Been wondering this for some time now, about lampreys

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How do you feed captive lamprey, do you literally put a big fish in there for them to suck on? Or is there a special pellet?

I'm not planning on owning them just curious

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Does anyone even have a lamprey I don't think I've ever seen one in a tank

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I've never seen one in the Seattle aquarium. I suppose I could have missed it though. I usually go there 2 times per year. I guess it would be interesting but I would hate to see it get loose like it did else where. They are not indigenous but the little suckers sure are prolific.
 
I have family out there and my aunt said they had em but it was probably about 5 years ago not sure I just remember her talking about it and showing me pics, it might have been some kind of temp exhibit I doubt they would want them there all the time if I was the head guy there I wouldn't haha

I would imagine people have kept them for scientific purpose, to study such an ancient fish

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I remember I went to an aquarium a long time ago and they had a whole bunch of hagfish and they just put dead whole fish in to feed them. They're not lampreys but they're pretty similar.


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Wow watching that would make my skin crawl haha some fish are just too weird.. ugh imagine turning the corner and seeing a bunch of lamprey sucking on a big dead fish (or alive :l) in a dark aquarium. I'd walk away so fast haha

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Parasitic lamprey- feed them live fish, freshly killed fish, thawed frozen fish, or freshly chopped beef heart.

Non- Parasitic lamprey- microorganisms or brewer's yeast
 
There have been few incidents of parasitic lampreys scavenging on dead fish. Not common behavior but they do scavenging.
 
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