Re: NANFA-- stoneroller diet

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:54:24 -0400

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>Although stoneroller are notorious herbivores, it should be noted that they
>are
>opportunistic feeders in the wild that will greedily take anything that
>comes
>their way. I think the key to feeding them is to do so heavily and
>frequently.
>
>Chris Scharpf
>Baltimore
I'll second Chris' observations. I've been keeping the largescales
(_Campostoma oligolepis_) and they're among the most eager feeders in my
various tanks, eating damn near _anything_ vaguely food-like.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

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