Fathead minnows are very easy to breed and are actually quite interesting. I wrote an article on how to do it. It was a sticky in the native forum here but they removed it...shortly after my moderation career ended, odd. Anyway. You can try to find it, its in there somewhere.
fatheads/rosy reds
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I'd go with guppies as feeders. Worse case scenario is you go to a LFS, pick out the fattest females and have a batch of babies to raise. Nice avatar pic tho- I like those oyster toadfishes
if not guppies, use mollies or if you have a larger tank that can be divided if necessary, a couple pairs of convicts.
Fatheads (rosies) are not good as a steady diet due to high levels of thiaminase which prevents absorbtion of vitamin B1, leading to muscular atrophy. As occassional treats they are okay, but not as a main diet.
yea its a rare catch i think i caught 2 or 3 this year it was basically imploded ( it bladder) when it got to the sruface bottom was around 220, basically jig the day away when the fishing for monster tuna is slow which is alwaysDruu;1235422; said:
yea i was never considering it as a foodsource just a snakc maybe once a week or less, feed market shrimp krill silversides and pellets
I get some smaller ones off a pier in Brooklyn. Fun to stick your fingers in their mouths at that size. I wouldn't try it with any over six inches or so though.
BrtnBoy449;1241884; said:
Around here 12 cents each but 10 for a dollar.
Sidenote for voss- you have your own boat or do you go on party boats? I do mainly shore fishing and party boats, not a fan of the $55 per 8 hours though.
