I buy my feeders at petco, at least until I can get a convict pair breeding. Anyways, the water there is so cold that when i put them in my tank i lose about 1/2 to shcok. I let them sit for at least 30 mintues just floating in the bag. what else can I do?
Feeder shock
- Thread starter Lspooky4
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yep....let them float on the top, will usually open the bag and feed them.....making sure none of the water mixes
Buy a 44g storage tub and a couple cheap sponge filters, fill it with 20-25 g of dechlored and salted water (2 teaspoons of salt per gallon), put the tub in your laundry room so it stays at room temp or if in the garage drop a heater into a glass jar and put that in the tub to get the water to low 70s. Buy 2 weeks worth of average feeders and keep in the salted water for 2 weeks before using, feed a mix of tetramin tropcal color enhancing flakes and algae flakes with a little garlic juice. Set up 2 of these and alternate feeding from them. It will get them a bit closer to tank temps and will help prevent disease transferance.
