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Re: Food problems
Hi Guys,
To Yvan point I agree, what do you have to loose? I also found that
sometimes competition for food stimulates a survivor instinct..keep on
trying different things until, hopefully, you hit on the right solution.
good luck
sal
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----- Original Message -----
From: Frode Johansen <frode.johansen@bio.uio.no>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Food problems
> Hi Yvan
>
> I've tried both to not give them food for two days, and also to add BBS
> together with other food. No results.
> They are alone in the tank. Maybe adding some other fish is a good idea.
>
> - Frode -
>
> At 09:36 13.03.01 -0800, you wrote:
> >hi frode,
> >i was wondering, are your tastefull fish alone in a tank? Because i would
> >say that competition on food would make them eat whatever you give them.
If
> >you add other apisto in the same tank that already eat worms or whatever
> >else it would i think encourage those juvenile to do the same.
> >If you want to keep them alone, what about kind of forcing them to eat by
> >starving them a day or two? I don't know what you all think but at some
> >point animal have survival reflexes and won't let themself starved to
death.
> >Another solution might be to progressively change the food by adding with
> >the BBS very small amount of another food sothat they get use to the
smell,
> >the taste of it and seing it.
> >Here are my 2 cents.
> >Hope you'll find a solution
> >
> > FLI USA
> >
> >Yvan Alleau
> >712 Kings boulevard
> >97330 Corvallis, Oregon
> >home # 738-0606
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> >Oregon State University
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> >yalleau@oce.orst.edu
> >
> >"When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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