Who Quarantine Feeders?

[neoprodigy]

Who here Quarantine feeders? and what you do?


i quarantine mine, i salt and feed them for about 1 week then off they go...

[WckedMidas]

i duno but thats what im gona have to do if i buy any more l. Bought them twice in a year and got ich both freaking times

[piranha45]

never quarantine anything, never had a disease breakout either

[neoprodigy]

never quarantine anything, never had a disease breakout either
"Knock on Wood" you are lucky....

[Caveman]

There is only one place local that I would even buy feeders from. The have 4 tanks full of feeders and they change the water on the feeder tanks on a daily basis. I have always just thrown the feeders from that store into my tanks and have never experinced any problems.

[guppy]

If you got a choice buy your feeders from bait shops instead of LFS, they tend to be healthier, I think it is because they are not there long enough to get sick.

[redtailfool]

I dont feed feeders that often but if i do then i do Q them in a 10 g or 30 for a week or sometimes longer ...fatten them up and see who looks sickly and unhealthy and then get 5-10 pcs then just drop it in the tank as a snack.

[rayman45]

i did when i had rays feeding high protine foods

my snakehead has been eating them right out the bag his whold life and he is healthy.

1 of my lfs have milfiax(spelling),salt, and daily water changes on his feeders. he feeds them high protine food also. my dads friend :)

[buddah101]

If you got a choice buy your feeders from bait shops instead of LFS, they tend to be healthier, I think it is because they are not there long enough to get sick.
Thats a good idea, I never thought of that. probably cheaper too. Hey, I seen at a local WalMart some feeders selling for 49cents @!!! Are they kidding?!?!
That would be a small fortune to feed any of our fish!

[missyb0o]

I think all feeders from the" large chain" pet stores should be quarantined. When the are shipped, they come in the mail in a bag in a box. anywhere from 500-1000 per bag. Seems to just have enough water to cover them. not the healthiest bunch I've seen.

[pufferking]

I do so i can gut load them with watever i want

[iheartfishies]

It's true.
PETsMART for a fact gets in about 500 per bag of feeders with barely any water, and they are all gasping for breath.

it's 500 in a bag reguardless if they are large or small comets, or rosies.
The rosies are ok, but the large comets look like they are just lightly tossed in water.

It's awful.

[xPe_MONeYx]

never

[haynchinook334]

never
WHY bro????

[GiangNOOO]

I think all feeders from the" large chain" pet stores should be quarantined. When the are shipped, they come in the mail in a bag in a box. anywhere from 500-1000 per bag. Seems to just have enough water to cover them. not the healthiest bunch I've seen.

honestly the petsmart by my house isnt that bad there feeders are really heathy even there regular fish seem really good. the manager seems to be really knowledgeable

[Mattyou]

If I dont raise them myself I do. 1 week minimum, but I think home grown is best if you have the space.

[cichlid savage]

I am anal when it comes to feeders. I have a ritual that I NEVER break. First when I bring them home from the store I drain off all of the LFS water. I then put them in a bucket with some salt and let them soak in there a cpl of hours or so. Then I drain that water and into the feeder tank they go for a week. Then they are food for the tanks.

[MadBob]

no matter where you get your feeders from, the vast majority come from totally unregulated and generally disgusting farms in FL, or transshipped from overseas BEFORE they get to your LFS, either way you're playing with fire feeding them to anything you care about.

If you must feed live, get a pair of convicts, put them in water, and wait.