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	do labs eat feeders?
LOACHESRCOOL Enthusiast Posts: 206 Kudos: 215 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Apr-2005	do yellow labs eat live feeder minnows?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	No, in the wild they eat algae and auwfuchs on the rocks. In aquariums a good pellet like NLS or some spirulina algae flakes are good. They may eat the fry of other mbuna but nothing very large.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I think they mostly eat vegetable based foods. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004	Why would you want to feed them feeders?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
LOACHESRCOOL Enthusiast Posts: 206 Kudos: 215 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Apr-2005	well i do like to watch fish eat feeders pretty cool i think (i know im messed up`)i think its cool to watch them use intelligence tocatch the fish NEWAYS that not why i was wondering i just wanted the fish to be as happy as possible i havent bought them yet so im trying to get all the info i can
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004	try some ghost shrimp.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Ghost shrimp would be very bad for yellow labs. Even though they're mostly omnivorious too much protein will cause them to catch bloat.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
betahex Fish Addict Posts: 864 Kudos: 352 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2001	actually, Electric Yellow Labs CAN handle high protein diets compared to most other Mbuna. in the wild, they feed primarily on aquatic insects, snails, shrimp, and occasionally scrap algae off of rocks. if i were to suggest a live food for Electric Yellow Labs, i'd HIGHLY recommend you stay away from feeder fish... not only do they contain no nutritional value, but are VERY disease ridden and can infect the Electric Yellows with the same diseases the feeder fish has. my advice is to go for frozen shrimp and worms...not live fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Compared to other mbuna they can handle more protein but you still need to be careful with them. I would say not to feed them frozen food no more than once a week and that may be a little much. The best food you can give them would still be NLS pellets.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Natedog1227 Hobbyist Posts: 64 Kudos: 59 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-Mar-2004	I feed my yellow labs amd my red jewels ghost shrimp once a month.. I have never had a problem with bloat and they seem to love them... I throw in 100 ghost shrimp once a month.. Gotta love texas, I get my ghost shrimp 10 for a dollar Nathan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004	never had problems with my yellow lab eating one or two ghost shrimp every month.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
stallion81 Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 255 Votes: 143 Registered: 17-Jan-2004	I had housed a 3" male lab that ate comets 1 time a week(due to feeding my Bichirs). No problems in the 9 months they were housed together. Just use some NLS or spirulina flake for most the other 6 days to "flush" their system. Ive never lost a cichlid to bloat, and most my cichlids are or were housed with my Bichirs(live 1 time a week).
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Enzo1947 Fingerling Posts: 25 Kudos: 30 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-May-2004	I have fed my yellow labs brine shrimp a couple times per week for the past 14 months or so that I've had them, and they are happy and healthy. Their diet does mainly consist of spirulina algae flakes, however.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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