georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hey, I was wondering, what would be the minimum requirments (tank size etc.) to bred guppies as a live food treat to get my angels 'in the mood' Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I reckon you'd be better off just feeding bloodworms - guppies aren't all that great for conditioning other fish, and they don't work out that cheap when you factor in all the maintenance etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 ok cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 uhh... how should i go about breeding blood worms or is it still not worth it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 The only things that people regularly breed is Whiteworms (you can buy starter cultures), and Daphnia (often found in ponds) for the adults, and baby brine shrimp (hatched from eggs you can buy) for the fry - pretty much everything else works out cheaper to buy frozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 At this time of year you ought to have no trouble finding live critters in small ponds etc to feed the fish. Check nobody has sprayed nearby or anything though. Angels get in the mmod anyway with or without live foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 live critters in small ponds etc please don't tell me i need to quarintine them for a month before I give them to angels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Depends on where you live and pollution levels I guess :lol: I fill containers outside then net out all sorts of interesting critters. Fish love 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 thanks where i was thinking is just a nearby creek but it runs down off bushy hills will it still be fine?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Summertime a tub of water left outside will soon be filled with Mozzie wrigglers. They are great free live food too. If you are in a rural area have a look in the cow troughs, often find daphnia or mozzie wrigglers in them. The may be a bit green this time of year, but the water is safe for cows to drink, so things living in there should be fish safe. Clean running streams will be full of eels, inaunga and crayfish, so the best live food will already be eaten :roll: Any size tank should be OK to breed guppys if you want to go that way. But you need the space to rear a couple of months supply to make it worthwhile. So by the time you set up a 100l tank you could have bought a lot of frozen fish food. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I'm betting Caryl's container idea would be better. With no fish in the containers its less likely (I think) that there would be parasites that would affect your fish (since there are no fish as hosts in the containers!!) Whereas your stream may have fish in it somehwere.. whcih may have parasites and could possibly infect your fish? (someone please correct me if I'm wrong :oops: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Sorry to hijack.. but actually I have a container critter question now that I think of it. I happen to have a container with only plants in it and its got some bugs growing in it that I don't recognise. I see the mozzie larvae, long with a head and kind of hairy looking .. move by wriggle in a sort of sideways motion... but there is a bug that was very small and kind of round that propelled itself by what I can only describe as 'somersaulting' .. spins away Is that daphnia? (this has some plants from a pond I splt up but no fish.. I'm not feeding any live foods but maybe I should?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 hey, back from the creek, found, well, not much but i have a Black-headed jumping spider. does anyone if it is good to feed to my angels (i.e. not poisonous) thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Can a plastic container outside filled with water in the sun, and you will have mossie larvae in no time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Can a plastic container outside filled with water in the sun, and you will have mossie larvae in no time thanks, and how long is no time??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I know that some fish will eat anything that will fit in their mouth...but guppies can be used as a feeder fish for angels, just wondering since I never heard that before???? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Most people discover it by accident, when they buy their first fish. You know, some guppys, some neon tetras and one of those nice gentle angelfish. 6 months later they just have a big fat :evil: angelfish :evil: Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 yea, well when i got my angels I also got 3 guppies. Yeah im down to one now :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Depends on where you live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Depends on where you live (i still haven't quite figured how to do it yet :-? ). how do you mean?? Im confused :-? ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 FIRST METHOD: step 1: fill ice cream container with water, srep 2: put container outside somewhere and forget about it step 3: come back in week to 2 weeks maybe, and youll have little wriggling mozzie larvae in there step 4: remove some larvae and feed to angels or what have you step 5: enjoy the satisfaction of watching angels munch on free food SECOND METHOD: find some stagnant water, ie guttering, tarpaulins that have been left out, cow troughs, puddles, ditches, etc etc, and use a net to grab a heap of whatever is living there, almost guarentee that there will be something around your home that holds water and youve forgotten about and the mozzies would have found and started breeding from. and there is your easy step by step guide to your fishies free food, join us tommorow for tadpoles terrific tea.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I just fill containers outside (old baths, half mussel floats etc) and leave them. They soon attract all sorts of insects. Other people do the same and get nothing. It helps if you live near a waterway (more critters about) or in warmer areas (may still be too cold in some places) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 CAryl i guse i should try i went 4 a walk the other dya and found a swamp and its not 2 fra away :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 ok thanks for all the advice everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 hey just found a plastic dish of old water. What are the little wriggly things in there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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