Where can you buy feeder fish to bred.I hear and read you shouldn't buy feeder fish from store because of decease specially in walmart.Wouldn't you have to start somewhere?how do you breed them?
2007-08-26 22:26:31 · 6 answers · asked by stangdriverus 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Walmart typically has a lot of sick fish. Try Petsmart, Petland, PetZoo, those types of reputable places. As to the fish, depends on what you're feeding. You can get goldfish anywhere and keep many of them is a large tank, they can grow big quick. Guppies and mosquito fish are the easiest to breed, the reproduce like rabbits. Have about 1 male to 3 females. Too many males in one tank and they will kill each other. Also, have some plants (fake or real) floating on top and planted to give the fry a place to hide when they're born. These fish give live birth and they'll eat the fry if the catch them. Most guppies are pretty and the males are brightly colored, the females are mostly black or dark blue. It's easy to tell them apart. Mosquito fish, not so much, you just get a lot and they'll do the rest!
2007-08-26 22:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by lil_whit33 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
particular you might have feeder fish as pets, basically be careful as they have an inclination to not be in as great a wellbeing considering the fact that they are in many situations packed so thick in those save tanks. Ive had feeder guppies and that they did positive.
2016-12-16 06:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feeding with live fish is cruel. Try weaning ur fish off it. There are other alternatives such as brine shrimps, frozen bloodworms, daphnias or centipedes for larger fish. They are just as nutritious for ur fish. You reduce the risk of diseases as well.
2007-08-26 22:41:56 · answer #3 · answered by shichuanl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all these answers above are corect. but whatever you do, if your going to keep large amounts of fish, make sure you have good filtration. if your going to do comet feeders, the ones you get at walmart, petco or petsmart, make sure you have even better filtration, comet feeders are just goldfish. And goldfish are very dirty fish
2007-08-26 23:17:03 · answer #4 · answered by red_raven_nevermore 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would buy guppies and breed them
the ratio is 2 females to 1 male
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-26 23:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pet shops wont sell you fish to feed to other fish (they shouldn't anyway its illegal not to mention cruel)
2007-08-27 12:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋