Feeding Feeders

[FSM]

If live food is your fish's natural diet then feed it live. I love how people get all worked up about people being cruel to fish by over stocking tanks and and keeping brackish fish in freshwater, and all that stuff. But when someone comes on here and says they feed there fish live foods they freak out and say that there is no reason to and that feeding live has no nutrition. And will then suggest starving a fish and forcing it to do something that goes totally against nature, and that is perfectly fine. -------------Well i got news for you if you were to take a dog or even a human and starve it and force it to eat something that was unnatural for it. You would be breaking the law and could be brought up on charges and possibly face jail time for doing so. But because these are fish and there are no laws guarding them people get to starve them and miss treat them daily with no repercussion. I don't feed my dogs leaves and grass and i don't feed my cats carrots and green beans. Some of you might but that seems wrong to me. And so does feeding a predator fish pellet foods--------------------------------------------------------You can't feed a fish there natural diet safely then you do not deserve to have that fish. A responsible fish keeper would make there tank and diet as close to nature as we can. And that means if your fish eats live foods naturally then set up a couple of large feeder tanks and make the feeders safe and disease free and then feed them. keep one tank for new feeders and treatments and the other for feeding from.

because "natural" is always better.

"A responsible fish keeper would make there tank and diet as close to nature as we can. And that means if your fish eats live foods naturally then set up a couple of large feeder tanks and make the feeders safe and disease free and then feed them. keep one tank for new feeders and treatments and the other for feeding from"

All responsible cat owners should only provide their cats with a supply of life rodents and birds, as feeding cat food is cruel and unnatural.

 

[oscarcrazy]

I vote that this has been debated to death and op should us the "search" function.

 

[Mr.Kiet]

Mostly pellets and veggies. Feeders are only treat maybe one or twice a week.

 

[benzjamin13]

I haven't used feeders since November 2008. I don't seen a need to. While it is interesting to see it's predatory behavior once in awhile, I just haven't had that interest.

I'm also seeing an undertone debate of observing natural predatory behavior vs. human entertainment. While I may feed the occasional feeders to my fish, I make sure it's a one gulp goner. I don't need to see a fish, bird, mouse, etc get torn to pieces.

 

[gmachine19]

i always quaranteen them before introducing them to my preds. I feed them around once a week.

 

[Bud8Fan]

No feeders ever, not worth the risk.

Funny thread though.

 

[SpJc11]

needle nosed gars are picivores -they eat fish-what should i do about that?

 

[chesterthehero]

didnt vote due to the lack of options

i raise my own fish that i also use as special snacks from time to time.. i would never feed feeders straight from the LFS simply for the same reason that i would never just "add" a new fish into my tanks without it spending a month or so in a qtank... i dont know what they have living in/on them other than their normal fishy selves...

 

[SpJc11]

good point with the parasites

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

because "natural" is always better.

"A responsible fish keeper would make there tank and diet as close to nature as we can. And that means if your fish eats live foods naturally then set up a couple of large feeder tanks and make the feeders safe and disease free and then feed them. keep one tank for new feeders and treatments and the other for feeding from"

All responsible cat owners should only provide their cats with a supply of life rodents and birds, as feeding cat food is cruel and unnatural.

Exactly why my cats are outside everyday. So they can hunt and act naturally. They only get fed cat food as a back up to when they can't get there fill on live caught foods. As for the dogs, well I can't really do much about the live deal as its against the law to let your dogs attack and kill live animals. But they do get raw meats a few times a week and a wild rabbit or squirrel when they are fast enough.