Nutritional value of feeders

[atm82]

I don't feed feeders anymore but have to admit when I did(18 years ago) my fish grew so fast ? I never gut loaded them just popped open the bag.

Probably because the feeders are really high in fat. If you are trying to get fast growth in fosh then you can up their fat intake. It isn't the healthiest for the fish though.

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[xraycer]

mine as well grew pretty fast on live food. i also got anchor worms a few times. that sucks, let me tell you. but what you can do is get a seperate small tank and put your feeders in there for a few days feeding them heavily with a quality food and treating the tank with some metro or somthing.

It may sound good, but actually not a good idea. A few days in a quarantine tank is not going to do much in terms of eliminating parasites and diseases, that would require months because you want any medication(s) that you administer the feeders to leave their system otherwise your stock will be needlessly getting medicated too......and this is how drug resistance germs come about.