I think the "gut loading" theory might work, but I do not know much about
grindal worms so cannot guess if they would eat the spirulina. I get
spirulina to my bows/other fish by using it in a prepared food. You can
buy commercially available foods, esp flakes, w/ spirulina in them that
the fish should eat (mine do), or you can make your own mixture at home. I
make one w/ a shrimp base and add asst veggies, etc. Spirulina powder
added to this should work great, and I am sure the fish would love it.
Good luck :)
Julie <><
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Mach T. Fukada wrote:
> Hi all,
> just wondering and thinking. I was told that the spirulina is high
> in the compounds known to be used by fish to produce, green, blue, and
> maybe yellow pigmentation. Most rainbows, killies,etc won't eat
> spirulaina. I was wondering if it was possible to feed the spiruulina to
> my culture of grindal worms and then feed the grindals to my fish to get
> them the benefits of spirulina. Sort of like gut loading crickets or other
> feeders (i.e. fish, roaches, etc) with minerals, or other nutrients, etc.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? simmilarly will it work with other live foods?
>
> I am wondering this because I have noticed that fish grown outside in
> natural sunlight seem to develop better color than those grown indoors. I
> figured there are a certain ammount of crustaceans, rotifers, etc. living
> on the naturally produced alage and transfering the necessary pigment
> precursors to the fish....
>
> MTF
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> Mach T. Fukada, Web Master
> fukada at hawaii.edu
> Honolulu Aquarium Society
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2948/HASF.html
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