Live food

I was thinking .. seeing that Guppies are mass producers..
Can I use it as live food.

I have this 4 ft tank doing nothing and was thinking of making it a Guppy tankjust for mass producing .. will it work or should I use some other type of fishfor the purpose ?

 

It can work, but you just need to make sure that you add enough very fine leaf plants to stop the parent guppies from munching on the baby guppies.

 

I'm really against the idea of using fish as live food unless it's absolutely necessary... What are you planning on feeding them to?

It can be done, but if it's just for the sake of having a live food component I think that it's a waste of time and effort, considering there are much easier and cheaper ways to feed your fish.

 

I'm with @SalmonAfrica, I DO NOT AGREE with feeding fish to other fish, I think this is a very cruel thing to do. There are other feeding options out there these days without having to add some poor terrified fish fighting for it life into a tank to be eaten.... :evil: Sorry but this is just my 2c worth...

 

Hmmm

Lets refrase the post ..

I will make my extra tank into a guppy tank.

and lets leave it at that .

Did not want to upset any of the members.

 

lol!!!!!

 

I agree with Thysie... HAHAHAHA!!

Fact of life - Fish, eat other fish. It happens all over the world, millions of times a day. We all go on about how expensive fish food is, and the use of Brine Shrimp to feed babies, Earthworms, crickets, etc... But if you have a need for a constant supply of live food for carnivorous fish, then guppies and feeder fish (mollies or goldfish) make the perfect food. It's not cruel. It's more humane to feed a fish live food, than to let it starve.

If your love is aggressive carnivorous fish, then that's your passion. Mine is Dwarf Cichlids. Everyone has different views on this though.

 

See if you can get anything other than live food down my Aro's throat

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Ps Blaasie you can send them to me i won't tell anyone - lol

 

I can honestly see both sides point of view, yea, if you have a predatory fish, that will ONLY eat other live fish (or requires it regularly to be in peak condition), it is understandable, that you will do so. also yes, bbs and microworms, live blood worms, etc are fed without to much batting of an eye lid, though, besides these being slightly lower in the development of brain function etc (at least as far as we know, never forget hitchikers guide and the mice and dolphins), they are also again used, as their is usually no other viable option. However (dun dun duuuun), its not exactly a fair chance (like in the lion king er.. wild) as their is really no way the snack to be can get away, due to the confines of the aquarium.

All told it is a rather sticky subject, with many views and opinions which have merit, but at the end of the day, remember, its only because we all care about the fish involved, that we disagree sometimes, and I think thats a good thing.

 

I had a friend who had some or other carnivorous eel, that would only eat live fish. In summer I would put my guppies into the fish pond, where they increased to thousands and he would come to catch some for his eels. I leave all new born fry in the tank with only lots of plants and if I compare how they increase in the fish pond, a huge percentage of fry must be eaten by their parents, when in the fish tank. That is nature at work!