Freshwater Stonefish AKA Freshwater Lionfish

[charles-n-charge]

They can be trained to eat practically anything. I keep mine on raw food, mostly shrimp. Pellets don't provide much of the nutrition they need, while meatier foods do


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[BCherdingthefish]

I think feeding them pellets would take away all the fun of them, too!


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[charles-n-charge]

Feeding them all feeders isn't good though. I only feed mine feeders once a week or so, just because he enjoys chasing them down and they are natural hunters. But I try to keep his diet well mixed.
Raw shrimp, raw fish, feeders, crickets, beef occasionally, and sometimes even veggies and fruits too. I've gotten him to eat grapes and avocados before. I'm not sure if it's healthy for carnivorous fish to eat non-meaty foods like that though. But mine seems to like it


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[BCherdingthefish]

Hahah probably not! But I don't think that him eating it every once in a while will hurt him. I feed my dog, a carnivore, nothing but raw meat/bones/organs, but she occasionally decides that human food looks delicious if I leave it unattended for more than a couple minutes. Those little occasions don't hurt her, I'm sure it goes the same for fish!

Do you raise your own feeders?


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[charles-n-charge]

I buy mine from my lfs and from a local fishing store that sells live bait fish, which make good feeders also.
Both places sell them pretty cheap, 1$ per dozen feeders


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[BCherdingthefish]

Aren't you worried about introducing diseases from the feeders?


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[charles-n-charge]

I keep mine in a well-filtered quarantine tank with a very small dosage of antibiotics, melafix, and and aquarium salt. There is a very small chance of any diseases making it into my tanks


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[BCherdingthefish]

Ahh okay. I have a 35 gallon that I'm going to be maintaining for my moms entertainment, and she likes all those easy-care, bright colored fish like Molly's, Swordtails, etc...So I've got my own little feeder supply goin on


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[charles-n-charge]

Good luck feeding an Oscar with those... Their stomachs are endless


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[BCherdingthefish]

I don't plan on feeding mostly feeders to the Oscar, mostly pellets along with earthworms, bloodworms, stuff like that


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