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Re: Live Foods Digest V2 #133
> Rhonda-
Thanks for the advice. I'd love to swap some plants for gammarus, but where do you live.
I live in Salisbury, MD.
Carlos
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:26:18 -0600
> From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
> Subject: Re: Gammarus
>
> Non-member submission from [Rhonda Wilson <rhondawi at m6_sprynet.com>]
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:47:55 -0700
> From: Rhonda Wilson <rhondawi at m6_sprynet.com>
> To: Live-Foods at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: Gammarus
>
> Carlos,
>
> > Can anyone tell me how to culture gammarus. Is it possible to keep them
> in a
> > very heavily planted tank with some fish? I'd love to have them reach an
> > equilibrium in which they reproduce at the same rate as they are eaten.
>
> I find that it is pretty easy to keep them that way unless you have a
> particularly good
> hunter in there. But I have to warn you, if you have Java moss they will
> strip it.
> Otherwise I haven't had any problems with them and other plants and they
> will eat hair
> algae. In fact that's what I feed my other cultures of them on.
>
> I have some in my tanks but I also keep some in 2 gallon plastic
> containers. I just use
> water and throw in hair algae or other plant cuttings.
>
> > Realizing that this will probably not work, I wouldn't mind dedicating a
> 10
> > gallon tank, but I need some help on how to do it. Oh ya, I also need a
> starter
> > culture. Anyone willing to swap some plants or some Malaysian Trumpet
> Snails
> > for some gammarus?
>
> Well the last thing I need is more snails. :) But I would swap you some
> plants.
>
> Rhonda
>
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