...?

[often dignified]

I'm kinda worried... I know they have knocked out most of the snail population in my tank... I haven't seen many snails in the last couple of weeks. I tried sticking some tubifex in on a toothpick, and nobody bit at it... they would look at it, but just turn away. One of them also has a sunken belly, so I don't think they're getting much food. What is something they will definitely respond to? Blackworms? I have some dried baby shrimp (Tetra brand), they didn't respond to that either.

Thanks

 

[cdawson]

frozen bloodworms, although chances are if they have sunken bellies you should treat them for internal parasites.
discomed by aquatronics (I think that's the company's name) will be what you're going to use.
DPs won't eat any amount of dried, freeze dried or flake foods. Strictly blood worms and live blackworms. Maybe brine shrimp, but I'm not sure on that. I never fed mine brine shrimp, just frozen blood worms.

 

[jread]

Originally posted by cdawson
frozen bloodworms, although chances are if they have sunken bellies you should treat them for internal parasites.
discomed by aquatronics (I think that's the company's name) will be what you're going to use.
DPs won't eat any amount of dried, freeze dried or flake foods. Strictly blood worms and live blackworms. Maybe brine shrimp, but I'm not sure on that. I never fed mine brine shrimp, just frozen blood worms.

Can't really add much to what you said

 

[cdawson]

Originally posted by jread


Can't really add much to what you said

oh yes you can,

don't forget a steady diet of snails!

 

[jread]

Originally posted by cdawson


oh yes you can,

don't forget a steady diet of snails!

lol, well of course. I just meant as far as trying to get one to start eating

You need to come over to the dwarf puffer site and give some advice to people