Feeding Apisto's

Thanks for that information Hassles. Dr Jim Greenwood is a well respected and well known vet with a special interest in aquarium fish. He's done some great things for the aquarium industry.

Just for the record, our friend fishgeek (Andrew) is also a qualified vet with a special interest in dwarf cichlids.

I'm curious to know how often you fed frozen bloodworms and if the dead fish had a particular love of bloodworms.

I've always been hesitant to feed frozen bloodworms to juvenile discus till they were at least 3 inches in size, because I personally believe that the exo skeleton is difficult to digest.

Is the secret to only feed a small amount, and mix with a good variety of other foods?

Wow, have monitored (and now posted on this topic in three difeerent forums) and now get the full rundown, hassles maybe you should post the full results on the other forums you have mentioned it at. It helped me understand it better, though from this topic covered on another forum I have stopped the blood wrom for my discus/apistos (same tank) and only using daphnia/brineshrimp frozen foods
Andrew

maybe i will try feeding solely bloodworm to a nasty female panduro i have, she has killed 2 males and harasses anything else she is housed with

andrew

Could always try and squeeze her down your modem, happy to take donations LOL

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Originally Posted by Merrilyn

Thanks for that information Hassles. Dr Jim Greenwood is a well respected and well known vet with a special interest in aquarium fish. He's done some great things for the aquarium industry.

Just for the record, our friend fishgeek (Andrew) is also a qualified vet with a special interest in dwarf cichlids.

I'm curious to know how often you fed frozen bloodworms and if the dead fish had a particular love of bloodworms.

I've always been hesitant to feed frozen bloodworms to juvenile discus till they were at least 3 inches in size, because I personally believe that the exo skeleton is difficult to digest.

Is the secret to only feed a small amount, and mix with a good variety of other foods?

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I feed all my fish as diverse a diet as they will accept. With regards to the Trifasictum (and other Apistogrammas) IF they're lucky they will receive a meagre feed of frozen / live worms perhaps twice a week Other foods they receive is pure spirulina, flake food, Hikari's Micro wafers & pellets, cichlid complete, Cyclop-eeze. If I locate mosquito larvae in the tub outside they'll share these with the rainbowfish.

The fish that died was the most mature so glutony may have been a factor but.....I usually watch my fish when I feed them. The blackworms, both live & freeze dried, have been readily accepted I am pleased to say.

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Originally Posted by fishgeek

maybe i will try feeding solely bloodworm to a nasty female panduro i have, she has killed 2 males and harasses anything else she is housed with

andrew

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From my experience, the fish that are the biggest pain & the ones who bug others live the longest...

I have a deformed female ram that i was sure wouldn't survive.. she's been going strong!!!! and my expensive rams I got imported died from a disease & she's still kicking.. my lil $8.00 fish :P