What type of feeder fish are at your local pet store? - Page 2

cowelder · 01-01-2007, 02:58 PM

Well I have no fish that eats feeders but I live in a place like Flamingo. My dad fishes alot so I have a 100gal tub of water we keep shiners in. Plus we have two ponds completly stocked full of shiners so I can get them free. I also get lots of Salamanders and Crawfish.

But all out LPS has is feeder goldfish.

**Scuba Kid** · 01-02-2007, 08:05 AM

Most of my LFS only have guppies and goldfish. I'm with Flaming, collecting is much better. Not now, since its January, but in the warmer months when I go collecting for my tanks i grab some shiners and small butterfish as a treat for my grouper.

Lydia · 01-02-2007, 08:26 AM

The pet store near me sells ghost shrimp and rosy reds as feeders. I keep ghost shrimp in my dwarf puffer tank to help keep the bottom clean, and many times I have considered setting up a coldwater tank and keeping rosy reds, along with several other coldwater fish, in it. So yes I have considered keeping feeder fish in my aquarium. Rosy reds are actually rather pretty. For that matter, I've considered keeping rosy reds in my pond once I get a bigger pond set up for my koi.

Lydia · 01-02-2007, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sable

I myself raised several rosy red minnows, just because I think they're beautiful, in a tank by themselves. I lost one to disease and eventually had to give them away because they got huge.

Hmmm I'm confused here. As far as I know, rosy reds only grow to 3 inches max, and usually stay around 2 inches. Are you sure yours were rosy reds? Do you have any idea what their scientific name was? I'm just curious because if I do start a coldwater tank, I want to make sure I get the ones that grow to 3 inches max instead of the ones that get huge, lol.

**Cichlid Man** · 01-02-2007, 09:38 AM

The only animals in the UK which can be used as feeders are inverts, i.e. ghost shrimp.

eon17 · 01-13-2007, 09:34 AM

i think doing feeder fish is wrong

Gourami Swami · 01-13-2007, 04:31 PM

Good for you! I wish I had more morals sometimes....

Clerk · 01-18-2007, 01:55 PM

Roseys, Ghost Shrimp, Sm/LG Comets.

StarLab · 01-18-2007, 03:26 PM

We sell:

Comets
Rosey Reds
Ghost Shrimp
Feeder guppies
Live Bloodworms
Crickets (for our amphibians and reptiles)

We also have other types of feeders but they are for stuff that is outside the scope of this forum.

flamingo · 01-18-2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eon17

i think doing feeder fish is wrong

I find so much wrong with that one sentence but oh well.

I have thousands of frozen feeders in my freezer ATM, helps out a lot during the winter months.

Puffer Pita · 01-18-2007, 03:58 PM

Wish I could find pinkies somewhere around here but they don't seem to be available. Not lives ones anyway.

StarLab · 01-18-2007, 04:15 PM

We do, but I fear it might be just a weeee bit of a drive for you to get them.

Puffer Pita · 01-18-2007, 04:23 PM

Send me some?

I've got a cane toad the size of a dinner plate that would love one!

StarLab · 01-18-2007, 05:15 PM

They wouldn't exactly be "live" pinkies by the time you got them.

You'd be signing for an extremely "smelly" package. You might even get slapped by the courier driver who had to sit in the same van with said smell. LOL

Puffer Pita · 01-18-2007, 05:18 PM

LOL good point

mousey · 01-19-2007, 02:11 PM

Starlab where did you get live blood worms? I tried to get the lfs to get some and they said they were unable. I did get white worms from a girl in town so have a good supply of them for my tanks. I hooked up with her on the canadian price network.

StarLab · 01-19-2007, 02:27 PM

We get a steady supply of them from our supplier. (if that makes sense! LOL)

Widely available here...

mousey · 01-19-2007, 02:28 PM

fooey, I am just south of you in Newmarket, On!
Would love to visit your store one day.

StarLab · 01-19-2007, 04:21 PM

It's worth the trip!

**Scuba Kid** · 01-19-2007, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eon17

i think doing feeder fish is wrong

What do you think carnivorous fish eat in the wild?

01-02-2007, 08:05 AM	#22
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	Most of my LFS only have guppies and goldfish. I'm with Flaming, collecting is much better. Not now, since its January, but in the warmer months when I go collecting for my tanks i grab some shiners and small butterfish as a treat for my grouper. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

01-02-2007, 08:26 AM	#23
Lydia Ichthus Owner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: FL Posts: 1,907	The pet store near me sells ghost shrimp and rosy reds as feeders. I keep ghost shrimp in my dwarf puffer tank to help keep the bottom clean, and many times I have considered setting up a coldwater tank and keeping rosy reds, along with several other coldwater fish, in it. So yes I have considered keeping feeder fish in my aquarium. Rosy reds are actually rather pretty. For that matter, I've considered keeping rosy reds in my pond once I get a bigger pond set up for my koi. __________________ Vote for FishForums!

01-02-2007, 09:38 AM	#25
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	The only animals in the UK which can be used as feeders are inverts, i.e. ghost shrimp. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

01-13-2007, 04:31 PM	#27
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01-18-2007, 03:26 PM	#29
StarLab Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	We sell: Comets Rosey Reds Ghost Shrimp Feeder guppies Live Bloodworms Crickets (for our amphibians and reptiles) We also have other types of feeders but they are for stuff that is outside the scope of this forum.

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01-01-2007, 02:58 PM	#21
cowelder Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tennessee Age: 17 Posts: 89	Well I have no fish that eats feeders but I live in a place like Flamingo. My dad fishes alot so I have a 100gal tub of water we keep shiners in. Plus we have two ponds completly stocked full of shiners so I can get them free. I also get lots of Salamanders and Crawfish. But all out LPS has is feeder goldfish.

01-13-2007, 09:34 AM	#26
eon17 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: kansas Posts: 151	i think doing feeder fish is wrong

01-18-2007, 01:55 PM	#28
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 466	Roseys, Ghost Shrimp, Sm/LG Comets.

01-18-2007, 03:58 PM	#31
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	Wish I could find pinkies somewhere around here but they don't seem to be available. Not lives ones anyway. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

01-18-2007, 04:15 PM	#32
StarLab Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	We do, but I fear it might be just a weeee bit of a drive for you to get them.

01-18-2007, 04:23 PM	#33
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	Send me some? I've got a cane toad the size of a dinner plate that would love one! __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

01-18-2007, 05:15 PM	#34
StarLab Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	They wouldn't exactly be "live" pinkies by the time you got them. You'd be signing for an extremely "smelly" package. You might even get slapped by the courier driver who had to sit in the same van with said smell. LOL

01-18-2007, 05:18 PM	#35
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	LOL good point __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

01-19-2007, 02:11 PM	#36
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	Starlab where did you get live blood worms? I tried to get the lfs to get some and they said they were unable. I did get white worms from a girl in town so have a good supply of them for my tanks. I hooked up with her on the canadian price network.

01-19-2007, 02:27 PM	#37
StarLab Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	We get a steady supply of them from our supplier. (if that makes sense! LOL) Widely available here...

01-19-2007, 02:28 PM	#38
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	fooey, I am just south of you in Newmarket, On! Would love to visit your store one day.

01-19-2007, 04:21 PM	#39
StarLab Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	It's worth the trip!

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