Fathead Minnows?

[Jighead]

I have been around Fathead Minnows my whole life, but until recently never thought about keeping them in a aquarium. Now that I have a empty 10 gallon, I would like to give them a try.

How many do you recommend for a 10 gallon?

I know that they tend to breed like crazy, but do the parents eat their fry?

Are they picky eaters or will they accept flakes?

What kind of tankmates do you keep with them? I would like to keep them native, but anything interesting is fine.



Thanks - Jighead

 

[lil_blue]

the only reason id keep em is for a constant fish food supply.

thats just my opinion

id just say put a 2 way breeder in the top and wait, pretty soon youll have more babies than you can handle

other livebearers and killies as tankmates?

 

[guppy]

I have never kept them except as feeders or bait. Small madtoms and darters as well as killies should work as long as the sizes are similar.

 

[beblondie]

Have a link rosey reds are simply the albino form of the fathead minnow

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/rosies.htm#quick

 

[sandtiger]

I wrote an article on fathead minnows, it's somewhere on this site but I'm too lazy to search through the pages. Here is the same article I wrote but on a different site.

http://oscarfish.com/cms_view_article.php?aid=568

 

[fishyz]

I know sandtiger wrote an article on fatheads but you'll have to look aroud a little for it. Also, welcome to MFK

 

[fishyz]

Sorry I didn't see the post he made.

 

[ewurm]

I have been around Fathead Minnows my whole life, but until recently never thought about keeping them in a aquarium. Now that I have a empty 10 gallon, I would like to give them a try.

How many do you recommend for a 10 gallon?

I know that they tend to breed like crazy, but do the parents eat their fry?

Are they picky eaters or will they accept flakes?

What kind of tankmates do you keep with them? I would like to keep them native, but anything interesting is fine.



Thanks - Jighead

I have a them with darters, fatheads, killies, and chubs. About 30 fish in all, although I frequently cull the weaker fish and use them as feeders.

Mine eat goldfish flakes and bloodworms.

 

[fishyz]

Let's see the tank ewurm.

 

[ewurm]

You have, you just didn't know it...