Richard Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 Hi guys... my baby tiger is about 2 1/2 inches... and it won't eat anything that isn't alive... so i am having difficulty finding food for it.... at first it still ate worms from the garden... now it won't even eat them... i got some mosquito larvae and it loves them... but they are quite hard to find and not much shops have them for sale... not much feeder fish for sale around as well... i tried frozen bloodworms... frozen beef liver... it doesn't even look at it... so i am just wondering if any of you guys have any experience and know what they would eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 ok...i got some more worms from the garden... and the tiger is chomping them down happily... so that is one problem solved.... one more question tho... i also wanna feed the worms to my arowana... but it only eats floating stuff... so any of u ppl out there have any bright ideas on how to make the worms float??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 Get yourself a whiteworm culture. It should love those. Mealworms also are pretty cheap, but it might be a bit small to eat those. Have a look at http://www.ak.planet.gen.nz/~bio/ They sell heaps of live food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 Hi Richard, Put a couple of buckets of old tank water out in your garden. Add a quarter teaspoon of yeast and some green water if you can get it. You'll have heaps of Mozzie Larva in no time. Hang a small mesh bag over the tank side with a few small worms in it. The worms will work their way through the mesh and drop slowly into the tank. Your Arrowana will soon get the idea where the food is coming from Regards, Bill (Pegasus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 cool.... will put a pail out in my garden soon... just wondering... when u say green water... is it just water from any river / lake... there is this dog park i take my dog to every weekend... they have a few lakes there... would water from there do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 "Green Water" is water that has turned green through algae growth. Great stuff for feeding fry of any kind BTW. Ponds and lakes can hold some REAL nasties if you don't know what you are looking for. If you do, that's fine.... You may even find some Daphnia, another excellent live food A few days out in good sunlight should give you algae starting to grow in your buckets without transporting water from a pond. Your old tank water will help get this going as well Just make sure you put the buckets where they will get the maximum sun. Catch the mozzies with a net, then feed to your fish. This leaves the smaller ones behind to grow on for a day or so. Some suggest rinsing them under the tap, but I never bother and have had no probs. Regards, Bill (Pegasus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hi Richard You asked how you can make your worms float. Easy. Buy them "floaties" John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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