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Hello guys,

I typically spend about $6 a week on a stock of Rosies for my snapper (he was hatched in November).

I am considering breeding guppies for the purpose of substitution and saving a bit of cash. Would this be an acceptable fish alternative if I gut-loaded them? Has anyone done this in the past (with guppies or otherwise)?

Thanks

Hey, i have three AST's and i have had them for over a year and have fed them guppies and aquatic turtle pellets with the occasional serving of thawed out krill. and i havent had any problems whatsoever. i am unable to get rosie reds in my area so i have had to use guppies. i hope this helps.

mosquito fish work great.they are basically guppies,easy to catch,and breed like crazy.they get a little larger than guppies,too.my little ally just loves them,live grass shrimp,freeze-dried krill,food sticks(reptamin),and occasionally blocks of tubifex worms,crumbled into appropriate sized pieces.i raise the mosquito fish in my backyard pond.
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1.1 cb spotted turtles (parker(f),stinky(m))
0.0.1 wc baby stinkpots (dinky)
1.1 wc eastern mud turtles(george & jane)
1.1 cb eastern painted turtles (fred & ethel)
0.0.1 mississippi map(lil' dummy)
0.0.1 cb ally snapper(gamera)
1.0 cb albino corn(rusty)
0.0.1 wc halloween crabs
0.1 irritating cats (sassy )
2.0 cb children (sidney,12 & kaelan,4)
0.1 wc wife (danae,age withheld due to fears for personal safety)

What about bait store minnows? You can get 3 different sizes in most bait stores.