Re: Fwd: Flakes and apistos

["Darren J. Hanson" <djhanson@calweb.com>]

>I've had apistos accept flakes readily, but they always seem to get thin 
>on it.  One local former breeder of apistos was really hot on earthworm 
>flakes, stating that his apistos will come to the surface for it--I 
>rarely see apistos go to the top for food.  A killifish friend of mine 
>said that earthworm flake has a lot of fat in it.  I tried earthworm 
>flake for a short time until I ran out of my initial supply and found 
>that the apistos seem to like it.  I did not use it long enough to tell 
>you about the long-term effects, but the local former breeder of apistos 
>seemed to be producing a lot of apistos and in good quantity.

Hi Ed, Kaycy here;

I had fed my apistos for almost a year with the earthworm flake and found
they enjoyed it quite a bit. I too, got good batches of fry and very healthy
fry and adults! I would start the fry on the live baby brine until they were
approximately 2 weeks old. I would then change them over to the crushed
earthworm flake and I could see a difference in the growth of the fry once
switched over. I used it on all my other fry as well after this.

It is a good product and I have only found one place to get it and it is
more expensive than regular flake.

Talk to you at PCCA.