Re: [Killietalk] Re: Roughage again! & Re: proper feeding

["beemster" <beemster at bestweb_net>]

Hi Joe,
  I have cultured them for several years now. Once had up to 4 thousand
(estimated at 20/sq inch of bottom area) in a ten gal tank before my
electricity went out for several hours. Lacking the strong
aeration....about 80% of them died. Larger killies will take them if they
can catch them. I use them primarily for angelfish and discus which will
spend hours hunting them down. I've seen discus blow water into crevices
trying to dislodge the gammarus into the open. 
........................................Ron Schulz  


>Speaking of macroinverts-anyone culture scuds? I have a tiny culture
>now that I hope to upgrade into a gammarus empire sometime in the
>future if I can find something that is truly suited to eating them(and
>a good container). They are kinda hard to harvest and feed out without
>scaring wary fish. However, they don't die off if you look at them
>wrong like daphnia do. I throw anything and everything in the critter
>keeper(3 gallon) fish pellets, snail, plant clippings, paper towels,
>crispy critters, culls, accidents, and other casualties also go in
>there. It all dissapears and a layer of detritus has formed. I
>accidentally introduced some leeches into the culture with blackworms
>and they are reproducing-but I haven't tried harvesting them as food
>for fish. They have a hard shell and when alarmed by a nipping fish,
>will swim remarkably fast...they are best for something  big enough to
>take them out in one crunch. They look promising for nothos though I
>haven't tried yet.
>
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