people tell me to get brine shrimp but i cant find brine shrimp. can you tell me how to get her conditioned
2007-02-07 11:46:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
You don't have to feed a "live" food to condition. Most large pet stores have frozen foods in stock. I'd also disagree with brine shrimp, unless you get an enriched variety. Brine shrimp, other than newly hatched babies, are very poor nutritionally. There are brands that enrich the frozen brine shrimp with Omega 3 oils, HUFAs, or spirulina to make them more nutritious. You can also feed bloodworms, earthworms, or other high protein foods depending on the size of the fish. There are also "prepared" conditioning foods (flakes & pellets).
2007-02-07 12:12:06 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bettas will eat flake food,freeze-dried worms and any fine food that they can get into their mouths.Freeze-dried brine shrimp is very good. If your betta actually ONLY eats live brine shrimp,get some from your local pet store.You can also buy brine shrmo eggs and hatch the as you need them. Is you need to wean them off the live food,put a little dry food in with the live food and gradually give less live food.Also,current or bubbled fron the filter pushing the bits of food around will look like live food since it's moving. Do not overfed;they can't eat much and the uneaten food will decay and cause the fish to get sick and die.
2007-02-08 00:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There IS conditioning food, and if you haven't found brine shrimp...you're either not going to a pet store, or haven't been looking in the right place. ANY pet store will have brine shrimp...freeze dried or frozen. You can also find it in a product called 'turtle delight'. All it is, is freeze dried brine shrimp.
2007-02-07 19:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frozen brine shrimp should be easily accessible from pet shops or aquariums. If not I highly recommend frozen bloodworm, which is what I've always fed my fish. They love it and it seems to stop dominant behavior amongst them. Failing that you can use frozen daphnia (water mites) but I only recommend it as a last resort.
2007-02-07 19:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by soulgirl76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd do not have to feed live the food.
Almost any high protein fish food will do, you're just trying to fatten her up so she will have the energy to produce eggs.
almost all large pet stores carry a wide variety of both fresh and dried fish foods that more than adequate.
Good luck here's wishing you many little babies.
Eric.
2007-02-07 22:32:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋