I bought 4 "minnow/crayfish" traps hoping to get some crawdads to go fishing with. Out on the north platte river near Kearney Nebraska I caught 4 crayfish, 2 large mouth bass, quite a few carp, several "plains killifish" and 2 brook stickelbacks (neat fish). I grabbed some moss to provide some food... something that worries me a bit is that the moss is absolutely loaded with flatworms (I am assuming non-parasitic species).
Anyway... Am curious about providing food for my "bait" as I think I will probably keep them if I can but in order to see my critters I must filter which kills off alot of the live foods living in the moss =). I can't even seem to get water to turn green after using a plant fertilizer =P. I do get a white haze that settles in the bottom of a container tho. I believe this white stuff is "soluable potash".
Maybe I will have to buy some fertilizer specifically like this stuff which is made for growing salt/fresh planktons. Would I need the diatom mix?
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/5947/cid/1687
I am a noob to fish keeping... have had some before but live food was feeders from the fish store not growing my own =) BTW the moss has loads of life most looks like miniature dragon fly larvae but there is some gamarus as well. Many critters too small to make out to...
Anyway... Am curious about providing food for my "bait" as I think I will probably keep them if I can but in order to see my critters I must filter which kills off alot of the live foods living in the moss =). I can't even seem to get water to turn green after using a plant fertilizer =P. I do get a white haze that settles in the bottom of a container tho. I believe this white stuff is "soluable potash".
Maybe I will have to buy some fertilizer specifically like this stuff which is made for growing salt/fresh planktons. Would I need the diatom mix?
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/5947/cid/1687
I am a noob to fish keeping... have had some before but live food was feeders from the fish store not growing my own =) BTW the moss has loads of life most looks like miniature dragon fly larvae but there is some gamarus as well. Many critters too small to make out to...
