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Re: Live Foods Digest V2 #67
Bentley Christie says...
>Hi,
>I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried aquatic isopods as fish food?
>For those who aren't familiar with isopods, they are small crustaceans
>related to scuds (Amphipoda) that crawl on the bottom and/or along submerged
>vegetation. They are typically about 0.5-1.5cm long. This is the same
>group as the terrestrial woodlice (sow bugs, pill bugs, basketball bugs)
>and look quite similar.
>I've seen them fed quite successfully to a goldfish, but have not tried
>them with other large bodied fish--they are too big for my guppies.
>They seem like a great food source since they seem to be prolific
>breeders in my little backyard pond, and even if the fish don't
>immediately eat them all they can help to clean up the bottom of your
>tank by consuming old plant scraps and other waste.
>If anyone has tried raising these critters and/or fed them to fish could
>you please let me know.
I've seen them in small ponds in the woods about Ottawa. I read once
that if they are kept in hatching tanks with fertilized fish eggs, they will
eliminate any fungussed eggs, yet refrain from eating the viable ones.
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Dave Whittaker
ac554 at FreeNet_Carleton.ca