So I have raised feeders before… I’ve raised Molly’s in brackish water to feed babies to sea horses I raised 20 years ago… back then I had too many predators to raise my own food ( I had a dedicated 55 gallon for making baby Molly’s…
Today I only have 1 group of predators ( Bichirs ) and having gone that route before, I don’t have as much interest in predators
So I’m thinking raising my own feeders for the Bichirs… I’ve been currently buying Mosquito fish, as I can buy them pretty cheaply, in groups of 20… but they aren’t breeding as fast as they are being eaten right now… the females are pretty big, but the males are about guppy sized, and while the bichirs are just babies, they seem to be catching the females 1st, so at this point I’ve be just resupplying them as feeders… not witnessing any babies
So this has got me looking at a little bigger live bearer… platy’s right now… I can buy those I’m groups of 6 pretty reasonable… the bright orange is either more common or cheaper, and I can get dwarf or standard… the dwarf is a good size right now ( at 8 - 10 inches ) but likely by the time they we’re breeding the bichirs would have no issues eating full sized platy’s
So is there a better path??? Another fish in that size range that would breed easily in pretty neutral water??? I’m kind of running a balance between the Bichirs, and the silver dollars in that tank…
We raise all our own meat, on the farm, so since I don’t really have a good local fish store, I’d like to raise my own meat for the Bichirs
Today I only have 1 group of predators ( Bichirs ) and having gone that route before, I don’t have as much interest in predators
So I’m thinking raising my own feeders for the Bichirs… I’ve been currently buying Mosquito fish, as I can buy them pretty cheaply, in groups of 20… but they aren’t breeding as fast as they are being eaten right now… the females are pretty big, but the males are about guppy sized, and while the bichirs are just babies, they seem to be catching the females 1st, so at this point I’ve be just resupplying them as feeders… not witnessing any babies
So this has got me looking at a little bigger live bearer… platy’s right now… I can buy those I’m groups of 6 pretty reasonable… the bright orange is either more common or cheaper, and I can get dwarf or standard… the dwarf is a good size right now ( at 8 - 10 inches ) but likely by the time they we’re breeding the bichirs would have no issues eating full sized platy’s
So is there a better path??? Another fish in that size range that would breed easily in pretty neutral water??? I’m kind of running a balance between the Bichirs, and the silver dollars in that tank…
We raise all our own meat, on the farm, so since I don’t really have a good local fish store, I’d like to raise my own meat for the Bichirs