Angels

I just changed over my 55 to essentially an Angel tank, with a few
catfish and lots of Amazon Sword plants. I got 6 small locally bred assorted
fish at my LPS. Can someone give me a quick run down on what they like? I
haven't kept them in years and only remember them being voracious eaters and
very hardy.


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JKconey wrote:
I just changed over my 55 to essentially an Angel tank, with a few
catfish and lots of Amazon Sword plants. I got 6 small locally bred assorted
fish at my LPS. Can someone give me a quick run down on what they like? I
haven't kept them in years and only remember them being voracious eaters and
very hardy.



I feed mine minced beef heart, tubliflex worms, a little flake food etc.
Like you say, angels are hearty eaters! Beef heart will make them put
on size, QUICK!

Regards,
JS

"John Smith" wrote in message
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JKconey wrote:
I just changed over my 55 to essentially an Angel tank, with a few
catfish and lots of Amazon Sword plants. I got 6 small locally bred
assorted fish at my LPS. Can someone give me a quick run down on what
they like? I haven't kept them in years and only remember them being
voracious eaters and very hardy.



I feed mine minced beef heart, tubliflex worms, a little flake food etc.
Like you say, angels are hearty eaters! Beef heart will make them put on
size, QUICK!

Regards,
JS


Do you do your own beef, or get it in a petshop? What's the procedure?


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"JKconey" wrote in message
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I just changed over my 55 to essentially an Angel tank, with a few
catfish and lots of Amazon Sword plants. I got 6 small locally bred
assorted fish at my LPS. Can someone give me a quick run down on what
they like? I haven't kept them in years and only remember them being
voracious eaters and very hardy.

I feed all my fish a combination of frozen and live foods, and give flake
food once per week. Frozen foods consist of bloodworms, adult brine shrimp
& baby shrimp. Live foods include grindal worms, springtails, daphnia, and
black worms & mosquito larvae whenever I get the opportunity.

JKconey wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message
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JKconey wrote:
I just changed over my 55 to essentially an Angel tank, with a few
catfish and lots of Amazon Sword plants. I got 6 small locally bred
assorted fish at my LPS. Can someone give me a quick run down on what
they like? I haven't kept them in years and only remember them being
voracious eaters and very hardy.


I feed mine minced beef heart, tubliflex worms, a little flake food etc.
Like you say, angels are hearty eaters! Beef heart will make them put on
size, QUICK!

Regards,
JS


Do you do your own beef, or get it in a petshop? What's the procedure?



Yes, I purchase fresh beefheart.

One way is to take pieces of the unfrozen heart and pulse it through a
blender on "chop", until the result is in pieces of the right size.

Another way is to use a cheap metal grater on the frozen heart, shaving
off pieces of a suitable size by choosing the proper place on the hand
grater.

DON'T process frozen heart in a blender, it will break the
shaft/bearings/blades of the blender.

Regards,
JS

"John Smith" wrote in message
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I feed mine minced beef heart, tubliflex worms, a little flake food etc.
Like you say, angels are hearty eaters! Beef heart will make them put
on size, QUICK!

Regards,
JS


Do you do your own beef, or get it in a petshop? What's the procedure?



Yes, I purchase fresh beefheart.

One way is to take pieces of the unfrozen heart and pulse it through a
blender on "chop", until the result is in pieces of the right size.



Why specifically beefheart? I'm just guessing it has to do with fatty
content messing up the tank? What about pieces of any lean fresh steak,
chicken or pork?


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JKconey wrote:

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Why specifically beefheart? I'm just guessing it has to do with fatty
content messing up the tank? What about pieces of any lean fresh steak,
chicken or pork?



Yeah, I have fed cichlids lean beef ... no apparent harm. I would worry
about feeding them fat though, as I have fed fat to Oscars, in the past,
and from their stool, it is obvious they CANNOT process fat ...

Beef heart is very good though ... I have never seen any live food able
to put on mass on a fish faster ... and, it is VERY cheap!

Regards,
JS

"John Smith" wrote in message
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JKconey wrote:

... Why specifically beefheart? I'm just guessing it has to do with fatty
content messing up the tank? What about pieces of any lean fresh steak,
chicken or pork?



Yeah, I have fed cichlids lean beef ... no apparent harm. I would worry
about feeding them fat though, as I have fed fat to Oscars, in the past,
and from their stool, it is obvious they CANNOT process fat ...

Beef heart is very good though ... I have never seen any live food able to
put on mass on a fish faster ... and, it is VERY cheap!

Regards,
JS



I'm thinking you can always boil any meat to get rid of the fat. I
wonder if cooking it will diminish it in any way for the fishies?


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"Tynk" wrote in message
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On Jan 2, 10:48 am, "JKconey" wrote:


I'm thinking you can always boil any meat to get rid of the fat. I
wonder if cooking it will diminish it in any way for the fishies?



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I've only tried frozen beef heart and my angels snubbed it totally.
It's messy, but it will put on bulk quickly in angels.



I'm confused? If they snubbed it, how did it make them big? In general I
have to wonder if pretty much anything will make fish grow faster or bigger
than anything else? As long as their bellies are full much of the time....


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JK
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JKconey wrote:

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I'm confused? If they snubbed it, how did it make them big? In general I
have to wonder if pretty much anything will make fish grow faster or bigger
than anything else? As long as their bellies are full much of the time....



Easy. When raising baby angels, one usually feeds them live food from
hatching, until they are larger and can take dry foods.

They will resist giving up the live foods, daphnia, brine shrimp, etc.,
you have to let 'em get pretty hungry, sometimes, but they come around
.... eventually. :-)

Regards,
JS