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| Posted | Feeding malawi's Orange segments |
| 27-07-2006 08:52 by Malawimad |
I went to the LFS last night and he has told me to feed my malawi's a segment of orange every now and then, apparantly it gives the fish much needed vitamains and enhances colouration.... fact or fiction guys? |
| 27-07-2006 09:13 by richard hulley |
never heard of that one, i would say fiction |
| 27-07-2006 09:15 by darren |
The only thing i can see fish would get out of that would be Carrotine,which enhances colour,but to be honest good quality foods contain this anyway
HTH |
| 27-07-2006 09:35 by Alan |
Vit C as well never really thought of it I would be interested to see his malawi's feeding on an orange segment!
My only concern would be the acidity of the fruit and its effects on water chemistry but I would pressume the orange segment is so small in relation to the volume of water it would do no harm and anyway the fish waste is acidic so why not give it a go but I would not leave it in their long. Hour at most and I would keep and eye on it. |
| 27-07-2006 09:43 by Malawimad |
I'll give it a go Alan, I'll try a little piece at first and see how we go with it |
| 27-07-2006 11:52 by keith t |
They feed them a slice of tomato at my lfs though i havnt tried it myself
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| 27-07-2006 11:57 by Malawimad |
I use cucumber, peas odd bit of spinich but never tried any fruit!!! |
| 27-07-2006 14:27 by kitkat |
i have read that it's good for koi's & cold water fish,full of vitamin c so can't see why it wouldn't be good for tropical fish. |
| 28-07-2006 00:22 by robert.pope |
funny only yesterday i was eating a dry satsuma hapend to drop some small bits into my dads pond.....his golden orfe loved it! they are around a foot in length
i also feed my plec tomato but i scrape out the pips as im not sure what they would do to the fish . cucumber is also give .......... |
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