I've noticed several blackstripe topminnows patrolling some of the pools along the stream I have been exploring. I would like to get 1 or 2 for my 38gal to get some activity at the top of the tank. From what I gather in the literature, they have a diet comprised 50% of terrestrial insects. For those that have kept these minnows, what kind of diet did you provide? Do they adapt to frozen foods, etc.?
Blackstripe Topminnows
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, Aug 14 2009 02:44 PM
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 03:09 PM
Frozen bloodworms and flakes are what mine get.
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 04:04 PM
Mine too. They required no flake training, they gobbled them from day one.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 12:58 PM
They required no flake training
Ditto, I got some of these from Springfield, MO when I went to school there and those suckers ate flakes within about a day or so.....bombproof little suckers
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 04:35 PM
As the others said, they will take flake with little to no training. In any event, here's my care sheet that I send out with my Blackstripe Topminnows.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 08:39 PM
As the others said, they will take flake with little to no training. In any event, here's my care sheet that I send out with my Blackstripe Topminnows.
Brian
Thanks, Brian. I was able to catch one topminnow today and it took to bloodworms directly.
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:17 AM
I put five in a 75 gallon tank last year and they all were very hardy and grew very fast. A fun fish for the surface of the aquarium where few other fish dwell. Then it happened they all matured. One male harrassed and killed all the others (male and female) within a month period.
There can only be one.
Andy
There can only be one.
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:34 AM
Someone just asked this same question I think. Those dudes will eat flakes, frozen stuff, and almost anything that even resembles organic material. You will have NO problem getting them to eat -- great aquarium fish .
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:29 AM
I put five in a 75 gallon tank last year and they all were very hardy and grew very fast. A fun fish for the surface of the aquarium where few other fish dwell. Then it happened they all matured. One male harrassed and killed all the others (male and female) within a month period.
There can only be one.
Andy
Wow, good info to have. Thanks Andy. Maybe I'll stick with my one.
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 06:53 PM
I've had the same experience.I put five in a 75 gallon tank last year and they all were very hardy and grew very fast. A fun fish for the surface of the aquarium where few other fish dwell. Then it happened they all matured. One male harrassed and killed all the others (male and female) within a month period.
There can only be one.
Andy
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