live food

[Tener ds]

hi,i was thinking about useing live blod worms and brine shrimp.
question is wot would happen if some of the food didnt get eaton?
would they die off or just live till eaton up.
bet the fish would love to hunt for there food.

 

[macvsog23]

Brine Shrimp will die quite fast as it lives in salt water Blood worm will live a few days

 

[Tener ds]

Brine Shrimp will die quite fast as it lives in salt water Blood worm will live a few days

ok,i know they come in bigish bags,i dont wont to add all at once,so how would i keep em?
i bet my rasboras would go nuts for em.
would diein blood worms give my tank water problems?

 

[Jimmy]

I put mine into a container and store them in the fridge.

 

[Tener ds]

I put mine into a container and store them in the fridge.

how long do they live for in the fridge then?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Brine shrimp you need to use when they are freshly "hatched" (BBS), or they don't have much food value. You really need to hatch your own, but it is quite a lot of bother and expensive unless you have a lot of fish to look after (probably breeding fish on a small business scale).

Bloodworm are very easy to care for, and will live for a long time in the fridge in very damp moss in a lidded margarine/Ice-cream carton or outside somewhere cool in a small amount of water with some dead leaves in it. Have you seen <http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2936> picturs areon page 2.

cheers Darrel

 

[bigbird]

Morning all,

Withthe warmer weather in Europe now, just get 2 buckets of water , fill with rain water and let set for 4-8 weeks. Leaves will fall in and some dirt etc and then you will get live food on mass. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Tener ds]

Morning all,

Withthe warmer weather in Europe now, just get 2 buckets of water , fill with rain water and let set for 4-8 weeks. Leaves will fall in and some dirt etc and then you will get live food on mass. cheers jk :thumbup:

so i can feed my fish any thing that moves in the buckets then?

 

[bigbird]

i would say yes, do not know what nasty critters you get over there. I also add some drops of water conditioner into these buckets even after rain, you just never know. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Tener ds]

i would say yes, do not know what nasty critters you get over there. I also add some drops of water conditioner into these buckets even after rain, you just never know. cheers jk :thumbup:

right,project live food is a go...:woohoo:

 

[Tener ds]

just checked my live food bucket and no bloodworms yet,but theres tons of fly larvae (look like little T,s) swimming around.can i feed the fish these?
seams a waste of live food.

 

[Lornek8]

just checked my live food bucket and no bloodworms yet,but theres tons of fly larvae (look like little T,s) swimming around.can i feed the fish these?
seams a waste of live food.

Not mosquito larvae? Fly larvae is terrestrial not aquatic. Mosquito larvae is great live food, only risk if they go uneaten you could have mosquitos in the house.

 

[Tener ds]

ok,ill try just 1..

 

[Tener ds]

wow...added 1 larvae,about 4mm long.
was eaten be a neon in less than 2 secs..:yes:
might add 5 or 6 tomorrow to see how long it takes for them to get eaten.
just googled mosquito larvae,thats them.
cheers lornek8.

 

[Zebra Pleco]

Keep us updated, I have been following this thread as I would like to feed my zebs live food. But everytime I see a thread like this, I always leave thinking the risk is not worth it. But surely live foods have to be beneficial to fish over commercial foods.

 

[Tener ds]

Keep us updated, I have been following this thread as I would like to feed my zebs live food. But everytime I see a thread like this, I always leave thinking the risk is not worth it. But surely live foods have to be beneficial to fish over commercial foods.

shall do,the bucket in the garden has at least 4,000ish of them,lots and lots of them,so i wont run out lol
would my galaxy rasboras eat them....:-/

 

[Lornek8]

shall do,the bucket in the garden has at least 4,000ish of them,lots and lots of them,so i wont run out lol
would my galaxy rasboras eat them....:-/

Most fish will, bettas especailly like them.
Gotta watch out though, don't want to be a mosquito breeder. Not sure if west nile virus or dengue fever is an issue in your area but these are serious mosquito-transmitted diseases.

 

[FF MkII]

shall do,the bucket in the garden has at least 4,000ish of them,lots and lots of them,so i wont run out lol
would my galaxy rasboras eat them....:-/

You will run out when they all change into mosquitoes :lol:

 

[bigbird]

Dont know how many tanks you have, but I would keep 2 buckets per tank, but also keep in mind that this live food is only part of the diet as well. Make sure you give them variety, some flakes, some pellets and some mossie larvae. All fish like tetras, rasboras etc will gobble these up and thrive. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Tener ds]

Dont know how many tanks you have, but I would keep 2 buckets per tank, but also keep in mind that this live food is only part of the diet as well. Make sure you give them variety, some flakes, some pellets and some mossie larvae. All fish like tetras, rasboras etc will gobble these up and thrive. cheers jk :thumbup:

yo bb,ive got two tanks.all the fish get dif food when there feed.3 types of wafer,2 types of flake,pleco pellets,frozen bloodworm and brine shrimp,and veg.not at the same time,changes every feeding day.some times they eat better than i do lol.