Feeders

[carajito]

Hey guys , about quarantine the feeders , i give my aro Hikari pellets all the time now but from time to time i like to give it a trait , i have a 10 galon with clean water and cycled to put some small comets there but i dont know how long or what kind of treatment should i give the feeders

Im new to this quarantine stuff can someone explain a little about this ?

thanks

 

[carajito]

BTW am in the process of buying a new tank with stand and canopy 72x30x25 , is that a good size? and the price is about $2300 American dollars with 30g sump ,factoryoverflows etc from allglass.

PS i dont have pics yet since i dont have the whole money to buy it yet,, i can make up one LOL >>JK

 

[carajito]

bump

 

[beblondie]

Caution here unless you raise them
any commercialy bought feeders usually rosie reds/tuffies (the albino form of fat head minnows),
guppies,bait minnows etc.need to be quarantined before feeding them to your fish for several reasons.
reason 1 They are kept in horrible conditions
reason 2 They are often diseased
reason 3 They often are carriers of parasites
During quarantine dispose of the obviously sick or diseased.The remaining ones feed quality
foods a healthy feeder is of course better for your fish.
Goldfish just generaly are poor feeders and should be avoided. they are oily not very nutritious and constant feed of them causes faty deposits on the liver leading to premature deaths.They also contain very high levels of Thiaminase a destroying hormone.While many fish used as feeders contain this goldfish seem to have an abundance of it.Another issue is a spine at the front of the dorsal fin which can lead to problems if the goldfish is swollowed the wrong way (tailfirst).Yet another reason not to use goldfish,goldfish farms utilize copper meds in suspension form to combat diseases in the feeders associated with overcrowding.These copper meds are retained by the feeders for long periods after they leave the farms.Most lfs invariably retain all or part of the feeders shipping water when the feeders are loaded into their bins/tanks. And copper does not dissapate from a closed system.-Anne

 

[carajito]

thank you very much , so basically if i feed lets say rosie reds i have to check the healthy ones and keep them in the 10g galos for an amount period of days with helthy foods and some kind of meds to make sure they are ok ?