Frozen Daphnia

Just dropped in (for the first time) a block of frozen daphnia. I use these every week for the goldfish, but not before for the tropical tank.

It span around the top for a few cicruits, breaking up at the back corner a little each time. The female halfbeak happened to be waiting for it on the first cicuit and managed a few good mouthfuls of daphnia as it went past.

Problem was it kept getting caught in a back current just at the point where it broke up, then finally dropped in that corner. Next time I try it, will not have the jet from the filter going straight down the back - that seems to give the most water movement.

Also, although the fish did enjoy it, mainly because it caught and settled, a lot finally sank to the bottom. Neither of the new occupants are anywhere to be seen - hopefully they will come out later for their feed to clear up. But a whole block might be best keeping for when there are more mid water fish - 2 halfbeaks and 5 neons aren't going to catch much! The shrimps, snails & catfish will enjoy the rest!