WHAT TYPE OF FISH ALSO EATS GOLDFISH FLAKES

[WILDER]

sorry double posted computor playing up.

 

[tttnjfttt]

i have about 10 in a 10 gallon tank

Unless these are the feeder gold fish that are like .10 each, you need to rehome alot of your fish. Do you have a water test kit to test for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate? If so, what are the readings? If not, add that to your shopping list.

 

[william11373]

what do platys eat

 

[william11373]

i feed the fish to my crayfish

 

[tttnjfttt]

so is that a yes, they are the cheap feeder fish?

 

[william11373]

i have about 10 cheap fish and 2 bigger gold fish , but i fed one big fish to it last night and one is in the crayfish tank about to be eaten

 

[william11373]

the crayfish eats the goldfish and leaves the head floating in the water

 

[tttnjfttt]

Well...if you are using the fish as food, your stocking level isn't too bad...

 

[william11373]

but i want to keep it with nicer fish

 

[tttnjfttt]

Honestly, I would never try to keep fish that I wanted long term with feeder fish. They are very prone to disease. Just look at the tank they come from. Fish can spread illnesses just like humans can.

 

[wwestar2000]

but i want to keep it with nicer fish

With the crayfish. If hes eating the feeder fish why do you think he wont eat a platy or a "nicer fish".

 

[william11373]

no the crayfish is in another tank in a 2 gallon tank or 1

 

[wwestar2000]

Well you cant cause it's overstocked with all those feeders in it.

 

[william11373]

something strange happened a while ago is when i baught a siamese algae eater for my 10 galon tank seperate from the crayfish and a week later i try looking for it and it dissapeared

 

[tttnjfttt]

First of all, a mature chineese algae eater will kill other fish by eating their slime coats. Secondly, a chineese algae eater can get up to 10", so a 10 gal tank is way too small for them.