"Peter Corser" wrote in message
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Bindi wrote:
I am feeding a mix with spirulina in it now. Can you feed All Bran
people cereal? The little stick kind.
I was told that wheat germ is good for feeding in cold weather but I
have trouble getting it here so I
was thinking that All bran might be ok.


Peter

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Peter & Elizabeth Corser
Leighton Buzzard, UK


Once again, thank you, Peter!

Cheers
Bindi.
Bindi

I've never tried All Bran on fish, but I doubt whether it would give them
much nutrition (not sure whether they need fibre in exactly the same way
we
do!) and may be a bit slow to work through their system. It may be worth
trying some different cereals in small quantities to see if they are
palatable to the fish, but I would suggest leaving experimentation until
spring since you will have a better chance of recovery in pond water and
fish health if something doesn't work.

The advantage of the specialist foods is that they reduce pollution of the
water directly from breakdown of the food (rather than fish waste) to
minimum levels. Since you are filtering the water you may find that the
fish will take bread - it's not an ideal food because it does cause some
pollution if they don't eat it all, but is a lot better than many people
think. When I used to keep marine fish (now in the dim & distant past!)
we
used to be able to get vitamins formulated for fish - may be worth seeing
if
your local supplier has anything similar - adding this to bread can be
useful.

Does your local supplier stock live food (or frozen food) for aquarium
fish?
If so, this can be a useful supplement if used sparingly. The sparing use
is required for several reasons, but the two major ones are cost and the
fish will gorge themselves given half a chance!

Peter
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Peter & Elizabeth Corser
Leighton Buzzard, UK


Hi, Peter!
I will try some little bits of bread sometimes as well then.
I don't have a local supplier. I am a bit far north and in the sticks here.
I got my fish food off eBay.
I am going to try and breed my own brine shrimp soon and feed them that if
it works out.
They are all in good condition so I guess it won't hurt them to get fed less
now that it is getting cooler weather.

Thanks!

Bindi.