I was really concerned about this because they were not eating enough when I
tried to feed bloodworms and mosquito larvae (frozen).
Then, I stopped by the seafood dept in wal-mart and got some raw oysters
pre-shucked in a jar. Yuck. I bought some anyway because they were pretty
inexpensive. I chopped them up along with some shrimp tails and washed the
resulting mess.
I put it in the tank and WHAM! The fish love it. In fact, the varigate
darter actually fights with a larger green-side darter for choice morsels.
I have even seen the variagate take food out of the greenside's mouth.
So, the questions are:
Anyone tried this before? Any pitfalls I should be aware of? I vary the
diet to include frozen mosquito largae and bloodworms, which the daters all
eat (including the variagate to and extent)
Geoff Kimber
Lexington,KY
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