C. Nigripinnis Eating Problems

[Ken Tompkins <ken at loki_stockton.edu>]

I purchased a fine pair of C. Nigripinnis over a month
ago. They produced eggs shortly after I got them.

Since then she seems to be getting thinner and thinner.
He harasses her a bit when I introduce food but she
gets some anyway.

They eat frozen blood worms and live brine shrimp. They
do not eat white/grindal worms or fruit flies. The latter
float actively on the surface and he rises to take them but
never gets them. Just tonight I put in white worms' both
pick them up but spit them out immediately.

I am trying to supply a balanced and varied diet but
most of what I give them they don't eat. I don't want
to loose her; he seems in fine shape.

Suggestions on how to get them to eat anything but bloodworms
and brine shrimp? Or is that enough?

kt

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Ken Tompkins
Professor of Literature
Richard Stockton College of NJ
ktomkin at earthlink_net
Wharram Percy -- Deserted Medieval Village at:
http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/wharram/wharram.htm

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