Who has never fed their poly's live feeders?
- Thread starter tcarswell
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Ill use feeders for my bichirs / cichlids about twice a year when im going to be out of town for roughly 5 days or so and cannot get anyone to feed them for me. But i dont just put in feeder goldfish i also put in ghost shrimp and occasionally dwarf frogs.
I feed my bichirs feeder till now from baby cichlids, minnows, live bearers, frogs and weather loaches. I would like to feed them feeders goldfish, but for my arowana's sake I never drop any goldfish in the tank.
Always quarantine before feeding is a must.
Reason why I feed feeders to my bichirs is to maximize there growth as much as possible. I'm just not satisfied with pellets anymore as it make me spend more money, make my water tan and gives that awful smell after the feeding. It's like I have to get 3 bags of hikari massivore delite and 1 bag of hikari sticks and all gone in a week or two. With live I can breed them and growth them out (Although it takes time), I can also feed them more and save me more oney.
I'll be spending like $200+ every week if I only feed them pellets. Now I only spend about less than $40-$50 every month on fish food. Most of the spending are mostly from frozen foods. Imagine If I only have less than 10 fish. I'll probably be spending about less than $10 every 3 months or more on fish food.
Always quarantine before feeding is a must.
Reason why I feed feeders to my bichirs is to maximize there growth as much as possible. I'm just not satisfied with pellets anymore as it make me spend more money, make my water tan and gives that awful smell after the feeding. It's like I have to get 3 bags of hikari massivore delite and 1 bag of hikari sticks and all gone in a week or two. With live I can breed them and growth them out (Although it takes time), I can also feed them more and save me more oney.
I'll be spending like $200+ every week if I only feed them pellets. Now I only spend about less than $40-$50 every month on fish food. Most of the spending are mostly from frozen foods. Imagine If I only have less than 10 fish. I'll probably be spending about less than $10 every 3 months or more on fish food.
Never have,never will.We dont tend to use feeders in the UK,not as blood-thirsty as you american guys i guess! My big albino sen is thriving on Hikari Cichlid Gold,prawns,bloodworm and massivore.
never tried feeders with my bichirs or any of my for that matter. and i dont intend to try it. my bichirs eat mp and squids really well
i've never fed any of my fish a feeder. i had some danios in my tank for cycling purposes when i introduced my datnoid. they slowly went away. my bichirs have all taken pellets
i often do. i feed my bichirs mosquito fishes that i breed personally. always quarantined first. my bichirs love them and they are really fat.
Ehhh I feed them a bag of frogs per week, then another bag of ghost shrimp for their rations if they hungry if I will not be at home for a period of time.
Frogs makes my bichirs SO PHAT! They are l337 for pumping imo. My silver aro's colour oso increased after changing from swordtails to frogs.
Frogs makes my bichirs SO PHAT! They are l337 for pumping imo. My silver aro's colour oso increased after changing from swordtails to frogs.
