I've been using hornwort as a sort of floating feeder where I squirt the
food into it, which the redfin shiners are using too (which is good). As
well, on a place where food settles on a large piece of wood, but the
spotfin have figured this one out dangit. The banded killies will go for
food on the bottom (which is where the grazing happens) but I have had a lot
of trouble feeding any more than 4 or 5 blackstripe in a 100 gallon system
(which I'd like 10 or 15 for that empty space ;)
I'm currently keeping a 6 pack in robust form with all the extra fuss. I
sure miss them in the 30 gallon long though... I had 15 in there because the
top was almost the bottom. Bless those shallow tanks... :)
Todd
The Icy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Austin" <emasquinongy-in-yahoo.com>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- central mudminnow gravel consumption
> Mike,
>
> My guess is that the diet you provide your mudminnows is
superior....live and frozen foods are best...I was just trying to provide
something that was easy....although quite expensive. I swear the bag of
Hikari carnivore sinking pellets was around $15.00 whereas a similar sized
bag of any other pellet on the same rack was about $4.99. My brindled
madtom, golden shiners, and blackstripe topminnows all go crazy over those
pellets. It is only the mudminnows that have a tough time once they land on
the ground.
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