Need to pick between pygmy livebearers and Pygmy sunfish
#2 Guest_EricaWieser_*
Posted 14 May 2013 - 05:20 PM
- Thawed frozen bloodworms (midge larvae), which I bought for $5 for 30 cubes at Petsmart. They cost about $10 a month to feed if you use this food.
- Live grindal worms. Culture instructions can be found on post #55 of http://forum.nanfa.o...ks/page__st__40
- Black worms, which my local pet store sold alive for $2 a bag. I don't think most pet stores sell them alive, so I should mention that elassoma will also eat black worms frozen. They are a true aquatic worm, so they will live in the tank until eaten. The con to this is that you don't get to food-tame your fish. If they can eat without your big human head being present at the glass, they will. They will be the shyist fish you've ever seen if you feed them with in-tank food. But also the lowest maintenance (just dump in worms when they run low, for example once a month). Pros and cons. Also, leeches can contaminate live blackworm bags. They will eat more blackworms than your Elassoma do.
- Microworms: the baby Elassoma eat them, and they're easy to culture (see post #55 in above link)
- Baby brine shrimp: I never got mine to eat them, but other people claim they do
- Frozen tubifex worms: my Elassoma wouldn't touch them.
- Rotifers, Moina, Daphnia: if you can culture them, they work. I couldn't.
Edited by EricaWieser, 14 May 2013 - 05:22 PM.
#3 Guest_Joshaeus_*
Posted 14 May 2013 - 09:36 PM
Ah, don't worry - I am going to be starting a microworm culture irregardless of which fish I chose and perhaps a culture of a larger species if necessary (I had assumed that adult pygmy sunfish also ate microworms - I will need this to be verified). Anyhow, my local pet store can carry frozen krill - would that work as a supplement to live food?Do not get Elassoma unless you are prepared to take care of their special dietary needs.
#4 Guest_EricaWieser_*
Posted 15 May 2013 - 04:16 PM
I have never tried frozen krill.Ah, don't worry - I am going to be starting a microworm culture irregardless of which fish I chose and perhaps a culture of a larger species if necessary (I had assumed that adult pygmy sunfish also ate microworms - I will need this to be verified). Anyhow, my local pet store can carry frozen krill - would that work as a supplement to live food?
I don't think adult Elassoma eat microworms. I made a video of size reference of microworms and Elassoma. Here it is. You can see microworms are way smaller than adult pygmy sunfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11INprtkeXM
Edited by EricaWieser, 15 May 2013 - 04:17 PM.
#8 Guest_bflowers_*
Posted 17 May 2013 - 10:02 AM
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