Re: NANFA-- Feeding live food

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:36:55 -0400

Christyn, I prefer to keep fish that eat pellets myself.
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From: "Chirstyn" <chirstyn_at_cogeco.ca>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Feeding live food

> Hi!
>
> I'm rather new to this list and this is my first post so if I've missed
some
> important step in the etiquette of posting or what not please feel free to
> knock me about the head. :)
>
> I've got a question: I've kept fish for years but I've always avoided
> fishes that ate "live food" like the plague. I have a problem with
feeding
> live food. I have been a vegetarian since I was twelve (grew up on a farm
> where all the "food" was named - gah!) and when it comes to feeding live
> food I've got some sort of mental block (I cannot even manage to feel baby
> brine shrimp).
>
> What I'm curious to know is... how do you do it? I'm sure that I would
be
> brought to tears merely by the image of one fish devouring another. I'm
> curious to know if anyone here as similarly wrestled with this issue and
> how, if at all, you succeeded in coming to terms with it. It took me ages
> to realize and accept the fact that I couldn't save all of the babies
bourn
> of my livebearers.
>
> I just don't know if I've got what it takes for the native thing if I
can't
> come to terms with feeding live food.
>
> Chirstyn

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