What live foods do you grow yourself?

[Billsgate]

I had one snail in my little fry raising tank, who soon rreproduced, and now I have about one hundred tiny clones sliming away in that tank.
I thought I'd restock my 28.5 gal with snails, since I had only seen one huge snail in there, but no small ones (except for mts).
So I dropped a few in and, my keyhole cichlids immediatly jumped them, and sucked their little houses empty.

Good to know, now I feed my keyholes 2-3 snails per day as live food, and they seem to love it. These snails are fed on tiny pieces of fish flake and spirulina. So I bet their juicy and yummy .

Anyone do the same thing? or other critters you keep to feed your fish?

 

[Billsgate]

No one makes his own live food?

 

[RogerMcAllen]

I do a similar snail thing in the summer with pondsnails from in my pond.

 

[frog girl]

I collect mosquito larvae from my rain barrels & pond in the summer & even freeze them up if I have extra for the winter. My tiger barbs & rasboras love them.

If you live in a mosquitoey (sp? - word?) area you can just set out a shallow basin of water in a shady cool area & collect the larvae when they get to the right size. You don't want to let them go too long though because then all you have is a bunch of blood suckers.

Oh my fish also seem to relish the occasional moth that is attracted to the aquarium lights (I have an open top arrangement - aquarium not all the way filled).

 

[xray]

No one makes his own live food?

:? huh

 

[Billsgate]

No one makes his own live food?

:? huh

Okey, I meant, noone breeds his own live food?

 

[xray]

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No one makes his own live food?


huh


Okey, I meant, noone breeds his own live food?

Oh!

 

[frog girl]

I think plenty of folks hatch brine shrimp but thats not really breeding.

Some folks use earthworms that may be from worm compost contianers.

I did see a recent post about someone who raised guppies to feed I think a night gobie (it was a freshwater post). I believe it was under the title guppies not breeding.

Did you have something specific in mind??

 

[mattrox]

I got snails in a tank once with plants and crushed them for angel fish. They loved it. I have tried to hatch brine shrimp...... to not much success... limited buget and experience at the time.

 

[Toirtis]

Microworms, whiteworms, BBS, vinegar eels...and occassionally daphnia, infusoria, grindal worms.

 

[RoK]

Wow, do you have some sort of tutorials or something on how to maintain those Toirtis?

 

[oldshell4481]

speaking of mosquito's anyone been to southern alaska during summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im gonna grow brine shrimp, i use nightcrawlers, and one or two convict fry here and there for my oscars.

 

[SkullAngel]

Ive bred brine shrimp before

 

[K9Kyle]

I got snails in a tank once with plants and crushed them for angel fish. They loved it. I have tried to hatch brine shrimp...... to not much success... limited buget and experience at the time.

Could you elaborate on crushing them?