Re: The founding of a fish room and Apisto feeding

["Matt & Linda Crocker" <crockerm@peak.org>]

Alan,

    Grindal worms and daphnia are the first that come to mind, I have a
link to culture blackworms.  I have raised both daphnia and grindals,
but not the blackworms yet.  The grindals and daphnia are quite easy.
IMO daphnia are one of the best food to feed, they won't foul the water,
and the fish love them.  I can't raise them year round though, to cold
here.  You should be able to keep them going year round in CA.

Here is the blackworm link

http://www.carolina.com/tips/worm/worm.asp


I have a daphnia article too, I will send it to you if you want it.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Whitten" <caw18@bak.rr.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 9:28 PM
Subject: The founding of a fish room and Apisto feeding


> After months of lurking on this list, and drooling over the archives
at
> thekrib.com, I am nearly in a position to start aquiring and hopefully
> breeding Apisto's.
>
> A little background is needed I suppose.  My name is C. Alan Whitten,
and I
> work in Wasco, California as the City Engineer.  I have been keeping
fish on
> and off since I was about 11 years old.  Last year, I finally conviced
my
> wife that I got rid of the reef tank, I could have a rack of smaller
tanks
> in our spare bed rooms.  I put off building the rack for a few months
> because we had our house on the market, and I didn't feel like moving
a 10'
> long by 2.5' wide, by 6' tall tank rack.  Well as luck would have it,
our
> house didn't sell, and I began working on the rack in October of last
year.
> It was about finished when, lowe and behold, we had a buyer for our
house.
> So I got the fun of moving the 'fish stand'.
>
> There was one BIG bonus to moving however.  The house we bought in
Wasco had
> a complete mother-in-law quarter attached to the back of the house.
The
> room had a sink, stove, cabinets, and a 3/4 bathroom.  It was soon
declared
> to be my fishroom by the local Executive committe (aka, my wife).  The
> original tank rack is in there, as well as room for a few more tanks.
My
> tank rack is designed to hold up to 8-10 gallon tanks, 3 old pet's
mart
> tanks of 30 gallons each, and a 29 gallon tank.  My wife requested,
and I
> tried my best, to make it look like a nice piece of funiture.
>
> The only bad news was my wife was 8 months pregnant when we moved, and
she
> is due as of today.  So I didnt get a chance to pull the carpet up in
the
> room before I placed my tank stand in it, and started loading it up
with
> 4-10 gallon tanks.  Those 4 10 gallon tanks are nearly cycled, and in
a few
> weeks I hope to find 3 pairs of A. cacatuoides to start cutting my
teeth on.
> I still have to take into account that my first child will be born
sometime
> this week.
>
> Ok, enough background.... Here is my question:  I live in an area
where
> access to live food is farily limited.  I don't have a LFS that
carries live
> food less than an hour away.  What is my best option for live food
that I
> can grow for myself besides brine shrimp?
>
> Thanks,
> C. Alan
>
>
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