WhistlingBadger
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Iāve collected another 81 scuds to be rehomed. They are living in a Solo cup next to the aquarium with one dwarf water lettuce in there and some plant scraps. I am keeping several colonies for myself, but these 81 scuds were farmed out of my shrimp tank and I donāt want them in my shrimp tank. If you want some, just let me know. I ship. Just send me a PM.Iām also wanting to do a scud colonyā¦ jealous of your Asian water mossā¦ mine didnāt do wellā¦ I assume too much water movementā¦ I may try another clump in one of my 10 gallons that only has a sponge filterā¦
The one I could actually see in the video, looked larger than I expectedā¦
The pumpkin cubes are a great suggestion, for harvestingā¦. Maybe poke a hole through the cube and attach a string, to facilitate transferring???
Oh geez, I can probably get a movie of that for you right now. LOLOh cool ! ! ! I have always wanted to raise these . Youāre making my fingers itch seeing that video . Look at āem all skittering around in there ! You read all the time about certain fish eating crustaceans in the wild . These are them . You get all sizes too . Some tiny and some downright big . Keep us updated on this project . I would LOVE to see an Angelfish or Tiger Barb hunt one of these down and devour it .
That's why I want hundreds of them. My fish gobble them up so fast there's absolutely zero chance of getting a self-sustaining colony going in any of my tanks.Well, I just tried. Make that 77 scuds looking for a new home. The angel sucks them out of my turkey baster and he wonāt let it go. They are eaten so fast the scud doesnāt have a chance. The Siamese algae eater is right there to get what the angelfish misses (which isnāt much). I think Iāll have better luck with someone here to assist. I need to work on my coordination and holding the camera steady while I administer the feeding. Maybe Iāll try again tomorrow when Iāve got someone here to help me.
The fish food, not the missile. ha ha haWhen I talked to Jonny from Dan's Fish about doing this I asked about a 5 gallon tank with under gravel filtration. He advised that the setup would be ideal with no chance of any scuds getting sucked into a filter intake. If under gravel isn't wanted only use sponge.
A long wood or stainless skewer also works well for scud food. Even though they love pumpkin they will chow down on just about any veggie. They are basically garbage disposals.
I've posted this before but here is a video in scuds.
You might be surprised. I pull some of them out with every water change when I gravel vac. I used to get upset and try to put them back in but Iāve yet to do a gravel back without seeing them so theyāre surviving pretty well and not causing any harm, so Iām happy.That's why I want hundreds of them. My fish gobble them up so fast there's absolutely zero chance of getting a self-sustaining colony going in any of my tanks.
By the way, if you want to feed your scuds (or your fish) veggie chunks, just stick them on a stainless steel fork.