I’m prepping my male to breed, and he won’t eat the blood worms I got him. The only thing he will eat is the simple pellet food. They are dried blood worms sence the petstore was out of frozen. The female I got won’t eat the bloodworms either, only the pellets.
Is pellets an ok food for them for breeding. Im also going to feed them brine shrimp once they hatch. How can I get them to eat the good for for them?
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I bought needlefish a while back. At the store he only ate feeders. I attempted to starve him. I waited three days and he ate nothing so I gave him feeders. After he was well adjusted I tried again and its like he doesnt even notice the pellets floating there. Then I tried some frozen brine shrimp. Waited 3 days without feeders, put the frozen brine shrimp in, not only did he ignore it but actually swam away from it. Now I haven’t put feeders in for a day and the last time I did I dont think he got any so it’s probably been about 3 or 4 days but I know for sure atleast a day. I put some frozen krill into the tank with no results again. He just let it go right by him. Any suggestions how to get him to eat frozen food?
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i purchesd him 2 days ago. and he is only eating/sifting the substrate but does not actually eat brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, or small pellet. thanx for the answers in advance.
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Ok well I just switched my pellet from the Wardley brand to Hikari, the top rated in Betta food.
No what I need to know is what else to feed him. Bloodworms, brine shrimp, and those short of things. Also how to prepare them to be as safe as possible and have the very least amount of bacteria on them.
Should I raise and prepare them myself, or by them pre-freezed or freeze dried?
Also I need to know how to make green water. I’m planning on starting a Daphnia farm. What else can live in green water that I can raise on my own?
55gal fish only(with live rock) tank. Established Dec/06. Water chem tests all negative including phosphate. PH 8.0-8.1. Temp 78. Fluval 403, protien skimmer, u/v ster. All other fish healthy. Noticed butterfly (which is normally white with black stripes and some yellow) had her white areas turning grey/dark. Today she appears to be dying (labored breathing, at bottom of tank). I am quarantining her now but wonder if anyone knows what, if anything, I should treat for? (fyi: we feed marine pellet, mysis shrimp and live brine..pellet mornings, shrimp evenings). Again, water chemistry tests perfect.. help?
Salinity normal (1.021), water changes every 2 weeks using r/o water and salt. Only 5 fish in the tank: two smaller damsels (one is mildly territorial but the butterfly is so big he doesn’t bother her), one coral beauty, one clown w/anemone
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