Re: [Killietalk] Comparing food sizes and values

[Brian Watters <bwatters at shaw_ca>]

The problem with microworms, even if they are very small, as a first food
for fish such as Aphyobranchius fry and also, I suspect, Poro. brichardi
fry, is that the microworms would end up on the bottom of the tank.
Certainly, Ahyobranchius fry will only feed at or very close to the water
surface. Most lampeyes also do not like eating off the base of a tank and
that probably would apply particularly to Poro. brichardi and myersi fry.
With all of these tiny fry it is important to have a bubble lift filter
(such as a small sponge filter) to keep the water moving very slightly and
thereby help to keep the micro-organisms at all levels in the water column
where they can be accessed by the fry.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of Sue & Charles Harrison
> Sent: July 8, 2008 11:19 AM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Comparing food sizes and values
>
>
> I would like to suggest Mike Hellweg's book on Live Food
> Culturing for ideas.
>
> Actually Microworms and their culture medium
> contains 4 maturing sizes of wiggling worms. The
> smallest is half the size of a Paramecium in
> length and smaller than Rotifers I have seen.
>
> The culture medium squirms with this wiggling
> mass for a day or more in most tank water and on
> the floor of the fry containers.
>
> Just a thought . . .
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