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Its hard to get live food during winter so I tend to feed mainly frozen foods.

Blood worm

Daphnia

Brine shrimp

Tropical tucker

and ox/beef heart

are the frozen foods that I use but what else can I feed?

I do feed a bit of live food in white worm and a few live daphnia and mozzies but they are a lot harder to find

any other ideas please

Well your killies get a much better diet then mine :oops:

I feed mine flake everyday, and bloodworm and cichlid tucker :lol: every now and again. They also get live bloodworm and mozzie larvae when its in season..

I need to get some daphnia when it gets hotter

My striatums love mince, steak slices or schnitzel when it goes into the tank. And kind of strange, but they're the only fish that my big girl bristle nose will share her peas with - they pick at the pea as she eats, and grab any bits that float away. But if any other fish (eg tetra's) try it she goes all territorial and berserk.

I grow microworm in the hotwater cupboard, i have a few containers of it and works reasonably effectivly. Have never tried growing white worm or similar, i will try get my hands on some at some stage. Other than that they just get flake, they all seem happy and my male p82s are getting rather large

the hotwater cupboard stays at around 23 degrees (not very warm) but conveniently keeps my trays of eggs and fry at sufficent temperature at the same time

Whiteworms grow well during the colder months, but can be hard to keep druing the warmer part of the year. Our killies are almost always feed whiteworms, and grow really well on it.

Thanks People

Must admit that I do feed a bit of white worm but the cleaning of them is the hardest thing. Maybe Im being to picky?

If you set up your whiteworm culture the right way you can take pure worms off easily.

The way I have it is with the culture in the mix that I got (thanks)

lunchon meat on top then the glass on the top of the lunchon (sp?)

is that correct?

You clean them?

You have it the right way too.

I keep my whiteworms in an ice cream container in the hallway (darkest part of the house) low to the floor and near the door where it is draughtiest. Mine eat baby food... and are big and fat and numerous.