mwp
In Memoriam
Ah, frozen and live Adult brine - thus the necessary Selcon enrichment on the live stuff (I purchase adult brine when needed locally and feed with Phytoplankton mix...by the week's end they are blue/green instead of your traditional "orange-brown" color). It takes time to train them...i.e. I isolated this male for about 1.5 months before feeling he was fat enough and aggressive enough of a feeder to go into a tank with 12 other fish. He took frozen foods within a couple days; the female RSB took frozen foods from day one and required no training..she's still a "madman" when feeding time comes around. Meanwhile, I'm still watching our 2nd mandarin female with a close eye...she eats frozen foods but "not enough" at this point to keep he weight up...it's gonna be at least 2-3 more weeks and I'm thinking I need to reposition her net and take out the rocks I have on the bottom of her pen..I think she's missing most of the food that goes in.
The reason I chose live Adult Brine as the initial food is that unlike bloodworms / tubifex which are harder to locate and more expensive, the live brine can be left in the net pen all day, allowing a timid and thin feeder to feed in peace and quiet at her leisure - key for the initial first days with a Synchiropus that's in "could go either way" condition.
FWIW,
Matt
The reason I chose live Adult Brine as the initial food is that unlike bloodworms / tubifex which are harder to locate and more expensive, the live brine can be left in the net pen all day, allowing a timid and thin feeder to feed in peace and quiet at her leisure - key for the initial first days with a Synchiropus that's in "could go either way" condition.
FWIW,
Matt
