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feeding your gsp

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i feed my 3 gsps everyday either 1 of the following bloodworm,prawn,muscle,cockles in the morning then snails of an evening.is this ok??? or is it too less??
there 1.5/2 inches???

is it good to hand feed them? or just pop the food in?? what do you do? id use some tweezers not my fingers hehe

im gona try them on muscles in the shell soon but ill break the shell a little so they can get into it.
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Sounds like too much, but it also depends on how much you give per feeding. If you give them all a few bloodworms in the morning and evening I don't see an issue. If you dump in an entire cube of bloodworms per GSP twice a day :o on the other hand.

Hand-feeding or no, I would say is up to you. However I prefer pliers, so that they won't associate my fingers with food :lol:. More so since I love redecorating occasionally.
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Have you read my GSP article?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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when feeding them prawns 3 of them will share just under half a prawn.whatevers left over i remove straight away.bloodworm i normally give them just under half a cube to share.they normally have between 5/8 small snails each of an evening.they do stop when they have had enough.

they dont have 2 lots of prawn/bloodworm etc.they will have either just under half a prawn in the morning then snails in the evening.then the next day ill give just under half a cube of bloodworm then a few snails of an evening.
pufferpunk im not sure if i have read your article on gsp???
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BETTYBOO wrote:when feeding them prawns 3 of them will share just under half a prawn.whatevers left over i remove straight away.bloodworm i normally give them just under half a cube to share.they normally have between 5/8 small snails each of an evening.they do stop when they have had enough.

they dont have 2 lots of prawn/bloodworm etc.they will have either just under half a prawn in the morning then snails in the evening.then the next day ill give just under half a cube of bloodworm then a few snails of an evening.
pufferpunk im not sure if i have read your article on gsp???
It's a good article, best I can do is
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... cd=1&hl=en
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great thanks
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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: feeding your gsp

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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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