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Re: [GSAS-Member] Free fish food, or trade



New Life Spectrum is available from most of the online suppliers like 
petsolutions.com and what not.   I know I've also seen it at Blue Sierra in 
Issaquah, but my shopping on that side of the mountains has been somewhat 
limited, so I'm not sure where else you can find it locally. So far, my fish 
have loved all but the therA formulas and the sinking wafers.  The grow formula 
is very high in protein and works great for conditioning my hypancistrus types. 
 

Hikari algae wafers are the preferred "veggie formula" wafer here, but aquadine 
"flake" (more of a crisps) is also readily accepted and comes in different 
formulations you can mix and match.

If you don't fertilize or use pesticides in your yard, worms collected there 
would be fine to use, according to posts where it was discussed in length on an 
old message board I  to frequented.  I was never able to find documentation for 
which types of fertilizer could make it dangerous to our fish though, as many 
of the same components are in the plant fertilizer I add to my planted tank 
with no ill effects.  If anyone has any more input on the subject, it would be 
appreciated!

I may be driving over to the coast in a month or two, if anyone is interested 
in Queen Arabesque plecos, Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi, Synodontis petricola, or 
Cyprichromis leptosoma "utinta", feel free to contact me about them.

Barbie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Welenofsky 
  To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat' 
  Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:21 AM
  Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Free fish food, or trade


  Hi John:

  That's interesting about cottonseed meal. Maybe that's why my fish breed a
  lot. I just got my first batch of Placidochromis "Electra" fry, I'm guessing
  around 30. The "Daffodil" brichardi's should be fine with the Kenyi. How
  many should I set aside? I have plenty of them!

  As a non-fish item, in keeping with my African theme, I got a pair of giant
  black millipedes. They're really cool as they eat fruits and vegetables and
  don't bite. I'm not sure how they make in the jungles of West Africa since
  only exude a yellow nasty stuff which makes them taste bad or curl into a
  coil. Seems to me, they'd be a nice meal for some animal. But anyway,
  they're fun and I'm going to see if I can get them to breed.

  Susan

  -----Original Message-----
  From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
  [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of John Ruhland
  Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:40 PM
  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
  Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Free fish food, or trade

  Matt,
  I absolutely agree with you that homemade food is best for fish and 
  other animals including people. I'm sure there are a lot of byproducts 
  in fish food. I noticed cottonseed meal. That causes sterility in human 
  men. Since humans are genetically very similar to fish, it could not be 
  good for our scaley friends. I got a good recipe for homemade fish food 
  from Susan. I'll be trying that as soon as I have a little extra time. 
  In the meanwhile, I'm trying to find a food the fish like, AND that 
  will hopefully work in an automatic feeder, in case I need to use one 
  sometime.


  New Life Spectrum large fish formula is a slowly sinking pellet that 
  fish tend to really love. It also enhances the yellows and reds, 
  guaranteed. I feed quite a bit of it.
  Barbie
  Barbie, where can I get that food?

  Betty, thank you for your tips. My plectostamus's did NOT seem to like 
  the Wardley sinking algae tablets, so I'm currently trying the Hikari, 
  and will try the Tetra ones you recommend, which I ordered today.

  Sandy, I'll be happy to give you the Hikari Cichlid Excel. I'll just 
  keep a bit, and store it in the freezer, to try for future fish I might 
  get. Are you going to the next GSAS meeting?

  Thank you for all of your responses. That should save me quite a bit of 
  time and money experimenting. By the way, all of my fish seem to love 
  bloodworms. Regarding earthworms, do we need to worry about any 
  diseases if we feed worms from our yard to our fish?
  John







  On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:25 AM, matt kaufman wrote:

  > Until you can get a legitimate guaranteed analysis on the fish food 
  > bag (you know, of course, that there's really not governing body that 
  > oversees the claptrap fish food manufacturers print on their 
  > packaging? There's no expiration dates, nor can you be comfortable 
  > with their list of ingredients), you might as well make your own food, 
  > it's substantially cheaper, you have more confidence in the 
  > ingredients, fish love it. I used to make catfood-based fish food for 
  > years and fed it to big cichlids.
  >
  > I'll leave it as an exercise in web surfing to find home-made fish 
  > food recipes, they've been discussed on the net for at least the past 
  > 17 years. I imagine Erik has some archived on the krib somewhere.
  >
  > Also, hopefully the fish described are in separate tanks, otherwise 
  > that Oscar will have a varied diet, indeed.
  >
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  Dr. John F. Ruhland
  The Natural Health Medical Clinic
  4002 - 25th Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98108
  206-723-4891
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