"Jolly Fisherman" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:46:56 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

They're doing great BTW. All 4 look fine and healthy. They enjoyed some
thawed blood worms for breakfast, Hikari Gold pellets for lunch and a
slice
of orange for dinner. I don't believe I'm going to have any problems with
them.

Do you do any special preparation of the orange? It doesn't pollute
the water?
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I slice it about 1/4" thick and drop it in. Later I remove the rinds. No
other prep except to WASH it under cold water to remove any pesticides that
may be on the rind. In the tanks with veggie clips I remove the rind and
let the clip hold it at the surface. They love oranges. I do the same with
zucchini and cucumber but they're nowhere near as nuts for those. Oranges
provide them with Vitamin C which may be gone from the foods we buy them at
the store, and calcium. They will keep at the orange slice until it's gone
(except for any rind you leave on it). Remove the rind.
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