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Old 02-22-2009, 04:23 PM
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you can feed it any thing.... i feed mine brine shrimp... then i started to feed it cyclopeez to enhance the red.... then it got too red ... so i started feeding it raw full size shrimp .... then it got to big too fast... so i dont feed it anymore ... for like 2 months now
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Old 02-22-2009, 04:28 PM
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you can feed it any thing.... i feed mine brine shrimp... then i started to feed it cyclopeez to enhance the red.... then it got too red ... so i started feeding it raw full size shrimp .... then it got to big too fast... so i dont feed it anymore ... for like 2 months now
I never heard of feeding cyclopeez to enhance the red, that's kind of cool, is there something natural in the food that makes this happen?
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Old 02-22-2009, 04:33 PM
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yeah i used to breed true perks .... and i needed to feed them something else besides rotifers... so i feed them cyclopeez.... they turned a nice orange red color..... so i thought i feed their BTA some cyclo too.... it went from brown to red... was kinda neat
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Old 02-23-2009, 01:35 AM
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You can find silversides at most lfs....you just may have to dig in the freezer
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Old 02-23-2009, 01:55 AM
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You can find silversides at most lfs....you just may have to dig in the freezer
So Doug, are you suggesting that I could might find some silversides in Red Corals freezer is I dig enough?
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:28 AM
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you might find octopus and even squid if u dig deep enuf, depends how brave u are.
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:35 AM
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you might find octopus and even squid if u dig deep enuf, depends how brave u are.
OK, now I'm getting scared, those fish store freezers kind of freak me out to begin with, you never know what's in there lol
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