My slings like fishfood...

[pouchedrat]

Well as far as i can tell, ALL of the slings I offered fishflake food gelled have eaten it! At first I thought some didn't, but I noticed their abdomens had an orange hue to it compared to the ones who ate tiny mealworms or crickets. They just didn't finish the food although most was gone by day 2 (the type of fishfood I selected is chernobyl orange in color, and color enhancing, I just want to see if it works or not).

That's pretty amazing. ALL slings are doing great and are active. We'll see if it effects the development negatively or positively or AT ALL

 

[Bosing]

I hope to see pictures of the slings that are feeding on colored fish food... Please post some.

 

[nhdjoseywales]

well so far only number 38 seems to be eating the shrimp, but the rest just might not be hungry, they havent been eating crickets either for a week or so and may all be in premolt or full from initial feedings. this is pretty exciting "research" since it may mean the end of slings killed by forgotten or hidden live prey that come out of hiding when the sling molts

am i the only one who has tiny crickets hide in the coco coir from time to time?

 

[Exo]

Well as far as i can tell, ALL of the slings I offered fishflake food gelled have eaten it! At first I thought some didn't, but I noticed their abdomens had an orange hue to it compared to the ones who ate tiny mealworms or crickets. They just didn't finish the food although most was gone by day 2 (the type of fishfood I selected is chernobyl orange in color, and color enhancing, I just want to see if it works or not).

That's pretty amazing. ALL slings are doing great and are active. We'll see if it effects the development negatively or positively or AT ALL

I told ya that they like fishflake!

 

[ametan]

Think I'm going to give this a try. I've got a tiny "New River" rust rump that I've had for weeks now and it won't eat anything I've tried to give it...

 

[SypheRrr]

Well i see here are some guys already experimenting so i suppose its a good idea to make a new thread and post the basic info with some pics if possible and make it a sticky threat because its really interesting topic but it will take much more time for some of the experiments and it'll be good to have the results in one place.

 

[ametan]

Tried it.

Some things worth mentioning:
-The smell is pretty overpowering.
-Forming the little balls is quite a messy/sticky operation.

Anyone have any suggestions on better ways to make the balls?

 

[nhdjoseywales]

Some things worth mentioning:
-The smell is pretty overpowering.
-Forming the little balls is quite a messy/sticky operation.

Anyone have any suggestions on better ways to make the balls?

do the gelatin method, it still smells like fish food but its probably easier to make portions. i agree trying to make balls from wet fishfood just sucks

 

[Exo]

Some things worth mentioning:
-The smell is pretty overpowering.
-Forming the little balls is quite a messy/sticky operation.

Anyone have any suggestions on better ways to make the balls?

Well, it smells better than mashed crickets...

 

[nhdjoseywales]

Well, it smells better than mashed crickets...

or live s crickets too for that matter

 

[pouchedrat]

I froze the gelatin mold and then broke it up frozen before plopping it into the enclosures. That seemed to work well.

 

[nhdjoseywales]

i realize i sound like a moron because i failed at making jello, but can anyone post a recipe with exact measurements of how they made this? i used 2 packets of unflavored gelatin, about a half cup of cold water and 1 and a half cups or so of boiling water, added a lot of fish food and some dried shrimp then poured that in a pan and set it in the freezer. it was too frozen to cut so i thawed it out some and instead of being jello its soupy. yes i suck at cooking. please help

maybe i didnt let the gelatin dissolve long enough in the hot water maybe

 

[LadySharon]

Hi. I second NhdJosey's question.

But I have more... what exact BRAND are you guys using? I'm looking on petsmart and I see betta bites and I see betta omaga betta flakes....

I may try this - though not sure about a formal experiment yet. But if the flakes themselves are a pain to work with ... well I have NO IDEA how to do the gel. What to buy or WHERE to buy or how to make it.

CAn people start giving exact stats on what they are doing? What brands of stuff they are using etc?

Thanks.
- Sharon

 

[nhdjoseywales]

i tried again last night usng 1 packet of gelatin, 1/2 a cup of cold water, let that sit a minute or two while finishing heating the other water, then poured in 1.5 cups of boiling water. stirred and let it dissolve a bit then poured in a good bit of pulverized fish food and put it in the fridge. turned out the consistency i wanted but the fish food sank to the bottom so i will probably chunk most of the top layer and just use the bottom. altho i probably been to check the texture and consistency of the bottom before i make that statement

 

[gmrpnk21]

I wish I would have seen this thread before I bought a starter colony of discoids...

 

[PrimalTaunt]

I wish I would have seen this thread before I bought a starter colony of discoids...

Maybe not so much. I literally just ran into a situation like Exo had in that I won't be able to get crickets until Saturday when I remembered this thread. So I bought some betta flakes from my LPS, brought it home, added water, formed it into a ball (which looked/smelled like a small chunk of moist dog food), and, two hour later, it's still in my G. pulchripes container and nothing. I'll leave it in there overnight and take it out in the morning if it's still there.

 

[LeilaNami]

This is interesting but Exo's results aren't going to be conclusive as the experiment is still very unstructured. I would suggest someone doing a more rigid experiment that knows statistics and how to set up a properly controlled system should do this experiment. If I had lab space, I would. I'll be getting some though probably in the next couple of years but I don't know if they'll let me do this along side my dissertation experiments.

So far there's a lot of issues with the amount of food being given to the slings, the temperatures, etc. There are lots of things that can affect the Ts growth.

 

[Mez]

Since most, if not all protein in aquarium flakes is fish based, i'll keep feeding crickets and cricket parts.

 

[Scolopeon]

Winner. :clap:

You are WINNING with this quote!

LOL

 

[Hamburglar]

Maybe not so much. I literally just ran into a situation like Exo had in that I won't be able to get crickets until Saturday when I remembered this thread. So I bought some betta flakes from my LPS, brought it home, added water, formed it into a ball (which looked/smelled like a small chunk of moist dog food), and, two hour later, it's still in my G. pulchripes container and nothing. I'll leave it in there overnight and take it out in the morning if it's still there.

You might be able to stimulate a feeding response by dropping it directly in front of the spider simulating a prey item falling. I wasn't sure if you did that or not by your post.