8g Tupperware Feeder Breeding Tank

[ibz_rg]

So I just went and bought 20 comets to put in an 8g tupperware container so I can hopefully rid them of any disease they may have and breed them for my own personal feeding farm.

Right now I have LifeGuard All-In-One treatment for internal and external diseases/parasites in it, pH balancing treatment, and an air stone. I will be picking up a sponge filter after work. My questions are this:

-What else must I do to prevent/cure any parasite or disease to make them healthy enough to feed to my fish?
-What is needed for them to breed? (surroundings, conditions, etc.)

Any help with these would be greatly appreciated.

 

[iloveoscars702]

raise the temp to like 85 and some aquarium salt. but i dont know about breeding comets. but guppies would be easier

 

[LBathory]

did you cycle the tank prior to adding the comets? If not, you will come home to a tupperware container full of dead goldfish.

 

[ibz_rg]

I let the water sit for 5 days with conditioner and the airstone in it.

 

[johncl]

Ok then you didn't cycle the tank.

 

[ucng]

lol haha yup you might find all of them dead. no cycle = dead fish

 

[ibz_rg]

I didn't cycle my 20g African. But I also have a Penguin 150 with the bio-wheel in it. But they were only $0.12 a piece, so if they do, it's only about $3 lost.

 

[Lupin]

That does not make sense. Nitrogen cycle is an ongoing process in any environment. You may say you have not cycled your tank/tub but in fact, they do. Have you familiarized yourself on the nitrogen cycle process already? The amount of urea and poop produced by goldfish alone will kill them faster than you think. That is their ammonia source. Since you did not cycle your tub, be prepared to do 3-4 water changes by as much as 90% daily. How did I figure that out? I quarantine goldfish myself (not as feeders but as pets) and water conditions don't stabilize very easily in small tanks.

 

[ibz_rg]

Well night 1 was successful. No casualties. I have the temp raised to ~85 degrees. I put a small cube of Tubifex in last night and they seemed to enjoy it quite well. How long should they be quarantined before they are safe for food use?

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

You do not need a heater. These are gold fish which are not tropical. Your houses temp will be fine. In fact the higher temp will only speed up the certain death these fish will soon see. Because the ammonia will be more toxic at these higher temps.

Also these 20 goldifsh will never breed in 8 gallons of water.

What you have done is effectively made these comets more unhealthy then when you left the pet store. The stress of the ammonia will cause new disease to set in soon enough.