"Healthy" feeder fish

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Feeder Fish
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The most I can do is intersperse my comets and minnows with home-raised mollies and some guppies. I unfortunately don't have the space requirements to raise convicts. Is there another type of feeder that would be good to supplemtn my needlefish with? No success yet "training" him to eat packaged food . . .
 
Jeox;645885; said:
try small crickets Mine used to eat them.

Mine did too.

What else is in with the needle. My needle learned how to eat prepared foods by watching the puffer eat it.
 
I tried crickets, but they got nabbed by the gouramis. The only other psicivore (sp?) in the tank (besides the invisible bumblebees) is the bichir.

In with the needle in a 75g are:
opaline gourami
pearl gourami
golden gourami
paradise gourami
senegal bichir
featherfin syno
2 pictus cats
2 *invisible* bumblebee cats
3 plecos
 
Try freeze dried or frozen shrimp or frozen silversides.
 
what size is your feeder tank. You dont need much room for a convict breeder tank. like a 30 is alright.
 
sicxspeed;646072; said:
what size is your feeder tank. You dont need much room for a convict breeder tank. like a 30 is alright.

I only have a spare 10g right now. I have a 35 hex that I'm breeding mollies in, but it also has a few other fish in there and it's definately not appropriate for convicts. We currently have to buy feeders ad the LFS.

I've tried frozen shrimp and bloodworms, and they are snootily ignored, even when the needlefish is hungry. I don't want to make him too hungry right now cause our 2 pictus and one of our gouramis are still a little small . . .
 
My needle nailed a piece of shrimp after the puffer was swimming around with it. I guess he thought it was alive. Whatever you feed (live or dead) keep it the same size.
 
Dude , there is nothing wrong with bye feeder at LFS , This is a method lots use when it
comes to raising "live eaters" . Like I said . It may not be the best , but do not panic ,
My fish never died . EXE.Fish people con... hard to Raise , You may think , You must feed
a variety . Bull,Goldy will not kill your fish .
 
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