Gold Gourami in a tank with feeder fish!

[NeedForSpeed3685]

I brought home what was supposed to be a bag of 5 feeder fish the other day, but the guy at the LFS scooped up a net full for the price of 5, so I got stuck with about 15. Since then, my Cichlids have eaten 5 or so, but they are in the little 10 gallon tank with my Gold Gourami in the mean time.

Will this do any harm to my Gourami? I don't want to lose him over some stupid feeder fish!

 

[NeedForSpeed3685]

Just an update;

Water conditions have remained nominal:

• Alkalinity
• Chlorine
• pH
• Nitrite
• Nitrate
• Ammonia
• Hardness

No deviations.

 

[noob23]

Little feeders with a gourami? They could be carrying diseases, look at the tanks they live in. You should probably do a wc just to be safe. But other than that, they will be fine. Just make sure those feeders get eaten, cause if you let them grow, they can get pretty big.

 

[brooklynfish]

No they shouldn't do any damage other then what noob23 said.

 

[brian1973]

just my opinion here....if you need feeders..setup or use an existing tank to breed live bearers since feeders carrying disease can pass diseases to the fish eating them.

I wouldnt add those into your 10g just because a fish looks healthy doesnt mean it is, you would still need to quarintine. May sound cruel but i would throw them away since you didnt pay any extra for them.