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Old 03-09-2008, 12:01 AM
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We added a Rainfords today to my wife's 14G biocube and then read that they often die in a new tank due to lack of food. Does anyone else have one that is eating anything, mysis, brine etc? He's a neat little guy, sifting the sand like crazy but we don't want him to starve.

Oh and... it seems as though firefish enjoy an occasional snack of sexy shrimp
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Old 03-09-2008, 12:14 AM
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mine eats mysis and brine but only if its right infront of its face.
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Old 03-09-2008, 01:00 AM
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If it's 'pods that they need to eat you can buy live pods - "Tigger pods" I saw them for the first time in person yesterday, crazy, it's really a bottle of live pods! They're "prettier" than regular pods too and will breed in your tank. Something to think about anyhow (I saw them at J&L but they probably have them elsewhere too, I don't know how far Ladner is)
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Old 03-09-2008, 01:49 AM
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it should be noted though that tigger pods are a temperate water species (hence the refrigerated bottle). If you want to add them into your tank and have them reproduce, you will need to acclimate them.

A 14g is not enough to sustain a constant population of pods while a predator is in there. If you can find a way to hook a big enough fuge up to the biocube (i know some people have done it), then you might be set.
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Wendel has those tigger pods as well and he has the dead ones to that you can just use as food as well.
Looks like that might be worth a try.
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Old 03-09-2008, 05:18 AM
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I have had them in the past and never had any luck keeping them. Really beautifull fish.
Good luck , Chris
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Old 03-14-2008, 05:51 AM
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JL has the dead Arctipods and live Tigger pods.

the arctipods REEK!!! oh man.

the tigger pods are much smaller than i thought they would be. 'tigger' makes me think "tiger" for some reason :P
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I had a pair in a 20Gish tank for quite a few months.. never really ate anything other than pods. Did great for me until I took the tank down.
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