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guppy

Small Squiggly Thing
Apr 15, 2005
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I don't know how many people are interested in these but I used to keep them in several planted tanks, they breed easily on their own and young ones are eaten by most fish, they only get a little more than three quarters of an inch long so most cichlids will eat adults as well, they eat detritus and fish food. They have not been easy to find at a decent price so I thought I would share this link, http://crayfishshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=103&osCsid=d68447d9f8f7936547925eb6c3d0c9f3.
If you have a little 2 to 5g tank laying around or full of guppies you might add some elodea and get 20-30 0f these and toss them in there. They love green and blue green algae and are quite hardy. here is a pic, forgot what site it is from, one about fly fishing.

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As an after thought, they do well in planted community tanks of small fish. They don't bother the fish, eat debris, and because they are popular snacks when small, don't over run the tank.
 
i have never even seen thos things. thanks for sharing
 
I have kept them before, I used to feed them to my newts when I had them, The lakes are full of them, I would never buy them. :)
 
sandtiger said:
I have kept them before, I used to feed them to my newts when I had them, The lakes are full of them, I would never buy them. :)
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Sandtiger, I would raise a couple of generations captive before feeling good about feeding wild ones, like daphnia thet can be hosts to some types of parasites but if kept without fish for a couple generations, (a few months) those die off.
Filthy Sanchez, even small predators hunt them down pretty quick but thet breed like crazy in even a 5g tank so make great snacks (for fish). They have a very mild fishy flavor if you want to eat them yourself, I have just to mess with people.
 
Yeah, I already know that, don't worry. The lake here can be pretty nasty, I wouldn't feed them straight out of the water.
 
guppy said:
Sandtiger, I would raise a couple of generations captive before feeling good about feeding wild ones, like daphnia thet can be hosts to some types of parasites but if kept without fish for a couple generations, (a few months) those die off.
Filthy Sanchez, even small predators hunt them down pretty quick but thet breed like crazy in even a 5g tank so make great snacks (for fish). They have a very mild fishy flavor if you want to eat them yourself, I have just to mess with people.
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Hmmm then I'm thinking, this might be something to keep with piranha, to eat debris in the bottom of the tank.
 
now that looks like a breeding project i could do
 
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