My 1st Feeder Fish. What a disapointment

[nfored]

I bought 12 feeder guppies, for the fish in my 55 Gallon, I was excited to watch them chase the fish and get a treat. I dropped the fish in instantly a female rosy barb snatched one, no one else has ate any of the fish. Now I have 11 ugly guppies huddling at the top cornor of my tank, I wont feed any of the fish for couple days and hope they disapear.

I'll be ticked if I get stuck with these things.

 

[Slim2634]

No offense but I wouldn't expect them to get eaten immediately or at all. I dont believe the fish in your tank are really predatory. Put the guppies in a small tank and watch em have babies for fun.

 

[buck_wildest]

none of you fish need feeder fish...... ...... ......

 

[gobucks1]

Dude, you have no real predators in your 55.

You're lucky your barb ate one.

 

[MommyJulia]

IMO i don't think guppies are ugly. Maybe you should take them back to the store?

 

[tydus]

Dude, you have no real predators in your 55.

You're lucky your barb ate one.

I agree with the above. Why waste feeder guppies when you know your fish aren't predatory? More like community fish, best feed them flakes instead.....

 

[Lupin]

The paradise gourami and some of the rosy barbs might just eat them. The rest though won't.

 

[polish]

Agree with the above, none of your fish are predators.

 

[andyjs]

Yeah, a major part of feeding feeder fish is having fish that eat other fish
For most of those "predators" their main prey would be small insects and zooplankton.

I actually kind of like the regular feeder guppies, at least better than those "fancy" ones. I line bred some before and ended up with some pretty cool little swordtail (top and bottom) and lyretail ones with semi-wild-type coloration

 

[crazhrse]

5 Bala Sharks, 1 Red Tail Black Shark, 1 Rainbow Shark, 5 Rosy Barbs, 1 Paradise Gourami.


thats what you wanted to eat feeders you better get you a young oscar if you want to see something destroy feeders