Re: NANFA-- Hogsucker

Wally Billingham (wally_at_wallybillingham.com)
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:40:14 -0400

I have done it as a first food for small fry. It seemed to work pretty good.
I thought of doing it for suckers but its hard to collect fresh algae
covered rocks when the streams a frozen over 4 months out of the year.

Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: <IndyEsox_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Hogsucker

> In a message dated 9/9/02 7:21:05 PM US Central Standard Time,
> njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com writes:
>
> << > he is resting, other times he is busy grazing on the algae and micro
> critters
> > living in the old shag carpet that covers the pool bottom.
>
> You may have found the ticket right there.... algae, hmmmmm. I presume
> that this is your outdoor pond? Sunlight, algae and all..... Sounds
like a
> good recipe. Anyone try feeding nori to their hog suckers?
> >>
>
> Seems like a year or two ago, someone mentioned they went to streams and
> collected algae covered rocks to put in their darter aquarium. I didn't
> follow up at the time, but it sounded like it might be a good nutritional
> supplement. Anyone else do this or want to make comments on the logic?
>
> Chuck Church
> Indianapolis, Indiana USA

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