Feeding habits...

[Refael Hdr.]

I was wondering about the feeding habits of other Apisto breeders. I'll be glad if you could share some details about kinds of food you are using (dry, frozen, live, brands and types) frequency, number of feedings, quantities and other related information ...

 

[beleg]

I am not a true breeder since i couldn't get a healthy batch of fry but i feed my A.agassizii as follows;

Sera's freeze dried bloodworms, daphnia , tubifex
frozen artemia adults
frozen bloodworms
white worms
freeze dried decapsulated artemia eggs

I feed at least 2 times a day , when i have time i feed more often up to 4 times. I feed the female more than the male giving her several white worms etc.

 

[aquaticclarity]

I feed my Apistos. fresh bbs twice a day. Most of them will spawn with this diet. I'll get 25-50 eggs per spawn depending on the species. If a certain species is not bulking up on this diet I'll also incluide live blackworms in the feeding rotation. I also try to give some flake food (O.S.I) to the Apistos. 1-2 times a week just to balance things out a little.

Jeff

 

[retro_gk]

Shrimp mix, live bbs, frozen bloodworm, blackworms and the odd feeding of spirulina flake.

 

[mematrix]

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Hi I feed my apistos flake daily. then on a rotation Live daphnia, live blood worms when I get them , live mosquito larvie in season, live black worms,BBS, frozen blood worms,frozen adult brine shrimp, And occasionally some pellet foods aquadine mostly.

Curtis

 

[Refael Hdr.]

By saying "breeder" I intended to anyone who's keeping Apistos, not only to those who literally breeds them. I think it's the right terminology of the word, isn't it? ...

 

[ed seeley]

I give all my fish a wide range of frozen food, flake and a granular food. I also give them baby brine shrimp and microworms.
I try to feed them three times a day, but usually they only get two feeds when life intervenes!

 

[gan]

April to November:
adults:
live plankton - mostly daphnia, cyclops + 2-3 times/week frozen artemia adults
1day/2 weeks - absolute fast

youngs:
live microplankton + microworms

December to March:
adults:
rotational - frozen plankton (self made), frozen artemia adults, frozen black worms and frozen 'phantom' larva (Chaoborus sp.)
sometimes - grindals, frozen krill
1day/2 weeks - absolute fast

youngs:
microworms + bbs

Never - tubifex and bloodworms in any form.

GAN

 

[Kalin]

I feed my apistos frozen bloodworm, live Daphnia magna and/or flake 2-3x/day.

 

[fishgeek]

gan do you culture your own cyclops and if so how do you do this? source the starter culture

thanks andrew

 

[gan]

No - I catch plankton in natural reservoir. Therefore from April to November - during winter it is to cold to dabble :wink: . But this year it is so warmly that last Sunday I caught a portion:

GAN