Fish to use as live food / food buffer

**waterfaller1** · 04-21-2008, 10:55 AM

Take a close careful look at feeder blocks if you decide to go that route. I looked at them, and they appeared to have quite a bit of copper, not good for shrimp.

**fishscale** · 04-21-2008, 11:59 AM

Definitely not doing feeder blocks, I tried those back in the "clown puke gravel" phase. Makes a mess in the tank.

Dkdoll · 05-03-2008, 10:06 PM

About the livebearers, I'm not sure that they would give a constant supply of fry. If there's no external source feeding them, they might not produce so many fry.

I would side with the autofeeder (maybe Eheim? I haven't tried them, but since everything else Eheim produces is very reliable... I'm sure there are some user reviews.) You could monitor it for 2 weeks to see if it does anything strange, but they would most likely be more reliable than livebearers.

04-21-2008, 10:55 AM	#16 (permalink)
waterfaller1 Aquatic Artist (View User Tanks) PTrader: (38) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,869	Take a close careful look at feeder blocks if you decide to go that route. I looked at them, and they appeared to have quite a bit of copper, not good for shrimp. __________________ Orlando from GLA has class! Keep smiling~ Carole

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fishscale O.G. - original guppy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 3,672	Definitely not doing feeder blocks, I tried those back in the "clown puke gravel" phase. Makes a mess in the tank. __________________ Eheim Pimp #254, Eheim Wolverine #1 55 Gallon Work in progress 10 Gallon Shrimp Tank 10 Gallon Planted QT 20 Gallon Shrimp Tank (Work in progress)

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05-03-2008, 10:06 PM	#18 (permalink)
Dkdoll Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: WI Posts: 25	About the livebearers, I'm not sure that they would give a constant supply of fry. If there's no external source feeding them, they might not produce so many fry. I would side with the autofeeder (maybe Eheim? I haven't tried them, but since everything else Eheim produces is very reliable... I'm sure there are some user reviews.) You could monitor it for 2 weeks to see if it does anything strange, but they would most likely be more reliable than livebearers.

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