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RE: Cyprinodon veronicae
Hi Nonn
Have you found out what the austraile was eating before it got to you? About
3 months ago I got FIL from the Rep. of Benin. I tried everything for over
2 weeks until my friend who bred them told me to try Tetra flakes, as he fed
this daily. It worked! These fish eat everything now. They look more like
puffers than Killies. I also raised the temperature to about 80 degrees and
added 1 teaspoon salt per gallon.
Have you tried raising the temp or adding salt. If I can't get a fish to
eat(other than Nothos) I usually toss in Daphnia. Just about everything
eats live Daphnia. I raise it just for this purpose.
I might like to make a comment to everyone who breeds and sells killifish.
We rarely omit the collection code but we almost always forget to mention
what the fish were eating when we sell them.
Its not all the sellers fault. When we buy fish we also often forget to ask
what the fish were eating or how much salt was in the water. We also forget
to test the water in which the fish arrive. I have a trio of FOR which would
only take frozen bloodworms and frozen brine shrimp when I got them. They
even ignored live white worms! I bet I can guess what they were being fed.
They too have now adapted to a wider variety of foods.
Good Luck
-RJ-
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Nonn Panitvong
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:38 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Cyprinodon veronicae
Hello,
Wright wrote:
>>Rather than mops, I have done better with a big wad of
>>pulled-loosely-apart filter floss (polyester pillow stuffing from WalMart)
>>for a spawning medium. Let it rest on the bottom, and one dominant male
>>will often "take possession" and guard it.<<
Will this method work with Jodanella floridae?
>>Thawed frozen zucchini slices will be chewed to nothing in a day or so. I
>>throw all green filamentous algae from other tanks in with my pupfish.<<
I will try the zucchini. I have been feeding my J. floridae Algae waffers
from Hikari and they really like it. The waffers is a lot less messier than
the real algae, too. I will try this on the pupfish and will report the
result.
BTW, my male AUS still alive and not eating. He have been under Maracyn two
treatment for the fifth day now. :^(
Thanks,
Nonn Panitvong
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