Feeding My Fishies

This video short shows me feeding my rockbass (cold water shrimp), my bluegill and my crayfish (freezedried krill). I feed my fishies other things, of course, and try to keep their diet varied.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• rockbass
• bluegill
• crayfish
• feeding
• shrimp
• krill
• native
• fish

[lbtheman12345]

What is fluorite and did you use it?

[mishmosh2000]

@lbtheman12345 I am assuming you are talking about Seachem Flourite substrate. It is very expensive but is pretty good for planted aquariums. There are a lot of clay-based substrates out there though. This particular tank just has pea gravel and sand.

[leannvlewis]

Your fish don't try to eat your crayfish?

Mine have. I had a blue Gill wipe out my crayfish colony in 2days, long ago. It was one of my first native tanks. I also kept clams with crayfish and sunnies before.

Beautiful tanks & great videos.

Thanks for sharing

:)

[lbtheman12345]

Where did you get ur piece of driftwood in ur tank?

[lbtheman12345]

@mishmosh2000 Sweet bec i am starting going to make a 40 gallon native!

[mishmosh2000]

@lbtheman12345 Low tech - no fancy lighting, no fancy substrate, no pressurized CO2 injection. You can grow easy plants in just gravel from the store--2-3" layer. You can also add just sand to that. A lot of plants don't need a lot of fertilizer and can absorb it through the water column.

[lbtheman12345]

@mishmosh2000 And what does low tech mean? and just regular gravel from the store can be used to grow those plants?

[mishmosh2000]

@lbtheman12345 You can have a "low tech" tank with easy to grow plants: valisneria, cryptocoryne wendtii, amazon swords, anubias, Java moss, rotala. These will grow in gravel but you can get better growth with aquarium substrate. Plants add so much to a tank, that it is well worth it. THey also propagate with ease. Plantedtank for sale forum usually has starter packages available from other aquarium enthusiasts that are cheaper and healthier than store bought.

[lbtheman12345]

@mishmosh2000 Nice! What are your tips on keeping plants alive? Do they need any special dirt under the gravel? And what are your favorite plants in your tank?