Which is better for providing the occasional treat of live food for several species of larger fish (oscars, clown knife, bichirs, Barbs..etc) and a more consistent dietary supplement for a red hi fin wolf fish? Starting thoughts are feeder tank will look more attractive and interesting in the house but worm farm will be more efficient. Thoughts?
Worm or Feeder Fish Breeding Setup?
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I'm a great fan of worms, and so are my fish! I have an extremely low maintainance wormery at the bottom of the garden. It supplies me with more worms than my fish could ever eat and seen as I like to do a spot of fishing once in a while it's great for bait too. All I have to do to keep the worms there is to feed it with kitchen scraps, old newspaper and garden waste once in a while.
I don't have predatory fish so feeders I can't really comment on. I doubt i'd feed live fish even if I did have predators to tell you the truth.
I have a hi fin wolf fish that I recently purchased that I want to feed a combination of purchased (frozen seafood) and live feeders/worms every once in a while to vary the diet. I also have a clown knife, oscars, Bichir, and tinfoil barns that I have feeding on massivore pellets. So I’d like to supplement there diet with the worms or feeders infrequently as well. Not all are in the same tank by the way.
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Most of my fish go nuts for worms that I collect for free on my driveway after a rain storm or down pour. I personally wouldn't feed live feeder fish from the LFS they can carry parasites and harmful pathogens. Raising feeders yourself would be a much safer way imo.
I often see newspaper is recommended for worm feed. Does the ink carry lead, which may cause lead poisoning?
I agree about the feeders. I was planning to breed them if I went that route. Thank you for your input.
From what I see it used to carry lead but luckily is now lead free. I hadn’t thought about bio accumulation before your comment.
