> Pierre, I don't think you could starve the blackbandeds long enough to get
> them to eat flake food.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PGagne2000_at_aol.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 7:18 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- Flake food for fussy fish
>
>
> > I have found a way to indirectly feed my black-banded sunfish flake
> food.
> >
> > I bought a bag of guppies at a recent club auction for one dollar,
> about
> > twentyfive fish of different sizes. I knew the seller, so trusted their
> > health, and didn't quarantine them. For lack of a better place, into
the
> > tank of Enneacanthus chaetodon they went.
> > The 30 gal. sunfish tank is densely planted with hornwort and
> > vallisneria. It is unheated, but rarely drops below 65 degrees. The 15
> > sunfish will not eat flake (perhaps I have to starve them longer that I
am
> > willing to). They are small, about 1 and 3/4" long, wild-caught in
> October.
> > I expect they would be bigger if I could feed them more than once a day.
> > After seeing a couple of guppy fry the next day, I figured I would
> soon
> > have more of them than I would know what to do with. Three days later,
no
> > fry could be found, in spite of the heavy plant cover they had. Also,
the
> > smallest of the new guppies were missing. I was thrilled to realize
that
> I
> > now had an additional food source for the sunfish that was fresh, served
> > intermittently 24 hours a day, and cost almost nothing!
> > I realize that this may be an old idea to many of you, but I had
never
> > heard of it and would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind mixing
> > disposable livebearers in with their native fish. I suppose in another
> year
> > the adult guppies will be dying out and I'll have to buy another bag
:-).
> > Pierre Gagne
> > Kensington, MD
> >
> >
>
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