[juanitow]

Iam just wondering with all the good food on the market why go to all this trouble .

For me, raising food is like raising fish! You work towards completing the circle of life.
Also, red wigglers are awesome because they process garbage into awesome compost, for those who garden.
Some fish hobbyists find that fry of certain species do better on live foods.

 

[Sunstar]

Iam just wondering with all the good food on the market why go to all this trouble .

There is also a cost factor. Sometimes it is cheaper/easier to produce your own life food. Some fish love it, and it ensures you get decent food into your fish while on a budget. (I am in such a boat myself)

 

[coryp]

dont forget about breeding pourpouses i dont kno of many fish that can be conditioned on flake or pellet ... and it will progress much faster and the spawn will be more viable if done on live food ... larger yeilds/survival rate imo

 

[PPulcher]

Iam just wondering with all the good food on the market why go to all this trouble .

If you are raising fry, you often need small foods. Certain fry won't go after 'dead' powdered foods and need the stimulus from wriggling things to be induced to feed.

 

[Sunstar]

it is the wiggle factor of seed shrimp which have my celestial pearls finally feeding. they will eat flake, but cyclops and seeds are that much more interesting.

Also all fish seem to enjoy wiggling little food. my platy, as huge as they are, eagerly eat the microworms. The whole tank goes fraggin' bananas.
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[characinfan]

have snails, want plants

I'm downtown TO

 

[newbiefishfanatic]

snails

i have small pond snails! if anyone wants them, come and get 'em! completely on the house!

 

[Sunstar]

I do believe that everyone has been added.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this better and easier to use?

 

[coryp]

pagers? lol maby sort into food item and then hyper link to a list with people that have the item

 

[Sunstar]

Pagers what?

 

[newbiefishfanatic]

Things are good

If my 2 cents are worth anything (probably just 2 cents lol) but I think this is good as is! Everyone whos got stuff and wants stuff is right at the beginning, and we can all be contacted through either the thread or by PM. I think the only thing that should be done is getting the word out!

 

[blossom112]

lol arent guppys sometimes considered food sorce .......
Well .... if your not to squeemish you can add me for baby guppys
I do know people use them as feeders
I have about 20 depending on size people are looking for

 

[Sunstar]

poor things. I added it.

 

[blossom112]

YES i feel the same ....but if there is a need it dont bother me pets or feeders ...
now if we were talking shrimp,snails and plecs well thats a different story lol

 

[Sunstar]

I am trying to emergency breed some pinhead crickets. I have a baby gecko that needs them. Petsmart doesn't have them. I bought a pair of large females. I hope that does the trick. I am lookingg through my planters for other live food.

 

[blossom112]

lol too bad i told julie no .... she wanted pet crickets lmao ...
might be worth wile to tell her yes lmao

 

[newbiefishfanatic]

what petsmart were you looking for them sunstar? im sure the one at kennedy commons has them, that where i get all my crickets for my baby beardie...and im sure theyre pinheads...

 

[Sunstar]

Burlington. The closest one to me without having to have a trecherous bike ride.

 

[newbiefishfanatic]

oooooooooooooo yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. burlington, forgot. me sowwy. thats too bad. im going to burlington (as you know) soon. ill let you know closer to the date and if you want some crickets, i can bring you a whole crap load!

 

[Sunstar]

if you can get some of the absolute tineyst, I'd appreciate. Need any Microworms?