cyberbeer65
Scratch Glass!
I will never feed goldfish again!The last time i did,i brought a bad case if ich to my tank.However,I may go to the bait store sometime and get some minnows.
Who uses feeder goldfish and why?
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CB65, I suggest that you do go to bait shop and get some fathead minnows, I get some for my piranhas and they love them....I will never use goldfish unless it is last resort behind fatheads and rosies..
I use feeder guppies, feeder goldfish, feeder golden shiners and any small fish I catch fishing to my gar and black crappie.
I have a 20" longnose gar who will not eat anything but big feeders.
Feeder goldfish do not have the nutritional value that other fish do so I tend to use small sunfish, tilapia, chubs, daces, shiners and mosquitofish.
Golden shiners can be a good feeder fish if you get them disease free.
I have a 20" longnose gar who will not eat anything but big feeders.
Feeder goldfish do not have the nutritional value that other fish do so I tend to use small sunfish, tilapia, chubs, daces, shiners and mosquitofish.
Golden shiners can be a good feeder fish if you get them disease free.
This is an old one, but I'll chime in just the same, I voted yes to most carnivores. The better word would be predators, after all the Zebra pleco is a carnivore as are many fish that do not eat other fish regularly.
I do not, have never, and will not use goldfish, I raise my own guppies, snails, and am working on shrimp. Goldfish provide little to nothing but a big mess, all of my fish will eat prepared foods so the live stuff is a treat for them. I personally think it is wrong to haouse an animal who likes to hunt an then never allow that animal the opportunity to hunt. Everyone has their opinion on this, and I am only stating mine. Certain fish are designed to hunt and should get to. With the Sa cichlids I keep, feeding a high nutrition diet is easy and the live stuff is used for the treat and natural instincts of my fish not for the purpose of sustaining them nutritionally. Unlike many folks, when I first started keeping Oscars and didn't know any different it never really occured to me to feed them anything but fish food. It works, but my Oscars color up better, and have more natural pesonalities when they get to hunt whether it's snails or gupies or shrimp it doesn't seem to matter, most bugs work well too and also earthworms. All at levels that don't create excessive waste in my tanks.
On the thought of Goldfish themselves as opposed to other feeders, every single Oscar I have ever seen with hith has been fed goldies This doesn't make it a fact that goldies cause it, but it's enough of an issue that I won't allow them in my tanks. I have never had a case of hith develope on a fish in my tanks, and am only familiar with HIth though adopted fish that were in poor shape when I got them.
Dave
I do not, have never, and will not use goldfish, I raise my own guppies, snails, and am working on shrimp. Goldfish provide little to nothing but a big mess, all of my fish will eat prepared foods so the live stuff is a treat for them. I personally think it is wrong to haouse an animal who likes to hunt an then never allow that animal the opportunity to hunt. Everyone has their opinion on this, and I am only stating mine. Certain fish are designed to hunt and should get to. With the Sa cichlids I keep, feeding a high nutrition diet is easy and the live stuff is used for the treat and natural instincts of my fish not for the purpose of sustaining them nutritionally. Unlike many folks, when I first started keeping Oscars and didn't know any different it never really occured to me to feed them anything but fish food. It works, but my Oscars color up better, and have more natural pesonalities when they get to hunt whether it's snails or gupies or shrimp it doesn't seem to matter, most bugs work well too and also earthworms. All at levels that don't create excessive waste in my tanks.
On the thought of Goldfish themselves as opposed to other feeders, every single Oscar I have ever seen with hith has been fed goldies This doesn't make it a fact that goldies cause it, but it's enough of an issue that I won't allow them in my tanks. I have never had a case of hith develope on a fish in my tanks, and am only familiar with HIth though adopted fish that were in poor shape when I got them.
Dave
cyberbeer65
Scratch Glass!
sublime1184 said:
Hey thanks,Sublime I will go tomorrow and get some Flat heads,I'm sure my fish will like that.
flatheads or fatheads...mine love the fatheads, thought I have never gave them flatheads
http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/fish/fishes/fathead_minnow.html
http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/fish/fishes/fathead_minnow.html
Yeah, I would feel too bad putting a little helpless guppy in a tank so my fish could eat them. Tisk tisk tisk.
