Re: [Killietalk] Anyone using commercial red crumb food (Tim Addis)

[Fred Behrmann <athensaquatics at juno_com>]

Hi Earl,   I never had any success with cyclops in any state. My killies
won't even eat live cyclops. Don't know why but it's a fact.    Fred 
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:09:21 -0500 "Earl Blewett" <micro at earlblewett_net>
writes:
> Dear FishFolk,
> 
>  
> 
> Reading the cyclopeeze posting got me curious about how many people 
> use the
> commercially milled red crumb food from Tim Addis in the UK?
> 
>  
> 
> I use the fine powder (and grind it smaller with a mortar and 
> pestle) for
> all my fry, killies, halfbeaks and rainbows. I use two larger grades 
> for
> almost all my fish.  Dario dario, Badis corycaeus and E. evergladei 
> don't
> take it but nothos, lampeyes, Aphyosemons, cichlids, and inverts 
> like cherry
> shrimp, and snails all love it. 
> 
>  
> 
> I store the large bag in the freezer and have small containers at 
> room
> temperature. I feed a lot of live food but the red crumb is the 
> morning
> staple.  
> 
>  
> 
> I fed Nomorhamphus liemi (harlequin halfbeak livebearer) almost 
> entirely on
> this and had many healthy fry. 
> 
>  
> 
> Just curious to see how many people use this food. I have never had 
> much
> success with cyclopeeze.
> 
>  
> 
> Earl
> 
>  
> 
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Sincerely,
Fred Behrmann
Athens Aquatics
37 W. Bridge Street
Catskill, NY 12414    Phone:(518) 943-2630
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