Peacock Gudgeon Feeding- Live, Frozen or Dried?

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I feed my strictly frozen meaty foods: brine shrimp and bloodworms. I also feed the community flake at the same time, and the peacocks will sometimes pick at the flakes as well as a side dish.

Only meaty foods if conditioning for breeding. I haven't found a need to feed live foods. There's less of chance of nasties with frozen foods.
 
If you are planning to buy them from aquabid or a private seller, I would ask them if their fish accept frozen or pellet or flake or whatever, instead of taking a chance. Obviously feeding frozen or live is ideal for any fish, but it's nice to have a backup.
 
I agree there's no need for live food. Usually live food is necessary for fish that need movement from their prey. I have a couple of peacock gudgeons, and I feed them flake and meaty frozen foods, and they seem very pelased by the roundness of their bellies. :) When I put the food in, I put it in front of the power filter's trickle so that the food is blown around. When I put frozen bloodworms in like this, their bodies wiggle around so it looks like they're alive. The gudgeons sit at the top of the tank now, waiting for the food to drift by!
 
Sounds like it depends on what the fish are raised on, and if I'm trying to breed them. Thanks for all the info! I will ask my lfs owner to ask his fish source what the PGs are fed.
 
I agree that live foods are great, but you don't need them. My gudgeons eat frozen bloodworms and flake just fine. I can tell they don't like the flake but they eat it anyway. I feed flake once a week to make sure they get enough roughage. I also feed Grindal worms - but it would take a lot of Grindal worms to make a gudgeon full. Vinegar eels and micro worms are too small for them to even notice so don't bother with those unless you end up with fry.

Just a warning, my male gudgeon was extremely shy when I first got him, took a week before he would eat. I had to target feed him with a turkey baster for the longest time before he acted normal.
 
What foods would be best suited for them for their size? I can see how vinegar eels and micro worms would be too small. I would think most earthworms would be too big, although I could chop them up. What about flightless fruitflies? I would think they would be a good size.
 
Do fruitflies sink? I've never seen my gudgeons eat anything from the surface. Daphnia is good. Magna is a little too big but pulex and moina are great.
 
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