What Is Your Opinion Of A Feeder Fish Tank?

[Jules H-T]

Look forward to the grey one changing to orange as well, goldfish fry start out that colour and change as they age. Apparently they can turn back to silver in their senior years, that's what the 15 year old fish I mentioned did

They tend to go white, an absence of colour, rather than actually colouring up with grey pigment (at least that's what my 25 yr old goldie did). He lost half his scales too lol

On a slightly OT note, I had another goldie Sarah who lived in with some tropicals for a while, before being rehomed to a pond. Grew at an incredible rate and would eat absolutely anything. Last Autumn, a heron got at the pond and took Sarah and her wild living counterparts.

Anyway, just yesterday I got an e-mail saying that now the weather is getting warmer, three small fish have appeared. Two of them have markings very similar to Sarah's. So dead from one perspective, but living on from another

 

[Raechal]

Look forward to the grey one changing to orange as well, goldfish fry start out that colour and change as they age. Apparently they can turn back to silver in their senior years, that's what the 15 year old fish I mentioned did

They tend to go white, an absence of colour, rather than actually colouring up with grey pigment (at least that's what my 25 yr old goldie did). He lost half his scales too lol

On a slightly OT note, I had another goldie Sarah who lived in with some tropicals for a while, before being rehomed to a pond. Grew at an incredible rate and would eat absolutely anything. Last Autumn, a heron got at the pond and took Sarah and her wild living counterparts.

Anyway, just yesterday I got an e-mail saying that now the weather is getting warmer, three small fish have appeared. Two of them have markings very similar to Sarah's. So dead from one perspective, but living on from another

Awww baby goldfish are so adorable! I am glad Sarah lives on.

Look forward to the grey one changing to orange as well, goldfish fry start out that colour and change as they age. Apparently they can turn back to silver in their senior years, that's what the 15 year old fish I mentioned did

Aww I like him grey, but who knows maybe he will turn back to grey when he gets older haha.

 

[Taridan]

I bought some of the feeder Rosy Red Minnows and after quarentine I added them to my 30 gallon, however, once they got about an inch and a half long they started nipping at my betta girls fins and thus ended up being fed to my fiancee's Oscar. I read the minnows I had bought get up to about 6 inches long. Petsmart is nice in that even for their feeder fish they have little care sheet cards that they give you if you ask for information about the species.

 

[Raechal]

the gold one died yesterday when I came home from being out of town for the night. There seemed nothing wrong with his body. One of his eyes were a tiny bit cloudy but that was it.

The other fish are completely fine in the tank. Hmm : (

 

[Qays]

Thats really sad

Sorry bout your fish, good luck with the silever one!