Feeder Fish?

4

454

Member
Joined
Jan 9, 2009
Messages
122
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
Missoula, Montana
Country
United States
Display Name
Colt
Has any of you ever used feeder fish to feed aquatic, or terrestrial salamanders?
 
Yes.

My tiger sal used to go surfing regularly for guppies I bred and put in his pond. Sometimes he'd go months and not touch them, and they'd breed into infinity. Then he'd decided he wanted fresh fish and he go surfing for fish. Very cool to watch.

Sharon
 
Feeder goldfish aren't the greatest food source and can be aggressive towards caudates or introduce disease. Guppies are okay, but should be isolated for a period to avoid disease transfer. Many people breed their own guppies to get around quarantining to ensure that they're healthy. I don't see why you couldn't hand feed fish to terrestrial salamanders, but it would be much easier and healthier to just use worms.
 
A lot of aquatic newts and sals are too slow to catch live fish. So it's not as simple as just putting small live fish in the tank. I used to keep guppies in some of my newt tanks, but they never got eaten. (Though I did have some larvae that were fast enough to eat the baby fish.) Nutritionally, I've heard that guppies are better than goldfish.
 
Well yesturday I went to petsmart and got eight feeder fish for $0.12 each, and one died on the ride home so thats seven, then today after chool I checked on my salamander an there was only one left with three dead(dont know why?). So that means he eight four fish. By the way they were tiny about one inch. Does anyone know why the fish died? I gave them food, filter, live plants ect. Thanks.
 
Hi 454. I have never had any trouble with my 2 salamanders eating feeder fish that I have put in their tank. I don't give them feeder fish all the time because I vary their diet, but everytime I have released them into their tank, they have been eaten pretty quickly by both salamanders, and I have never had any trouble. Trial and error, what works for some doesn't always work for others. Cheers Carol.
 
feeder fish in many petstores are usually kept in horrid conditions. your fish probably due to stress or disease.
 
Hopefully it wasn't disease. Since you didn't quarantine the fish to watch for illness, they may have passed disease on to your salamander.
 
I got my 2 tigers from a local pet store owner,he gets them when mixed with his feeder goldfish shipment.Since they are illegal to sell in Ohio,he gives them away to teachers and local loyal customers.Is'nt that nice of him:happy: He always keeps one on display to show and teach people about them and often visits schools to make kids aware of thier enviroment.What a swell guy:smile: so Iam not so sure of dangers of feeder goldfish to sallys or larvae.
 
Last edited:
salrushdee said:
.......so Iam not so sure of dangers of feeder goldfish to sallys or larvae.
Click to expand...
There are always dangers - a primary risk being transmission of bacterial or parasitic diseases, thus the need to quarantine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • Shane douglas:
    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
     +1
    Unlike
  • Thorninmyside:
    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
     +1
    Unlike
  • stanleyc:
    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
     +1
    Unlike
  • Clareclare:
    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
     +1
    Unlike
  • sera:
    @Clareclare,
     +1
    Unlike
    sera: @Clareclare, +1
    Back
    Top