Breeding livestock for predators.
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The fish being fed are Silver Aro, Florida Gar, Several Polys, Clown knife, and a Fire Eel (He'll eat the scraps, lol) I'm tired of paying money for feeders then putting them in a Q tank for a month.
Please note: No, I don't only live-feed, the main staple in their diet is currently different insects. But the gars only seem to eat live fish at the moment.
Please note: No, I don't only live-feed, the main staple in their diet is currently different insects. But the gars only seem to eat live fish at the moment.
you need to get them onto prepared foods and pellets if possible...you aren't going to breed enough feeders to keep all those big fish happy, convicts are your best bet but even they won't give you the amount of food you need.
start training those fish onto tilapia, shrimp and pellets asap. Insects are not most of those fishs' main diet.
start training those fish onto tilapia, shrimp and pellets asap. Insects are not most of those fishs' main diet.
Tilapia,ricefish,bluegill,celestial danios,cherry red shrimp,guppies,etc can all be bred in outdoor tubs in the warm months
Honestly, try not to feed live as much as possible, it is time-consuming to breed yourself and buying them is a big risk. However, guppies, platies, convicts, and cherry shrimp are good for live food. NEVER feed goldfish, they destroy vitamins.
Ditto to everything said here. Just starve them for a bit, they'll take to eating pellets. You don't have tigerfish or payaras or anything like that, so you should be good to not feed for a few days and see if they take some pellets
well I mean expound upon the goldfish thing lol...they are filled with thiaminase which a lot of fish are, which breaks down vitamin B...which in turn causes the fish to become deficient over time...
Yeah, I wouldn't exactly say 'never feed live', but definitely not goldfish or koi. If it's a healthy fish you could feed live all you want, but it's going to get expensive as hell in the long run.
