A rather ordinary day

[Shark]

I had a bunch on my legs when I was sat in the back yard, was quite a few to be honest, I sat there for a bit and I was getting eaten alive, after that I went back to my fish room and caught a few more to feed the fish.

Ha, no I didn't.

[happyone]

I used to, but now I'm more cautious, living in a refinery town and all, don't want to risk bringing in pollutants with outside bugs.

[Shark]

I've been collecting live foods for over 30 years, never had a problem. Yeah, there's a risk, but it's one you've got to take if you want to give your fish the best.

[happyone]

Picked up two female bettas from the local pet shop today, not exactly the most colourful ones but there's something about them I like. Poured the water and fish out of the bag into a 4-inch square glass tank, gave them some live daphnia to eat - they started feeding right away, no surprise there. Gave them 20-30 minutes before releasing them into the 60L tank, plan is to feed them plenty of Live foods to get them in top condition for breeding. If everything goes smoothly, next step is finding a suitable male betta or two.

If I lived in a cleaner area, I wouldn't think twice about feeding live foods to my fish, same goes for collecting leaf litter for my tanks.

[coltin]

collect a few live foods, bring them home and culture them for a few generations, that way you can be sure they are safe and clean for the fish, then use the cultured foods for feeding.