bulldogod Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I want to start breeding some feeder fish and not sure what to use, something easy to breed and grow quickly? any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I'd say kribs would be good as the babies are really big when free swimming and seem to grow faster than livebearers but livebearers have babies more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Guppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Convicts :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 goldfish or comet, 1 spawn and you'll have thousands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Guppies. Also pearl gouramis or bristlenoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 convicts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 What are you feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Small livebearers - guppies, platties, swordtails. a trio can live in a small space and you can either guppy trap them just before dropping or collect them once swimming and put them into a net / trap to have ready for feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaat Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Lumpheads . Mine just don't stop breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Sajica are as prolific as cons, not quite as nasty and better looking IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 mollies as they are not too fussy what water you dump them into - I had some years ago acclimatised to salt for feeding to seahorses good big babies and prolific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 wouldnt think htat cclimatisatioin would be neccesarry for feeders... more of a now you see it, now you dont i thought... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Red Jewels Guppies Mollies Kribs zebra babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 wouldnt think htat cclimatisatioin would be neccesarry for feeders... more of a now you see it, now you dont i thought... lol seahorses are slow and stupid feeders and strongly prefer live food so the longer it survives in the tank the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scales & tails fishfa Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Lucky Me! I live 10 meters from a stream packed with billions of small mosquito fish and other types of pest fish! My turtle is always FAT! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 yeah we have millions of those in our local ponds too! Gambusia. Are they Ok to feed to captive fish and turtles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougstark Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 yeah we have millions of those in our local ponds too! Gambusia. Are they Ok to feed to captive fish and turtles? Dont know about Auckland but here you can be prosecuted for removing mosquito fish from the wild or for keeping them. (It does make sense to make use of them tho) I have often heard of them being used as feeders for larger fish. I keep leopard fish and use excess for feeders for my ornate bichir. They live and thrive in my turtle pond which is heated to about eighteen degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Feeding borneo tigers, oscar and hopefully a ornate.What are you feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Dont know about Auckland but here you can be prosecuted for removing mosquito fish from the wild or for keeping them. (It does make sense to make use of them tho) I have often heard of them being used as feeders for larger fish. I keep leopard fish and use excess for feeders for my ornate bichir. They live and thrive in my turtle pond which is heated to about eighteen degrees. that's interesting.. I recently accompanied some children to a stream visit and we had a waterways person come speak to the group. As part of her talk she scoops up some pondlife, the kids count the No. of bloodworms, caddisfly larva , shrimp etc and then return it... She told us that if she finds a mosquito fish she is required to remove (kill) it or face a fine! She is not to return it to the stream. They are an introduced pest fish and they compete with inanga and are very aggressive fish that will eat eggs and even the eyes from our natives. Gambusia (mosquito fish) are classified as Unwanted Organisms under the BiosecurityAct 1993 and People caught releasing or spreading or even selling them without an approval under the Biosecurity Act are liable, on conviction, to a fine. SO I don't understand why there would be objection to removing them from the wild .. in order to eliminate them by way of feeding them to bigger fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 they put the law in place so there would be no chance of any being transferrred to other waterways either deliberately or by accident i have seen people selling them on trademe as cold water guppies, ads quickly withdrawn if you net a gambusia while netting in streams you are not to return it to the water and it must be killed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 they put the law in place so there would be no chance of any being transferrred to other waterways either deliberately or by accident i have seen people selling them on trademe as cold water guppies, ads quickly withdrawn if you net a gambusia while netting in streams you are not to return it to the water and it must be killed They look just like guppies to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 They look just like guppies to me! if you look at their dorsal fin .it is further set back than a guppy, it starts behind the position of the anal fin. Most noticeable when comparing females. A guppys dorsal fin is more or less directly opposite the anal fin . And I'm also sure gambusia gonopodiums are longer.When I ddi that stream visit I ahd a real good and close look at the gambusia to see how it was different to my guppy at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 they put the law in place so there would be no chance of any being transferrred to other waterways either deliberately or by accident i have seen people selling them on trademe as cold water guppies, ads quickly withdrawn if you net a gambusia while netting in streams you are not to return it to the water and it must be killed Perfect. Don't return it to the stream. Kill it by feeding it to a big, hungry fish. Everybody will be happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 IMO stick with guppies or swords, convicts and kribs can be a little spiney for some fish (oscars wont care tho). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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