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[nanafish]

I am still having difficulty in a feeding station for my ponies. I only have 2 of them in a 10 gal now. I am trying diligently to feedthem, but my efforts are cluttering the tank. I bought a parakeet feeder with a hood, and inverted the perch so the cup stays in the water. Then when placing the mysis in there, it floats up and out......So I need some ideas , your pictures of what you have for feeding stations for your little stallions /fillies. I am raising brine shimp in their tank so I am hoping at least they are eating that if they are not eating what is floating past them in the tank. Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!:wave:

 

[57vert]

I use a plastic bathroom "cup thing" that has suction cups to hang some where. Also holes for toothbrushes. Check your local stores.

 

[nanafish]

How do you introduce the food into the tank? Does it float around all over the place? This is where I am having difficulty. The breeder told me what they were doing, and I am having trouble visualizing this.( Had the same problems in chemistry & Geometry. )

 

[57vert]

First off, rinse in salt water, I just take it out of the tank. I used R/O water, but it changed the bouyancy and the mysis floated all over. Not a problem when rinsed in tank water.

I use a little pipette that comes in tank parameter testing kits. Just suck the stuff up, and squirt it in the cup. Ya, I stick my arm in the tank. Some people use an acrylic tube and let it fall down the tube.

My horses are all real friendly. I attribute it to the fact I've got my arm in the tank all the time.

 

[pledosophy]

Here is my feeding station. It is just a shell attached to a magfloat with super glue gel. I glued on a few rocks to and painted the mag float purple so it "blends".

I keep a bottle of salt water by the freezer just cuz it's easier then getting water out of the tank every day, the ATO will screw up the salinity in time.

I thaw the mysis in the water, then I rinse it under the sink. Then I dump it out into a plastic cup.

I take that cup over to the seahorse tank, and use a turky basterto put some tank water in the cup. I then use the same turkey baster to put the mysis and tank water into the feeding dish.

HTH