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• Neocaridina heteropoda
  *German research indicates feeding high protein foods leads to premature shedding of their [[carapace]] and shortens their lives. ...y new additions to the tank and clean it mercilessly. They will not damage live plants but will clean the algae off them quite readily.
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• Hymenochirus boettgeri
  ...elleted food, while others tend to ignore it, instead preferring frozen or live. ...terest in flake or pelleted food, instead preferring thawed frozen food or live food.
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• GloFish
  ...ey will also take freeze-dried shrimp. Any food other than live or frozen foods should be crushed slightly, as GloFish are small, and too impatient to chew
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• Labidochromis caeruleus
  ...trate. Thrives in high pH and hard water conditions. It may well shred any live plants that it is placed in with.
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• Pterophyllum scalare
  :Angels will accept most foods include live/frozen such as [[brine shrimp]] and good quality cichlid pellets. Keep the ...l]] that it should not accidentally choke on a piece. They also appreciate live plants, good filtration, and plenty of swimming room.
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• Pethia conchonius
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Diodon holacanthus
  ...invertebrates to help keep their teeth down. Will also accept meaty frozen foods. *[http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+39+244&pcatid=244 Live Aquaria]
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• Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
  ...signed for tropical fish. Additionally, providing them with live or frozen foods like brine shrimp, bloodworms, and daphnia enhances their nutritional intak
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• Melanotaenia praecox
  :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake as well as live food like [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Lysiosquillina maculata
  ...s frequently considered an aquarium pest. They are frequent hitchhikers on live rock and will kill aquarium stock. They are becoming increasingly popular a ...as crabs and snails, or in case of spearer, fish. Suggested to feed frozen foods such as shrimp and squid soaked in nutritional supplements such as selcon.
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• Bloodworm
  ...in the wild aquatic food chain. Therefore, it is one of the primary live foods fed to virtually all aquarium kept freshwater aquatic animals. == Live form ==
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• Otocinclus macrospilus
  {{:category:Otocinclus\diet}} Also eat small live foods such as microworms.
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• Paracheirodon innesi
  ...lar foods along with micro pellet, supplemented with small live and frozen foods such as [[artemia]] and [[daphnia]]. Some bite snails' tentacles (maybe mis ...arying pH or a high [[GH]] value, so ensure an adequate [[KH]] level. They live in stagnant pools in the wild and so do not like much current inside the ta
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• Corydoras paleatus
  :* Feeding quality foods like [[brine shrimp]] or [[bloodworms]] helps to condition the fish for spa ...commercial powder food ([[Cyclop-eeze]], etc.). (they grow a lot faster on live food).
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• Betta splendens
  ...eason) these are very wide bodies of water, meaning the theory that Bettas live in puddles is completely untrue since even in the dry season the "puddles" ...s for a pair to be conditioned (with excellent water quality and plenty of live food) before they can be put together. Once the spawn has become free-swimm
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• Parotocinclus jumbo
  ...] pellets and flakes as well as blanched vegetables. May also nibble meaty foods like [[bloodworm]] if put in for other fish, but this shouldn't form a regu ...any [[Plecos]] this species has an interesting adaptation of being able to live in reduced oxygenated water. It adapts a part of its indigestion system to
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• Hemigrammus erythrozonus
  ...y about what they eat. They'll eat small live, frozen, dry foods and flake foods.
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• Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
  ...buccal cavity. The males will carry the eggs and incubate them. Fry will live out of the fathers mouth for the beginning, very similar to what is found i ...es starving off the food source they prefer, and continual offering of the foods you wish it to eat.
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• Poecilia reticulata
  ...h should likewise be avoided unless the guppies are intended to serve as a live food source; this is particularly important for the smaller wild type guppi ...will eat virtually everything offered, from algae to flakes to small live foods.
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• Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
  :Will take most foods including flake, pellet and live/frozen foods.
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• Thayeria boehlkei
  :Will take most foods including pellets and flakes as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
  ...hrimp]], [[Tubifex|Tubifex Worms]]. Care should be taken when feeding live foods to ensure no parasites are being carried. Likes to eat small snails when ad
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• Carassius auratus
  ..., turnip, kale), squash, etc. They will also benefit from occasional live foods like worms, snails, small insects and aquatic plants (e.g. [[duckweed]], az ...n it can eat within a few minutes. Try the [[:Category:Gel food|gel diet]] foods like [[58LK]] or [[5ML6]] which are excellent.
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• Hydra
  ...ed to overfeeding the tank's primary occupants, especially with small live foods like baby brine shrimp or microworms. Green hydra species are photosyntheti
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• Botia udomritthiruji
  ...et and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[Foods::daphnia]] and [[Foods::bloodworm]] and chopped shrimp.
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• Vegetable food
  Since many fish are primarily or exclusively vegetarian, typical foods do not provide the nutrition they require, usually being based on animal pr ...roscopic flora have been grown in a separate tank, in order to provide a [[live food]] appropriate for very small fish.
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• Tanichthys albonubes
  ...most fish these minnows benefit from regular additions of live and frozen foods to their diet.
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• Kryptopterus bicirrhis
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake, benefits from live foods such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Synchiropus splendidus
  ...e-bred specimens are now available; these specimens are raised on non-live foods, and so thus are easier to maintain on such a diet. ...lements. If you do acquire (or manage to adapt) a specimen eating non-live foods, try feeding vitamin-enriched mysis shrimp - but ensure that there is a ple
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• Xiphophorus maculatus
  ...ng platies can be raised on baby brine shrimp or even finely crushed flake foods. They grow rapidly if the water quality is kept immaculate. ...rm the basis of their diet. Complement this with occasional live or frozen foods, such as bloodworms or brine shrimp, to provide a range of nutrients. Veget
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• Sphaerichthys vaillanti
  ...Wild specimens seldom take dry food; in any case, feeding small amounts of live food will minimize the accumulation of nitrates in the tank, to which these
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• Brine shrimp
  ...um hobby they are an important source of food, if not the most important [[live food]] for all sorts of aquatic animals, including fish and frogs. You can buy live ''Artemia'' from your local pet shop in small bags which you sieve and feed
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• Acanthicus adonis
  ...r, will take anything from fruit and vegetables to pellets, frozen or live foods, even pieces of fish.
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• Lepidarchus adonis
  :Will take most foods including small pellets and flake, as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Alestes humilis
  :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Pareutropius buffei
  ...ussy eater accepting most catfish pellets and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus
  :Omnivorous and will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Hepsetus odoe
  ...ke to store bought foods such as silversides and whitebait. Other suitable foods include large earthworms, mussels, cockles, and even the occasional beef he
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• Hydrocynus goliath
  :May only take live foods, possible to wean on to other meaty foods such as shrimp or beef heart but this will take time.
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• Hemigrammus rhodostomus
  :A peaceful shoaling community fish, keep in groups of 4 or more. Will live with other community fish such as [[:Category:Corydoras|Corydoras]]. :Will eat most foods including pellets, flake, live and frozen foods.
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• Atractosteus spatula
  ...times be tricky to get newly-introduced captive individuals to accept dead foods though most will learn to do so following a short period of starvation. : After a short time most small individuals will accept meaty frozen foods such as prawns, lance fish, etc., while larger specimens can be offered who
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• Pterophyllum altum
  :Will take most foods but prefers live/frozen such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]] supplemented with high qu
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• Jordanella floridae
  ...iet consists of plant matter and algae. If they are fed on a diet of meaty foods, their lifespans will shorten drastically. They eat multiple types of algae ...//www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+1535+2776&pcatid=2776 Live Aquaria]
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• Anostomus anostomus
  ...nibble at blanched vegetables and [[spirulina]]. Will also eat small meaty foods like [[brine shrimp]]. Will also graze on algae. ...cks and large pieces of [[driftwood]] and [[bogwood]]. These fish will eat live plants so are not planted tank safe. Appreciates some current.
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• Neolebias ansorgii
  :Feed this tiny fish with crushed flakes and small live/frozen foods such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Phago loricatus
  :Requires a meaty diet with live/frozen foods such as [[daphnia]], [[brine shrimp]] and [[bloodworm]]. May accept flakes
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• Notopterus notopterus
  ...t frozen food, including [[bloodworm]]. Some fish may be weaned onto dried foods, but not all.
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• Periophthalmus barbarus
  ...ed flake, but rather live foods (crickets, worms, grasshoppers) and frozen foods (bloodworm, brine shrimp).
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• Melanochromis auratus
  :Will take most foods including pellet, flake and live/frozen foods. The Auratus will also graze on algae and supplementing their diet with [[s
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• Macquaria novemaculeata
  ...he water's surface and a good portion of other shrimp or insect based food live, frozen and prepared. Good quality Cichlid pellets or Australian native pel ...such as crickets, moths and other insects, shrimp and yabbies. Occasional live fish may also be fed with caution.
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• Scleropages jardini
  ...goldfish you are just upping the chance of them getting sick. Recommended foods are nightcrawlers, blood worms, meal worms, fresh fillets, and possibly shr
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• Melanotaenia fluviatilis
  :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake, vegetables and live/frozen food like [[brine shrimp]] and [[bloodworm]].
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• Petrocephalus bovei bovei
  ...ill prefer live foods including earthworms and chopped beef heart. Sinking foods are best.
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• Badis badis
  :The pair should be separated, and conditioned on various live foods, such as [[tubifex]], white worm, etc. A flower pot with the bottom removed :Prefers live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[bloodworm]]. May take flake or p
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• Balantiocheilos melanopterus
  ...ve foods such as [[bloodworm]] and [[tubifex]], as well as vegetable-based foods.
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• Phallichthys amates
  :Accepts most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Colisa fasciata
  ...in everything from flakes to frozen foods and live foods. However they can live on flakes only, with an occasional [[bloodworm]] meal.
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• Syncrossus hymenophysa
  ...can be considered such as the larger species of Danio and Barb. Will also live with other larger loaches such as the ''[[Botia helodes]], [[Botia berdmore :Will accept sinking pellets as well as frozen foods such as [[brine shrimp]] and mosquito larvae.
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• Synodontis clarias
  :An omnivorous fish that will take most foods including live/frozen foods and pellet and flake.
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• Brachyplatystoma juruense
  ...convert. Loves live foods but is hard to get onto dried pellets or frozen foods. Will eat any fish that fits in its mouth so be cautious.
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• Danio devario
  :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake as well as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]]. ...ing. They are at their most colourful if fed a high quality diet with live foods.
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• Botia dario
  ...t and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[foods::bloodworm]] and [[foods::brine shrimp]]. This fish is an omnivore, so make sure to feed algae wafer
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• Creagrutus beni
  :Will take most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Syncrossus berdmorei
  :Sinking pellets as the staple diet with live foods and some suitable vegetable matter.
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• Neoarius graeffei
  ...re good but live food is even better. Some specimens are too slow to catch live prey.
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• Brycinus macrolepidotus
  ...most foods including pellets and flake, as well as blanched vegetables and live/frozen food such as shrimp and [[bloodworm]].
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• Cichlasoma portalegrense
  ...ealthiest and the largest, provide a variety of foods, even the occasional live feeder.
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• Acanthicus hystrix
  ...r, will take anything from fruit and vegetables to pellets, frozen or live foods, even pieces of fish.
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• Osteoglossum ferreirai
  ...iet, consisting of [[live food]]s, frozen foods ([[bloodworm]]), and meaty foods (beef heart, [[Category:Silversides|silversides]], chicken livers). Althoug
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• Potamotrygon leopoldi
  :A carnivorous fish that will take frozen or live foods, they are partial to shrimp. Will also take earthworms, mealworms, silversi
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• Paracyprichromis nigripinnis
  ..., small fish, [[mysis shrimp]], large aquatic insects and crustaceans. Dry foods should be accepted when the fish settle into their tank, especially in capt ...plants, so plants can be kept. Most variants grow to about 3-4 inches and live in the upper layer of the aquarium. They need rockwork to breed, so they sh
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• Melanotaenia maccullochi
  ...ke as well as live/frozen food like [[daphnia]] and [[brine shrimp]]. Live foods enhance their colours.
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• Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
  :Will take most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Colossoma macropomum
  ...e United States of North America. They are solitary, and as juveniles they live in the black waters of flood plains, feeding on insects, snails, and decayi ...n foods as well as a pellet diet. Feed it a primarily vegetarian diet with foods such as vegetarian pellets and blanched vegetables.
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• Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
  :Black Phantoms will take most foods including pellets, flake and live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]]. ...erally not too fussy about their environment. Like open swimming space and live plants to hide among. Comes from soft, slightly acidic water, but adults ca
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• Labeo chrysophekadion
  ...st foods including pellets, algae discs, and flakes as well as live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworms]] and [[tubifex]]. Not safe for planted tanks.
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• Hemigrammus pulcher
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Carnegiella marthae
  :Primarily carnivorous, liking live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]]. :Feed once or twice a day. Will prefer floating foods.
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• Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
  :Will take most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Chilatherina bleheri
  ...a]] or [[vinegar eels]] until they have grown large enough to eat prepared foods. :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]], [[tubifex]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Aphyocharax anisitsi
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[bloodworm]].
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• Alestopetersius smykalai
  ...at will take most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworm]], [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Cyrtocara moorii
  ...pellets, [[krill]] and [[brine shrimp]]. Blue Dolphin will happily accept live food including any smaller fish they can get into their mouth.
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• Inpaichthys kerri
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Ophthalmotilapia ventralis
  ...fussy eater, feed with high quality Cichlid pellets or flake. Live/frozen foods like [[brine shrimp]] or [[daphnia]] are also appreciated.
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• Hyphessobrycon peruvianus
  :Will take most foods but prefers live or frozen such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]], will accept flake or pe
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• Melanotaenia lacustris
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworm]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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• Boehlkea fredcochui
  :Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Barbus fasciolatus
  :Will accept most foods, but prefers live/frozen foods such as [[bloodworm]], which is said to enhance their colouration.
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• Cryptoheros spilurus
  :Frozen and live foods are best, will take flake, pellets as well.
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• Melanotaenia boesemani
  :A peaceful community mid-swimming fish, will live with other similar sized peaceful fish. Keep in groups of 6 or more, more f ...as long as the morsels are small. They will accept blanched vegetables and live/frozen food as well such as [[brine shrimp]].
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• Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
  ...lake food|flake]], [[algae pellets|algae wafers]], blanched vegetables and live food. Will enjoy frozen [[bloodworm]]s.
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• Neolamprologus boulengeri
  ...let foods. Life foods are ideal, however not entirely necessary. Good live foods include bloodworms, tubifex and artemia (brine shrimp).
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• Bryconaethiops boulengeri
  :Will accept most foods including pellets and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[bloodworm]] and [[daphnia]].
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• Betta pugnax
  ...with all bettas, they benefit from the regular addition of live and frozen foods to their diet. ...new hobbyist, being adaptable, easy to breed, and willing to take prepared foods. In spite of this, the species is rarely available captive bred.
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• Neolamprologus brevis
  ...rs. They will take prepared pellets and flakes, as well as live and frozen foods.
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• Tropheus brichardi
  :Best fed a mixed high quality diet of both live foods such as [[brine shrimp]] and [[ghost shrimp]] as well as vegetables such as
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• Teleogramma brichardi
  ...rkings appear red in preserved specimens (Roberts & Stewart, 1976), but in live fishes they are unequivocally a pure white. ...ans, probably with a degree of opportunism. ''T. brichardi'' relishes live foods such as Daphnia and chironomid larvae in captivity, and recently imported w
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• Cyprichromis leptosoma
  ...throat. Feed small flakes, pellets, live and frozen food; adults will take foods as small as baby brine shrimp.
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• Julidochromis dickfeldi
  :Prefers live foods including [[brine shrimp]] and [[bloodworm]]. Will also accept Cichlid pell
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