how much on FEEDERS and how to grow THEM!

[headbanger_jib]

Check what blondie said about "QUARANTINE".
Also, try night crawlers for the gars(never in my life have I seen a fish not accept a worm), also try some fish fillets from the grocery store. They should go for that. Feeders are not very nutritious. All of your other fish should not have a big problem eating shrimp, earthworms and pellets. Gars are a little picky. If you want to breed something, look into breeding convict cichlids, they breed like rabbits and I am pretty sure are more nutritious then goldfish feeders. Another plus is that convict parents do all the work to make sure their fry grow because they protect them

gars, if once they are made to accept pellets, they become virtual dumpsters and will try to eat anything and everything they can get their jaws on
my florida gars eat just about anything, chiclid pellets, aro sticks, koi pellets , worms, shrimp , prawn ................ just about anything thrown into the tank

 

[Tongue33]

I joined the local Cichlid Club.. I attend the local auctions.. And usually run away at the end with the freebees... And the 1.00 bags that have 10-20 3-4" africans ro american ccichlids.. For the rest I rely on the local breeders I have met and they give me everythign they don't want or cannot sell..

Thsi last auction I walked away with money and about 30 free fish... All over 3"

I alos feed Pellets, market shrimp and Smelt.