g'day to all,
as i have an ever growing fish population, i'm very conscious of the need to feed them top quality food. i have a few tangs and was wondering what people thought of feeding their fish bait fish. whether it be from caught herring off a bridge freezing it and scraping some off into the tank now and again, or small pieces/slivers of flesh or some frozen bait such as whitebait (which ive read somewhere here some people give them to their fronnies).
also as i have a few tangs (black calvus and alto comp) what does everyone else feed theirs in the way of shrimp. i feed mine the odd block of frozen mysis and brine shrimp. the problem is the more active fish gobble it all before the tangs have their share. maybe live shrimp from the river/creek, buy some krill from the fisho market, slice up some prawn etc etc
thanks everyone in anticipation of helpful info
ive caught shrimp in tally creek and fed them live to my fish before including my tropheus tank. they all loved it and theyre all still swimming happily...
also, anyone tried canned fish? like sardines in spring water, or tuna?
Just be careful when catching anything out of creeks. Disease transfer is very easy this way.
I had a flatmate catch his feeders this way, prized fish dieing is an expensive lesson.
Frenchy :D
breed you own feeder fish, get some crazy breeders like convicts or similar...