Redfin pickerel

[demjor19]

it was a joke pertaining to how unnatural they are....lol

whats unnatural about a snakehead?

 

[mudkeeper]

great question

Lol go to a pond near a apartment complex or retirement home, and throw some bread and pellets in the water. The sunfish will come up and gulp it up.

 

[E_americanus]

Lol go to a pond near a apartment complex or retirement home, and throw some bread and pellets in the water. The sunfish will come up and gulp it up.

well then there you go, all the more reason to feed your fish pellets

 

[xspainx69]

my brain is getting tired and i didnt feel like explaining parasites and diseases. quite frankly i get exhausted with arguing the point of live vs prepared foods and "how to make a fish behave naturally in aquaria". these discussions never seem to go anywhere. to each his own.

:WTF:


Well quit frankly! I dont need an explanation about parasites...

I own natives and my natives have not died from parasites that travelled from the pet shop and they have been raised on feeders pretty much their whole life. In fact , the immune systems that many native fish have will protect them from many different types of parasites and diseases. They are not immortal, but they are not likely to get sick from common things that most other coldwater or tropical fish may get sick from.

I have kept Grass Pickerel for about 2 years. They died because my Largemouth Bass got tired of them one day and swallowed them up.. But besides that, they never got sick from feeders nor developed any type of disease or parasite.

Fish behave naturally in aquaria, there is no need to alter their behavior to suit artificial food.

So exactly! To each to his own!wned:

 

[xspainx69]

what fish does eat pellets in the wild?

Who said that fish eat pellets in the wild???? Do you have a comprehension problem?

 

[Polypterus]

I have kept Grass Pickerel for about 2 years. They died because my Largemouth Bass got tired of them one day and swallowed them up.. But besides that, they never got sick from feeders nor developed any type of disease or parasite.

November of 2007 is not 2 years and are you forgetting you actually would not listen to a single person that told you how stupid it was to keep those fish together???

Oh and lets visit this:
http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php?showtopic=2966&hl=

 

[demjor19]

November of 2007 is not 2 years and are you forgetting you actually would not listen to a single person that told you how stupid it was to keep those fish together???

Oh and lets visit this:
http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php?showtopic=2966&hl=

apparently keeping time and fish arent this noobs strongpoint.

in reference to the thread posted above - you got your channel cat to eat pellets and waffers? that's not natural...is it?

 

[demjor19]

:WTF:


Well quit frankly! I dont need an explanation about parasites...

I own natives and my natives have not died from parasites that travelled from the pet shop and they have been raised on feeders pretty much their whole life. In fact , the immune systems that many native fish have will protect them from many different types of parasites and diseases. They are not immortal, but they are not likely to get sick from common things that most other coldwater or tropical fish may get sick from.

I have kept Grass Pickerel for about 2 years. They died because my Largemouth Bass got tired of them one day and swallowed them up.. But besides that, they never got sick from feeders nor developed any type of disease or parasite.

Fish behave naturally in aquaria, there is no need to alter their behavior to suit artificial food.

So exactly! To each to his own!wned:

i wouldnt call keeping small pickerel with largemouth bass being a good fishkeepr. you seem very knowledgable and i have much to learn from you! wned:

also...how do fish act naturally in aquaria? they are in a glass box!

 

[E_americanus]

:WTF:


Well quit frankly! I dont need an explanation about parasites...

I own natives and my natives have not died from parasites that travelled from the pet shop and they have been raised on feeders pretty much their whole life. In fact , the immune systems that many native fish have will protect them from many different types of parasites and diseases. They are not immortal, but they are not likely to get sick from common things that most other coldwater or tropical fish may get sick from.

I have kept Grass Pickerel for about 2 years. They died because my Largemouth Bass got tired of them one day and swallowed them up.. But besides that, they never got sick from feeders nor developed any type of disease or parasite.

Fish behave naturally in aquaria, there is no need to alter their behavior to suit artificial food.

So exactly! To each to his own!wned:

i think polypterus and demjor already made great points, but i just had to reply to a post like this as well.

several things are unwise tankmate choices and incorrect information in the above post. of course the LMB/pickerel combo was a bad choice as centrarchids should never really be kept with pickerel.

your theories on parasites in wild vs captive fishes and their resistance levels are also incorrect, (and since you're tossing around numbers) trust me, i've taught parasitology for 8 years now. half the reason why aquaculture is looked at as evil (including aspects of the ornamental fish industry) is because of the spread of disease (including parasites) and the lack of resistance of wild populations to those diseases.

"to each his own" in this case refers that anyone CAN keep fishes as they please, but it doesn't mean that every way those fishes are kept IS a correct or wise way of doing so.

i suggest doing some research before going off on a tirade like you've done here--
--solomon

 

[Rockbass6]

:WTF:


Well quit frankly! I dont need an explanation about parasites...

I own natives and my natives have not died from parasites that travelled from the pet shop and they have been raised on feeders pretty much their whole life. In fact , the immune systems that many native fish have will protect them from many different types of parasites and diseases. They are not immortal, but they are not likely to get sick from common things that most other coldwater or tropical fish may get sick from.

I have kept Grass Pickerel for about 2 years. They died because my Largemouth Bass got tired of them one day and swallowed them up.. But besides that, they never got sick from feeders nor developed any type of disease or parasite.

Fish behave naturally in aquaria, there is no need to alter their behavior to suit artificial food.

So exactly! To each to his own!wned:

Now your saying your natives don't grow and don't get sick. Wow thats really something. Stop giving other MFKers advice such as their fish won't grow and won't get sick. I am tired of seeing your advise being thrown around. My rockbass got real sick from feeders once and I told myself never again. I feed nightcrawlers and redworms. I won't feed any of my fish rosys or Gfish. Its cheaper more convenient and healthier. and believe it or not my fish grow! Imagin that fish actually grow. I was unaware that LMG ate goldfish and rosyreds in the wild either. You can get those fish off of feeders all natives should beable to get off of live food and the substitute doesn't always mean pellets like you seem to assume. There are other parts to their natural diet other than live fish. Nymphs, crayfish, worms, bugs the list goes on and on and I would find it hard to believe any bass would pass up any of those foods. All of those foods are rather easy to get your hands on and your natives will enjoy them.