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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 20:08

Iv bought some live daphnia today and im a little unsure with how to feed it to my betta, should i use a pipette and put it in the tank that way or do i pour it out the bag into the tank? Embarassed
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Post by Netty Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 20:45

We normally use a pipette or one of those plastic syringes. That way you have better control over what they get. Pop them in the fridge and they should last a few days.
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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 21:22

Thanks Netty that helped as i was clueless, lol!! Is that the same with live bloodworm too?
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Post by kizno1 Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 21:25

Yeah like netty said pipette is the best way. I use tweezers for blood worm.
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Post by Netty Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 21:31

I generally use tweezers for bloodworm like Kizno but when we had alot of fry to feed I used the syringes too. Just made it alot quicker.
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Post by Irish_Lass Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 21:35

For bloodworm I use cocktail sticks to hook the bloodworm and drop it into the water. I obviously don't let the boys go near the cocktail stick in case it hurts their wee mouths.
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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 21:40

Thanks everyone Very Happy
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Post by Time-Out Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 22:08

Because all of this live food can be a carrier of disease, I pour it out into a net and rinse under the tap. Far easier than faffing around with tweezers or cocktail sticks!

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Post by kizno1 Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 22:35

Time-Out wrote:Because all of this live food can be a carrier of disease, I pour it out into a net and rinse under the tap. Far easier than faffing around with tweezers or cocktail sticks!
I do that aswell and then put them in a tub of clean water and use tweezers to spread them around the tank.
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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 22:55

So iv just looked into the bag of live daphnia and there's a big worm like bug thing in there that kinda stands up on its tail with 2 antenia and to tiny beady eyes and it keeps jumping its freaky alien
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Post by KalandraJane Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 23:18

Sounds like a mosquito larva. There are always nasties in live food, when I tipped a whole bag of daphnia in to act as food while we went on holiday there was some sort of aquatic woodlouse looking thing in there, I'm assuming one of my ADFs ate it because we never saw it again!
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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 23:33

Its a creepy looking thing, im not feeding that to my bettas, but im amazed at how quick my boys and girls snapped them up they really enjoyed them...mmm!!
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Post by Nataliey Mon 20 Sep 2010 - 23:34

Oh where did you get your ADF's from KJ? Iv been looking for them everywhere and all i seem to find are the albino creepy frogs...ewww!!!
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Post by silverrabbit Tue 21 Sep 2010 - 16:33

It's great watching them hunt daphnia isn't it Love
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Post by KalandraJane Tue 21 Sep 2010 - 17:13

Nataliey wrote:Oh where did you get your ADF's from KJ? Iv been looking for them everywhere and all i seem to find are the albino creepy frogs...ewww!!!

I got mine from the place in Bolton, but when I went yesterday they only had a few tiny ones and there was one big one dead in the tank Sad so obviously they're not bothering to target feed them. There's a very reputable place just near Manchester city centre that sells them though, they always have millions of them and in good condition.

I like the albino creepy frogs Smile can't mix them with fish though.
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Post by Nataliey Tue 21 Sep 2010 - 18:32

Can you PM me the name of the shop with millions of ADF's please? lol!
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