Besides guppies and minnows
2006-12-04 03:12:52 · 7 answers · asked by Skittles 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
What is the smallest?
2006-12-04 03:18:33 · update #1
gold fish, neons, molly's, guppies.
2006-12-04 03:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Lyssa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, anything small enough to fit inside another fish's mouth will be eaten.
What are you feeding? The type of feeder fish will depend on the size of your fish.
Other than guppies and minnows, you can commonly find feeder goldfish at the petstore. However, I would not feed my fish any feeders that came from a petstore. Have you seen how they keep those fish? They don't eat well and are just all around sickly.
I suggest you breed your own feeders. Top minnows (which are actually killifish) are good choices, because they grow so quickly, and are usually commonly found at bait shops. Guppies, mollies, platyes and endlers are also easy to breed.
You can also get Ghost Shrimp. They aren't fish, but they are good eatin'!
2006-12-04 03:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are the smallest feeder "fish."
However, there are other types of live food.
Ghost shrimp are slightly smaller than guppies.
Many types of snails can be eaten by some fish.
Below that in size, there are tubifex worms.
Then there are Daphnia, and the very smallest "feeder" animal, is known as the rotifer.
Live food is sometimes extended to "green water," but this is rarely used to feed fish, and is mostly algae.
All of these naturally live, and breed in fresh water. Pet stores usually don't sell daphnia, and rotifers aren't sold frequently, but you can learn how to raise them yourself if you want, and order them online. They're a big favorite wit science fairs and such.
Freshwater fish are also sometimes fed brine shrimp, which naturally live in salt water, and must be rinsed before feeding, as well as blood worms and mosquito larvae, both of which do live in fresh water, but grow up to become flying insects. Blood worms are more commonly available, but like daphnia, they are usually sold only in a frozen form.
2006-12-04 06:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
feeder rosies, they stay pretty small. I've had mine for 5 months and there still about half an inch big. but guppies stay small too
2006-12-04 03:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by kristinad21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you're feeding. Some people use feeder goldfish for piranahs, etc.
2006-12-04 03:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by lunar_flame 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish, goldfish and more goldfish. They are good for feeding the larger ciclid family of fish.
2006-12-04 03:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by SandyM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots! My fav is the dog face puffer fish. They are so cute!
2006-12-04 03:19:56 · answer #7 · answered by vixenfay 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋