Hey guys, another question for you all.
I have been taking care of 5 monos for the past 2 weeks. They have been activly eating guppies and rosy reds, one at a time. (I am following dieselmack's feeding plan) I just got 3 orinos today and a very small pinima. The monos and orinos are both about 3 inches.
Now, my problem... Who ever distributes rosy reds in my area is no longer doing so, and none of the LFS cary them any more. Now i was feeding guppies, which is fine, but the monos are trained to strike so fast, that the orinos don't even get a chance to know whats going on. I went through 50 guppies in less than a minute and the monos got every one. The guppies are just too small to slow the monos down and give any one else a chance. I believe the Pbass are too small for goldfish and i would rather not feed them anyway because of thiamine.
So, my question is... What other options do i have for live food that is bigger than a guppy and smaller than a goldfish, that doesn't contain growth inhibiting hormones. I can't seem to find live black worms anywhere. Can i catch minnos from a local river? I'm affraid of parasites. I keep my feeders in a 55gallon drum cut in half, and its not that easy to observe them for parasites and such. I live in northern california, if that helps at all. I dont think i can go through 100 guppies a day for much longer, and i need to get those orinos some food!
I have been taking care of 5 monos for the past 2 weeks. They have been activly eating guppies and rosy reds, one at a time. (I am following dieselmack's feeding plan) I just got 3 orinos today and a very small pinima. The monos and orinos are both about 3 inches.
Now, my problem... Who ever distributes rosy reds in my area is no longer doing so, and none of the LFS cary them any more. Now i was feeding guppies, which is fine, but the monos are trained to strike so fast, that the orinos don't even get a chance to know whats going on. I went through 50 guppies in less than a minute and the monos got every one. The guppies are just too small to slow the monos down and give any one else a chance. I believe the Pbass are too small for goldfish and i would rather not feed them anyway because of thiamine.
So, my question is... What other options do i have for live food that is bigger than a guppy and smaller than a goldfish, that doesn't contain growth inhibiting hormones. I can't seem to find live black worms anywhere. Can i catch minnos from a local river? I'm affraid of parasites. I keep my feeders in a 55gallon drum cut in half, and its not that easy to observe them for parasites and such. I live in northern california, if that helps at all. I dont think i can go through 100 guppies a day for much longer, and i need to get those orinos some food!
