NANFA-L-- crappie feeding correction


Subject: NANFA-L-- crappie feeding correction
From: Bob Bock (bockhouse-in-earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 10:04:31 CST


Excuse me. I meant to say, "give the feeders a high quality pellet before feeding..."
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net>
Sent: Dec 14, 2004 10:58 AM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: NANFA-L-- crappie feeding

When I kept piscivorous fish, I'd just give them one or two feeders per fish per day. If you dump a lot of feeders in, they get greedy, and then the waste they produce overwhelms the bio filter and they get sick. It might be a good idea to set up a ten gallon or so tank for the feeders. An added benefit is that you can give the feeders a high quality just before feeding them to the crappies. In theory, the crappies will benefit from the nutrient content of the food that the feeders have just eaten. FYI, also, I soak pellets before feeding, so that they don't expand in the fishes stomach and kill it. I Don't know if dry pellets in the feeder fish's stomach would cause problems for the predator, but, I've never wanted to chance it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kudzu <kudzu-in-kudzupatch.com>
Sent: Dec 13, 2004 10:30 AM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Photos of my tank

LOL. Well I have ate a few Crappie in my day.

I added 15 (+/-) feeder goldfish in the tank. There was an instant
difference in the behavior! They came out of the plants and a couple
actually got aggressive toward the feeders. The smallest one, and it was the
thinnest one of them was very active. He was not a good hunter but he sure
tried! :-)

I went to bed and the lights went out with 7 feeders left in the tank. Woke
up with none left.

Jeff <*\\><

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bock
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 7:32 AM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Photos of my tank

With those beautiful, graceful crappies, I don't think you'll need to add
any other fish. It's nice to see someone appreciate them outside of a
frying pan.

> [Original Message]
> From: Kudzu <kudzu-in-kudzupatch.com>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 12/12/2004 2:30:41 PM
> Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Photos of my tank
>
>
> Do you have any plans to add other fish?
>
> Joseph,-in-them moment I don't have any plans for more fish. Actually
didn't
> plan on these. They just came along and I figured what the heck. This
tank
> will be replaced with a 125 gallon sometime in the near future. Might be
> spring, just depends on when I finish construction on the house and can
get
> my wood shop setup and build the stand and hood. I might move this tank to
> my office? Just depend.
>
> If you have some extra plants in your tank I am always looking for
something
> new. Email me off list and maybe we can work out something.
>
> Jeff <*\\><
>
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