Meanwhile maybe we should also rethink our approach to diet by going back
to basics like any examinations of stomach contents of wild-caught fish to
provide some clues. Also the old dictum that "structure echoes function" -
what are the external teeth on the lips of the trifasciatas for? Perhaps
for grazing algae and benthic organisms from the rocks etc?
Bruce Hansen
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> From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Food for thought
> Date: Monday, 16 June 1997 18:20
> This is the big problem - most fish nutrition research is based on
> aquaculture for food fishes and very little, if any research has been
done
> on ornamental fishes. Even in Singapore, they have based a lot of their
work
> on previous aquacultural studies. Aquaculturists only want to grow their
> fishes to table size as quickly as they can at the cheapest price. Us
> aquarists on the other hand want to keep out fish alive and well for as
long
> as we can. I'm going to reduce the amount of food I have been feeding my
> fishes and see what develops. Probably also increase the vegetable
matter,
> especially for the trifasciata.