Pool Comets Eating Feeders.

[miss bunkface]

is it normal for my pool comet to eat feeder fish??

he eats them before my needlenose can get to them.

 

[three-fingers]

Yes, goldfish will eat anything that will fit int their mouths. How big is your tank? 30 gallons?

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't feed them them feeder fish full of desease, and not much nutrition value in them either.
Not worth the risk.
Frozen foods and veg.

 

[hjkaga]

yea, i had an oscar once and he died from getting a disease from the feeder fish....poor guy.

 

[miss bunkface]

yeah 30 gallons.
maybe i should seperate the pool comet from the other fish?
the needlenose dosen't eat the flake food, and i read a couple sites saying they feed they're needlenose feeders and the lfs said that too.

but i'll go get some frozen food for him.

thank you!

 

[noshybabs]

what are feeder fish

 

[three-fingers]

I think that would be for the best . He should eat frozen fish right, like the lancefish you can get at the lfs and stuff. If he doesn't, try some live locust or something big enough from a reptile shop to get him used to eating stuff floating at the surface .

what are feeder fish

A term used for fish that are going to be fed alive to other fish, usually inbred/bad quality/poor health goldfish, minnows or baby guppies or other livevbearers because they are so prolific.

 

[vancouver]

I have a feeling 30g isn't big enough for a needlefish, but anyways, try feeding it blocks of brine shrimp or frozen bloodworms.

 

[three-fingers]

Yeah, 30 gals is the MINIMUM for a needlefish, and the tankmates in that tank defiantly don't sound suitable...goldfish...angelfish . But at least she's doing something about it....more than alot would .