Wayfarin
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Hello, folks!
We just purchased some feeder fish (rosy-red minnows) from our local pet store. They seem to have been kept in better conditions than most Petco and Petsmart feeders.
They are currently being kept in a small plastic container.
We don't give our red-eared slider feeder fish very often. Carp relatives, like minnows, are not nutritionally complete and are even unhealthy when overindulged on.
We are currently looking for tips on keeping turtles with fish successfully. They aren't really to feed the turtle at all. They are more of "edible" tank mates.
However, even despite finding out many ways to keep fish with turtles, there's little chance that the fish will survive more than a couple of weeks.
Fathead minnows are infamously prolific. In the wild, they survive in the same ponds as predators mostly by breeding.
Could a coexistence such as this possibly be replicated in a 75-gallon tank?
And if so, are there any breeding tips for successfully keeping the delicate fry in a large tank like this?
Rosy-red minnows contain thiaminase. Because of this, it would not be ideal for the minnows to overrun the tank. Red-eared sliders can't think for themselves when it comes to eating. They will eat to their heart's content, not to their health's.
The goal is to breed the minnows in such a way that only about 5-15 individuals survive to maturity. But without predation from the turtle, how could this be accomplished?
One of my theories was cannibalism. Since fathead minnows are naturally cannibalistic, would it be possible to allow the minnows to consume enough fry for only a few to mature?
I heard that minnows can lay almost 700 eggs in one spawning. Does this lead to the hatching of 700 fry? Or do only a certain number of fry hatch?
Even a 75-gallon tank could not contain 700 minnows.
Likewise, are the fry nearly microscopic? Could a water change be conducted without siphoning out most of the fry?
I've never attempted to breed rosy-reds before, and it's a little intimidating. If anyone has had experiences with breeding these hardy cyprinids in aquaria, be sure to comment below!
All comments are welcome.
Thanks for reading!
God bless!
We just purchased some feeder fish (rosy-red minnows) from our local pet store. They seem to have been kept in better conditions than most Petco and Petsmart feeders.
They are currently being kept in a small plastic container.
We don't give our red-eared slider feeder fish very often. Carp relatives, like minnows, are not nutritionally complete and are even unhealthy when overindulged on.
We are currently looking for tips on keeping turtles with fish successfully. They aren't really to feed the turtle at all. They are more of "edible" tank mates.
However, even despite finding out many ways to keep fish with turtles, there's little chance that the fish will survive more than a couple of weeks.
Fathead minnows are infamously prolific. In the wild, they survive in the same ponds as predators mostly by breeding.
Could a coexistence such as this possibly be replicated in a 75-gallon tank?
And if so, are there any breeding tips for successfully keeping the delicate fry in a large tank like this?
Rosy-red minnows contain thiaminase. Because of this, it would not be ideal for the minnows to overrun the tank. Red-eared sliders can't think for themselves when it comes to eating. They will eat to their heart's content, not to their health's.
The goal is to breed the minnows in such a way that only about 5-15 individuals survive to maturity. But without predation from the turtle, how could this be accomplished?
One of my theories was cannibalism. Since fathead minnows are naturally cannibalistic, would it be possible to allow the minnows to consume enough fry for only a few to mature?
I heard that minnows can lay almost 700 eggs in one spawning. Does this lead to the hatching of 700 fry? Or do only a certain number of fry hatch?
Even a 75-gallon tank could not contain 700 minnows.
Likewise, are the fry nearly microscopic? Could a water change be conducted without siphoning out most of the fry?
I've never attempted to breed rosy-reds before, and it's a little intimidating. If anyone has had experiences with breeding these hardy cyprinids in aquaria, be sure to comment below!
All comments are welcome.
Thanks for reading!
God bless!