Pred Food

[JSTR]

Around Calgary, not that I have found. Wai'sshrimp that is simillar to the ghosts at Riverfront, but at a buck a piece it gets to be an expensive meal. It looks like I will have to resort to raising my own to feed my two dwarf lions. If you think you may want to do this take a look at some of the forums in reef central under the aggressive tank section.

[digitalsteve]

what you need to do is get your lions to eat frozen krill and so forth , it will save you a fortune

[adidas]

hey Richard,

gold fish/minnows are 13cents each at petsmart. I buy them, and gut load them flake and cyclopeze before feeding my lion.

[muck]

Originally Posted by adidas

hey Richard,

gold fish/minnows are 13cents each at petsmart. I buy them, and gut load them flake and cyclopeze before feeding my lion.

Id be cautious about that as feeder minnows and feeder goldfish quite often are disease carriers.
I hope for your sake you are lucky and do not get any bad ones.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by muck

Id be cautious about that as feeder minnows and feeder goldfish quite often are disease carriers.
I hope for your sake you are lucky and do not get any bad ones.

serious? I did not know that. So what do you suggest is a better feeder? or do I just get someone to train him to dead stuff?

[muck]

I did a bit of digging on FW feeder fish for SW predetors. I came across an article that is a good read. It would seem that FW feeders also do not provide the proper nutrition that a SW predetor would need. It might be fine for awhile but will cause problems over the long run.
If it were me I would make a serious effort to train him onto Frozen or Freeze Dried foods. It might take a bit of effort but the results will be happier for you and your fish.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...003/invert.htm

[adidas]

Originally Posted by muck

I did a bit of digging on FW feeder fish for SW predetors. I came across an article that is a good read. It would seem that FW feeders also do not provide the proper nutrition that a SW predetor would need. It might be fine for awhile but will cause problems over the long run.
If it were me I would make a serious effort to train him onto Frozen or Freeze Dried foods. It might take a bit of effort but the results will be happier for you and your fish.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...003/invert.htm

cool. yup i was aware they dont have the proper nutrition, thats why i stuff the feeders with flakes and cyclopeze first, i feed the feeders about 3 times/day.

I've tried to train him a few times, will get him trained eventually, he does take dead minnows now, he reaches right in the net... my next step will be to get him to take dead silversides from the net.

[fatpuffer]

Train him to go on prepared foods or get a couple of convicts and grow ur own feeder fish. I used to have a channa bleheri and i put the 2 inch convicts in a 4.5 gallon tank...bred like clockwork.


Js