Breeding question for feeder fish

[rke]

Convicts are great for feeders depending on the type of fish your feeding. The babies are strong and will usually survive

 

[rke]

The parents will protect them to death so make sure you move the babies to another tank once they have hit a good 1" or so then you can keep the parents breeding more frequently it worked for me.

 

[dogofwar]

I culture red wiggler worms (AKA composting worms) - super easy, safe, nutritious and readily accepted by every fish I've tried to feed them to.

My culture is in a bin in my garage. I drop our family's veggie and fruit scraps and shredded junk mail.

Haven't bought live or frozen food in years.

It takes a couple of months for baby convicts to grow to decent size. In warm weather, red wigglers will double every week or so...

Matt

 

[rke]

That's a good idea I'm going to steal that idea. Wigglers, convicts, and probably try doing a small water garden for guppies over this summer move them in my garage over winter but worth a try getting them moving so I have a ready made meal for my fish before I order them this sumer