Pred Food

Richard_Dicosimo · #1 12-13-2005, 05:00 AM

is there such a thing as a saltwater feeder fish? other then say a 5$ chromis or damsel?

JSTR · #2 12-13-2005, 05:12 AM

Around Calgary, not that I have found. Wai'sshrimp that is simillar to the ghosts at Riverfront, but at a buck a piece it gets to be an expensive meal. It looks like I will have to resort to raising my own to feed my two dwarf lions. If you think you may want to do this take a look at some of the forums in reef central under the aggressive tank section.

digitalsteve · #3 12-14-2005, 03:48 AM

what you need to do is get your lions to eat frozen krill and so forth , it will save you a fortune

adidas · #4 12-15-2005, 03:41 AM

hey Richard,

gold fish/minnows are 13cents each at petsmart. I buy them, and gut load them flake and cyclopeze before feeding my lion.

muck · #5 12-15-2005, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by adidas

hey Richard,

gold fish/minnows are 13cents each at petsmart. I buy them, and gut load them flake and cyclopeze before feeding my lion.

Id be cautious about that as feeder minnows and feeder goldfish quite often are disease carriers.
I hope for your sake you are lucky and do not get any bad ones.

adidas · #6 12-15-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by muck

Id be cautious about that as feeder minnows and feeder goldfish quite often are disease carriers.
I hope for your sake you are lucky and do not get any bad ones.

serious? I did not know that. So what do you suggest is a better feeder? or do I just get someone to train him to dead stuff?

muck · #7 12-15-2005, 05:13 PM

I did a bit of digging on FW feeder fish for SW predetors. I came across an article that is a good read. It would seem that FW feeders also do not provide the proper nutrition that a SW predetor would need. It might be fine for awhile but will cause problems over the long run.
If it were me I would make a serious effort to train him onto Frozen or Freeze Dried foods. It might take a bit of effort but the results will be happier for you and your fish.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...003/invert.htm

fatpuffer · #8 12-15-2005, 05:21 PM

Train him to go on prepared foods or get a couple of convicts and grow ur own feeder fish. I used to have a channa bleheri and i put the 2 inch convicts in a 4.5 gallon tank...bred like clockwork.

Js