Re: Food problems

[Sal Silvestri <chas33@optonline.net>]

Hi Frode,
First of all congratulation on obtaining Iniradae, they're not readily
available.  I also found them to be finicky eaters, they had the same
requirements as the D. Filamentosa, to your point, they both LOVED baby
brine but after an acclimation period ( a couple of weeks)they both took
live daphnia, live brine shrimp and chopped up black worms.  I make my own
paste food, which all my other apistos love but the filamentosa & Iniradae
wouldn't touch it. .
 I found that feeding just baby brine doesn't have any adverse effect.. it's
just too expensive to feed all the time. Try live Brine shrimp & chopped
black worms,  also I'm surprised that they won't eat live daphnia, this
would concern me! Could they have internal parasites? that's the only time
I've experienced apistos eating just small amount/very small pieces.
Also, What's your water temperature?  they love it on the 80 degree range
and soft / acid water.
I hope this was of some help
good luck with them.

sal
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----- Original Message -----
From: Frode Johansen <frode.johansen@bio.uio.no>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: Food problems


> Hi.
> I have four juvenile A. inirida that won't eat anything else than live
baby
> brine shrimps.
> I want this guys to grow to mature size (of course), and I don't think
they
> will grow fast enough on just BBS. And what about when they become bigger?
> Will BBS then be good enough for them? They are about one inch now. I have
> had them for about two month.
> I've tried to give them frozen artemia, blood worms, beef heart and
> daphnia. They eat a little bit, and then they they start to spit it out.
> I've tried to give it whole or fine chopped but no different result.
> The only thing I've not tried is home made shrimp mix. Maybe I should try
> to make that?
> Any suggestions?
> And, one more thing: how can I sex them?
>
> - Frode -
>
>
>
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