Test on New Shiner Food Worth Posting

For those who keep a shiner tank I have been testing a different fish food that has really reduced my mortality rate. I buy it at Wally World, I use the same brand but the flakes. My shiners die at a higher rate 7-10 every couple of days with the flake food. These Pellets float, are small enough for the shiners and now I'm getting 5-7 dead every 4 days or so. Even the ones I'm taking out, they ride in the bucket most of the day, then I return them to the tank, those are much tougher shiners. Other than the initial water mix of Shad Keeper to the stress level (double Shad Keeper per Gallon of water) I have not added anything to the water in months. A little food goes a long way. Nothing gets sucked into the pump to rot in the Environmental Filter.

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Haha, I feed the minnows in my fish tank the same thing.

Working on building a minnow tank set up for me and a couple guys. Rojo, do you or anybody else have any past posts you have made with pics?

I have no luck with minnows in the hotter months. In the winter I keep some if I end up fishing a lot

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Originally Posted by slabbandit

Working on building a minnow tank set up for me and a couple guys. Rojo, do you or anybody else have any past posts you have made with pics?

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My setup is for Emerald Shiners and I keep them to the point they grow too big. Most of my losses were from food & stress. As posted above I was using the same Goldfish Food but the flakes, the local bait shop uses the same food but they are not on a closed system. I've kept my own shiners for close to 10 years now and am happy to help speed you along. I killed a lot of shiners, if I can help prevent you from going thru the same thing let me know. Tuffy minnows live forever in my system. I have not been able to buy natural colored Tuffys only gold so Shiners have been the minnow the last year or more.

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https://www.crappie.com/crappie/live...-shiner-setup/

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https://www.crappie.com/crappie/live...d-shiner-tank/

Most of the shiners sold down here are hatched & raised in Arkansas as I understand it.