On a commercial scale, live
food husbandry in all its aspects of culture and enrichment, is indeed
often treated in a
“
Machiavellian way
”
considering prey numbers the
fi
rst prerequisite over the general quality of the presented live food to
larval
fi
sh. Unfortunately, the
“
quality of the meal
”
is too often regarded
as acceptable whenever the boosted nutrients
fi
ll the gut (app. 10
–
15%
of the live food) of the often manhandled
“
living
”
pill