Re: [RML] Cyclop-eeze rainbowfish diet

Dave & Robyn Wilson (aqua.green at bigpond.com)
Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:33:12 +0930

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Hello Chris,
I collect wild rainbowfish here in the NT and have done so for many years.
I am mainly concerned with Melanoteania australis,M.splendida inornata
M.solata, M.exquisita, M.nigrans, M.pygmaea, M.trifasciata, M.gracilis,
M.exquisita, Pseudomugil gertrudae, P.tenellus and P.cyanodorsalis. I have
noticed the first faeces of the rainbowfish from wild places is mostly
compressed dark green filament algae. I don't know if it is the algae they
eat for algae sake or the other organisms that are associated with the
algae. From those obs I have always fed my fish food that is or has a big
percentage of vegetable material. The fish in the ponds here always have
algae available to them. The cyclops in the ponds are either ignored or
eaten last because there are always plenty of cyclops even when there are
high populations of fish. The cyclops do not appear to be a major item in
the food of the rainbowfish I have here. Maybe they eat them when they
cant get anything else. A good prepared fish food recipe would be 25% fish
fillet, 25% whole prawns or shrimp and 50% peas/zuccinni.spinach/carrot all
blended together and supplemented 50 grams/kilo with calcium ascorbate.
Rainbowfish are also interested in small insects that end up on the surface
of the water. The blue-eyes tend to eat less algae than rainbowfish.

Cheers
Dave

On 13/04/05 6:41, "Marine Scientist" <marinesci at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
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> Just wondering if anyone here feeds their rainbows cyclop-eeze, and if so what
> the results were.
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> Chris
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Re: [RML] Cyclop-eeze rainbowfish diet
Hello Chris,
I collect wild rainbowfish here in the NT and have done so for many years.   I am mainly concerned with Melanoteania australis,M.splendida inornata M.solata, M.exquisita, M.nigrans, M.pygmaea, M.trifasciata, M.gracilis, M.exquisita, Pseudomugil gertrudae, P.tenellus and P.cyanodorsalis.   I have noticed the first faeces of the rainbowfish from wild places is mostly compressed dark green filament algae.   I don't know if it is the algae they eat for algae sake or the other organisms that are associated with the algae.    From those obs I have always fed my fish food that is or has a big percentage of vegetable material.     The fish in the ponds here always have algae available to them.   The cyclops in the ponds are either ignored or eaten last because there are always plenty of cyclops even when there are high populations of fish.   The cyclops do not appear to be a major item in the food of the rainbowfish I have here.   Maybe they eat them when they cant get anything else.   A good prepared fish food recipe would be 25% fish fillet, 25% whole prawns or shrimp and 50% peas/zuccinni.spinach/carrot all blended together and supplemented 50 grams/kilo with calcium ascorbate.   Rainbowfish are also interested in small insects that end up on the surface of the water.   The blue-eyes tend to eat less algae than rainbowfish.


Cheers
Dave




On 13/04/05 6:41, "Marine Scientist" <marinesci at verizon.net> wrote:

Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone here feeds their rainbows cyclop-eeze, and if so what the results were.

Chris





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