So i know that its not good to feed your Oscar store bought feeder fish, because they could be harboring parasites and diseases. But i was thinking does anyone...i guess you could say grow your own feeder fish?
I think it would save money in the long run. What you people think??
Im open to ideas

The problem with buying feeders from a LFS is that they may have diseases. To avoid this you can either quarantee them for 2 weeks or you can breed your own

We have a few members who breed their own feeders, just be sure that you are going to be ok with feeding these fish to your oscars, otherwise you are going to end up with a tank full of guppies or mollies etc

Pellets should make up the bulk of your oscars diet, feeders are ok as a treat

Ripspring wrote:




I would again, avoid it. I think in some cases people try and convince themselves it is cost effective and/or necessary, but in reality, they just want to see the oscar eat feeders. Do what thou wilt. But it won't save money in the long run since you are going to have to pay to setup and maintain the feeder tank....and, if you use them as you should, very, very rarely, then you are still going to have to buy the same staple foods and other variations anyways...so it's not really going to save money from food purchases, except you won't be buying feeders from the store, which you shouldn't be doing anyway. I can't see how a small bit of seafood at the grocery story or crickets/mealworms would be more expensive than the cost of maintaining a tank...even a smallish one.


If I wanted to maintain live stock I might consider worms or mealworms first.

Thats true. Its just that I don't have places around where i live i can buy quility pellets and ect... so i was just thinking of options.

Ripspring wrote:


Well, if location and availability are issues, that's a tad different, although I would always order pellets online then as the staple, and you can raise mealworms/worms very, very easily. You can order all you'll need online for very little and it'll last you years if you maintain it. If you have access to a grocery store seafood like some shrimp and white bait are really inexpensive. Just cut it up and freeze it if you need to make it last.

You can raise worms easy?
Care to explain lol
My Oscars LOVE earthworms lol

Ripspring wrote:


Yeah just search 'raising earthworms at home' online... Oscars LOVE earthworms.

Okay from looking that up, it seems to be cheaper and easier than guppies lol

i feed my fish store bought feeders, except i know where he gets his feeders from lol. and ive never had any problems. not to say that i couldnt have problems.