Should I Try This?

[divemaster99]

Got my 30 long native tank setup yesterday and all the fish are much more comfortable than they were in the Rubbermaid bin quarantine. The fish are 2 Greenside darters, a green sunfish, and a (creek or river) chub. All of the fish are swimming around checking out their surroundings as of now. Last night was the first night I got them to eat (they are wild caught collected on Saturday) but only the darters were avidly eating the piece of nightcrawler I dropped in, the sunfish only took two nibbles and the chub didn't care at all.

Since they're much more active today and look raring to eat I thought I'd try something different. I bought some live brine shrimp today for them but haven't fed it yet. The reason being is if none of them eat it I'm going to have a brine shrimp population living in my tank. I have a feeling somebody will eat it but I'm worried if they don't.

So in your opinion should I try the live shrimp?

 

[cassd]

Ya put the shrimp in there all fish will eat them my adult 7" piranhas will still eat it if they see them lol it's a staple food for all my fish

 

[divemaster99]

Ya put the shrimp in there all fish will eat them my adult 7" piranhas will still eat it if they see them lol it's a staple food for all my fish

Ok I'll try it. I was just skeptical since I collected them Saturday and they didn't eat Saturday evening, Sunday evening, or Monday evening and only the darters ate yesterday.

 

[deeda]

Brine shrimp won't live for long in freshwater so be ready to remove their dead bodies if they aren't eaten.

Live black-worms are a good choice as they will thrive in freshwater tanks. My darters loved them as do my tropical fish.