No, freeze dried are best avoided with cories. More tomorrow.Would Hikari Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp and Daphnia be good along with Shrimp Pellets?
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No, freeze dried are best avoided with cories. More tomorrow.Would Hikari Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp and Daphnia be good along with Shrimp Pellets?
Ah ok. I hope your treatment is going well.OK, I'm back on my PC; I was in the clinic for my chemo treatment yesterday, and checking things on my mobile but the keyboard is so small and cumbersome for me, I only do "emergency" short messages. I'll detail my issue with freeze dried foods.
That is very interesting! So when it starts soaking up water, does it inflate in the fish’s stomache and cause bloating?Back in the early 1980's when I got into the hobby, freeze-dried was often suggested as being superior to regular dried foods (may have been somewhat true, there were not the quality dried foods we now have) and second only to frozen or live, but more convenient. However, the enthusiasm didn't last and soon one heard little if anything about their "superiority," and they rather dropped out of fashion. The big problem with FD is that when they get in the tank water, they begin to soak up[ water, and q
From my experience, it's a bit controversial....some say yes, FD foods will expand in fish's stomach and cause problems, others say not so at all...easily avoided (if it is indeed true) by presoaking those foods in a bit of tank water before feeding...then they are fine to feed, IMOAh ok. I hope your treatment is going well.
That is very interesting! So when it starts soaking up water, does it inflate in the fish’s stomache and cause bloating?
Ah ok. I hope your treatment is going well.
That is very interesting! So when it starts soaking up water, does it inflate in the fish’s stomache and cause bloating?
I have some freeze dried blood worms that I fed my betta, and I do soak them.From my experience, it's a bit controversial....some say yes, FD foods will expand in fish's stomach and cause problems, others say not so at all...easily avoided (if it is indeed true) by presoaking those foods in a bit of tank water before feeding...then they are fine to feed, IMO
Ah Ok! Does the freeze drying process deplete some of the nutrients and such? I am able to find them frozen, so I will go with that then!Yes, it does, that is proven. Pre-soaking should deal with this, but the fact remains the quality of these foods is inferior, also proven. I just see no point in not feeding better nutrition when it only means perhaps a higher purchase cost, but my fish are worth it.
Ah Ok! Does the freeze drying process deplete some of the nutrients and such? I am able to find them frozen, so I will go with that then!
Ok, so I am having a hard time finding the foods, frozen or live. Do you know of any specific places I should look or any good brands? I am able to find frozen Mysis, frozen blood worms, and frozen brine shrimp on Petco, but I can't find any daphnia. I am open to live food too, just don't know where to find it and I also heard they can carry parasites?
Thank you! Right now the Cories are nervous from me moving Plants around, would it help them settle in easier if I turned the lights off?That is very nice, the plants will fill in when they get going. Nice branch of wood.