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  1. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

  2. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    Thanks for the selcon heads up. I have read that the brine shrimp loosing there nutritiousness is an old way of thinking that the brine shrimp don't loose there nutrition value but just that the amount of fattiness is higher as they are fresh hatched and that fattiness get converted into protein...
  3. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    Maybe you could put the worms in a little shallow dish to prevent the worms from digging in to the gravel. Read more: http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/index.php?threads/fish-not-eating.12665/#ixzz1zVqei4R0 I just had this Idea after I just fed them just know. Unfortunately the female hides...
  4. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    That is also interesting to know about the conditioning of the female to get her to lay more eggs.
  5. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    Yes I did try feeding them some Red Worms from my compost. I put them in a container over night with some damp napkins and then fed them the next day the worms. One was a little to long I think but he ate it. The female got one also that was a little big but she sucked it right down. One of the...
  6. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    I always thought red worms where just Harlequin fly or Midge Fly larva and there for not really sustainable as a home farmed fish food. Thanks for the info I will be looking into Lumbricus Rubellus. I have thought also about using my compost worms but at the same time always was afraid that I...
  7. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    Ya thanks. I have gotten some red worms for them and have been feeding them Baby brine shrimp for the time being. They go nuts for the Baby brine shrimp. I started a bunch of brine shrimp to grow out in a tub and am looking around for some white worms to start some cultures of. I guess Grindal...
  8. David Tucker

    Fish not eating

    Hey I am new to Apisto fish. I just got a pair of Triple red Cacatu and they wont eat flake food. They will come up and suck it into there mouth and then spit it out. I have some salad shrimp in the fridge and so I put a couple tiny pieces of this in there tank and they where wary of it at first...
  9. David Tucker

    Hey hows it going

    Hey, what is up, I am Dave and I live in Eugene Oregon. I have a 110 gallon tank, filled with more Firemouth than I want, and a 30 gallon with a pair of Cacatu Triple red, that I hope will start breeding at some point and then I will have more of them than I want. I have had the Firemouth for...
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