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[letstalkfish]

Is there any proof to this? I hear it here all the time... sure, feeders are raised in bulk and often can carry parasites/diseases (although I've never had issues). I need to understand how/why they would be any loss nutritious than say - feeders you raised yourself. They may obviously not be as "hearty" but lacking the same nutritious value is confusing.

Anyway... that said, my Bluegill can only get sm/med feeders. Prefers minnow.

there is a sticky somewhere around here about the poor nutritional value of feeders

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[Umbra]

Creek chub become intensely predatory as they grow - more predatory than bluegills. A 10 inch creek chub can swallow a slender 4-6 inch fish with ease.

That being said, feeders have little nutritional value without being gut loaded.


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[s010245]

I have a seven inch chub. He poops more than you can imagine. He eats hikari cichlid good floaters but prefers earthworms after it rains.


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