Entering the World of Feeding Live Food.

[spitz006]

I recently purchased a fish known as the "needlefish" which is a relative of the halfbeak, and from the information I've been gathering, it will usually only accept live foods. I have quite a few other monsters that would probably enjoy the live foods as well. What is the best food to go with? I am considering insects/feeder fish/ ghost shrimp, pinky mice.

I have

Needlefish
Black Ghost Knife
Senegal Bichir
Datnoid
a big synodontis
A pair of Angelfish.
A few large Boesemani Rainbowfish


I also have some discus, a jurupari, another geophagus, and some spiny peacock eels in there, but I may move them to another tank if I end up using live feeder fish.

 

[Owain4]

I feed my fish, Earthworms, crickets, maggots, mealworms. try any of those

 

[Fat Homer]

I had to look up needle fish, but i have to say it looks really sweet... is it a S/W fish or Fresh? since on google they looked like they could be salties?

 

[GrantA94]

Ghost shrimp and insects are the best bet. Feeder fish introduce parasites and mammalian meat is very bad for fish.

 

[Nighttouch]

They can be pellet trained. I soak my NLS pellets to soften them before I feed, and my needle snatches 'em right up.