Re: Feeder fish

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

Colin writes:

> This is a question i posted with no response on the french ng. Part of a
>  dream.
>  I'd love to have a tank with for central host a pair of dwarf
>  crenicichla specie, regani for exemple.
>  I know these fish are mostly carnivorous, maybe thay can be fed with
>  classical live or frozen food, but it would or might be interesting to
>  feed them with live fishes also.
>  
>  So, if you had to chose a feeder fish that you would breed, what fish or
>  fishes would you chose, and what would be the set up you would make for
>  this.
>  
>  It might be a better question for larger crenicichla.
>  
>  Expecting ideas and experiences,
>  
Dwarf pikes are actually insectivores.  They will eat very small cichlid fry 
when available.  My feeder-fry of choice would be convicts.  Once they start 
breeding they don't stop for nothing.  They will give you a spawn every two 
weeks, and are excellent parents.  Pull the fry as you need them.  After a 
week of free-swimmng, move the parents to a second tank, and use up the fry 
before the next hatch is free-swimming.  Move the parents back and forth, and 
you will have a continuous supply.

Bob Dixon
Cichlid Trader List Administrator
http://cichlidtrader.listbot.com


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