Re: feed krib fry

["Mr. Drew" <hon@charm.net>]

Has anyone tried Spirulina? I have a tank with some Panamanian
sturisoma fry and some firemouth fry. The baby firemouths seem
to be doing very well. The sturisomas are not dead yet.

Drew.

Helen Burns wrote:
> 
> John,
> I would avoid the use of cucumbers in a tank unless you are feeding
> vegetarians.  Why, because it can very quickly cause an infusoria bloom in a
> tank.  Left in a tank uneaten it will quickly mess up the filter(s) with a
> gooie slime.  The species I know that will eat cucumber (livebearers)
> Ilyoden xantusi, almeca splendens, (Catfish) Rineloricara and ancistrus
> species.  (Cichlids) Uaru and Heros species.  I breed Uaru and Heros severus
> and I use cucumber and lettuce every day in those tanks but these species
> are so greedy all is eaten very quickly.  By all means give it a try but I
> think you will be wasting your time, as I mentioned before I have never seen
> apisto or pelvicachromis species eating cucumber.
> Oh! one good use for putting a small slice of cucumber in a tank is to catch
> those menacing snails.  Pop in tank last thing at night, in the morning the
> cucumber will be covered in snails, lift this out before tank lights are
> switched on.  Repeat as required.
> A Happy Healthy New Year to All
> Lang may yer lum reek (translation if required)
> Helen
> 
> From: John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
> > I didn't realize that people used Cucumbers as a food for fish.  Always
> > good to know these kind of things.
> >
> > John
> 
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