Live Bait

[Brad.H]

What is the best live bait to feed my tropical fish and were are the best places to get ?

 

[Colonel Mustard]

What fish have you got?

Blood worms from your lfs are the most common choice

 

[Brad.H]

2 x Common Plec's
3 x Angel Fish
1 x Spotted Catfish
1 x Ruby Barb
3 x Silver Shark's
3 x Bronze Cory's

 

[paul_219]

What size is ur tank? Blood worms usually.

 

[Brad.H]

130 ltr i normally add blood worm but i can only get frozen stuff were can i get live ?

 

[LisaLQ]

Oooh heck Brad, you've got some fish in there that wont fit in a couple of months. Silver sharks and common plecs are going to need a muuuuch bigger tank - I'd take them back and swap them for something more suitable.

Silver sharks get to 12" and need to be in groups of 5 or more - to have that many you'd need a 6 x 2 x 2ft tank. One common plec needs a 4ft x 18" x 18" tank just in order to move around (they get to 12-18"), and in order for two to make territories and have enough room, you'd be looking at the 6ft tank again. Dunno what the spotted catfish is, if it's a gibby - they get even bigger

Frozen bloodworm is fine - just thaw it in a cup or chuck it in frozen - depends on how your fish like it

 

[Brad.H]

I was told about the size of the plecs and sharks not long after i got them but i'v had em for about 6 months now and the plec's have grown about 3 inches and the sharks half an inch so im hoping i have found myself a few genetically small fish

 

[Teelie]

More likely you got stunted fish that won't live as long as they should.