What can I use to help fatten an EXTREMELY emaciated fish? I went fishing and caught a pretty poor condition redbreast and felt kind of bad for it. All the other ones out there seem to be pretty healthy.
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, Nov 10 2007 08:40 AM
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 11:41 AM
I haven't seen a fish reject worms before. Feed him purged earthworms.
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 04:45 PM
Honestly, you should probably have released it. If all the other fish were fat and healthy there is a reason why that one was emaciated.
Earthworms will probably work but guppies/gambusia/feeder fish would probably work better.
Earthworms will probably work but guppies/gambusia/feeder fish would probably work better.
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 04:01 PM
I would try mealworms. I have alway heard they had high fat content and I do not think a redbreast would think twice about eating them.
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 10:33 PM
Forgive the newbie question, but what is a purged earthworm??
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 12:02 AM
I think he is referring to a treatment fishermen use on their worms(putting them in sandier/peaty substrate) to mak them more lively.Forgive the newbie question, but what is a purged earthworm??
This fish could have internal parasite problems, so be aware of that.
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 07:26 AM
Another thought: I saw numerous fry around .5", so do you think he may have just gotten off of the nest?
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