Re: [RML] P. cyanodorsalis revisited

Gary Lange (gwlange at stlnet.com)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:14:36 -0600

spinach really isn't a good food to feed any fishes. It's very high in
oxalic acid and that can cause adsorbtion problems with calcium. It's
better to use something like collard greens which are extremely high in
vitamen C.

gary lange

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: [RML] P. cyanodorsalis revisited

>Mach,
>At 10:20 27/01/99, you wrote:
>>Mine are definitly goitre. No whitish cream gorwth. I was more hoping
>>that they would learn to eat their vergetable and get iodine that way. One
>>odd thought is that they are do seem to eat spirulina flakes and the
>>mixtures of natureosa spirulina and otehr goodies. I am hoping I can see
>>an enhancement of the yellow and orange colors. I have been told that the
>>caudal fin's accents can be red or orange...
>
>Feed them finely chopped spinach like Popeye :-)
>
>Adrian.
>
> Adrian R. Tappin
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