Feeder creatures.

[SimonWoodstock]

Is there something similar to a guppy (reproductively) I could put in a refugium and culture as live food?, besides 'pods.

thanks

[OrionGirl]

Not really. What are you wanting to feed live foods?

If you lived on a coast, there are tons of small, bait fish that can be collected for foods, in addition to a wide variety of shrimps and crabs. Otherwise, live food fish are not realistic.

[SimonWoodstock]

I'm not quite sure yet. The largest fish I would get is a yellow tang and I'm not certain it prefers live foods.

I live about 6 1/2 hours from the Gulf of Mexico and only go there on vacation and fishing trips, so I couldn't use that as a primary source.

Just a thought. I like to watch "the hunt" when you feed predators.

[OrionGirl]

Yellow tangs are herbivores--a meat heavy diet is really be bad for them.

[mogurnda]

If you are adding a good bit of phytoplankton, you might try growing mysis shrimp. You can get them from Inland Aquatics (http://www.inlandaquatics.com), among other places.

The tang will probably ignore them, but smaller fish and inverts will enjoy them.