Feeding and Nutrition :: where to get feeder fish

[sandyandspongebob06]

is petsmart feeder fish safe? someone told me not to buy from thier ?
what other live fish can i feed them . do they need to eat feeder fish? o feel bad if they do eat em. but part of life i guess

any answers would be nice

[jenaero]

I dont think any feeder fish can be guaranteed 'safe'. They're inbred, they're kept in less than ideal conditions and that's the way it is most places. You don't have to feed live food to your res but I'll get feeder fish to give my girls some exercise. If you do buy some, stay away from gold fish. Rosey red minnows or guppies are best.

[sandyandspongebob06]

ok i wil get rosey reds then , how many u thimk i should buy?

[Kallistos]

What size turtles do you have? I usually buy about half a dozen rosy reds...

[sandyandspongebob06]

one is 2-3 inches the one is 1-2 inches , they r babies , even if they dont eat them they can just play with em right?

[N4784N R4613]

Lol. Mine where that big when I got my first feeder fish (small rosys), and you can trust me they won't have any problems eating them(if they are the same size I got mine anyway).

[turtlesrock77]

Mine were less than 1.5 inches when I first got them rosy reds, and they gobbled them up, so yours will be fine.

[Turtleboy]

get rosy reds as others have said or those cheap guppies (generally no color to them)... you might find the fishies too fast for the wee lads but trust me, they always manage to gobble em up early in the wee morning when the fishies are sleeping

[sandyandspongebob06]

how often should u feed them the rosey i bought 6 tonight , not even a second after i put them in thier, the bigger one caught on a minute ater and ate it hole it wasnt even dead yet . lol how often should i buy them? and how many? and how can i prevent the turtles running into the glass when they are chasing them?