I thought I would give some solutions when/if your supply line of live food collapses. I'm presently in a precarious position, hurricane Ian has effected me all the way in NV. My ghostie, molly, and guppy supply comes from FL, as I'm sure most of it does. I know my main ghostie farm was hit hard, I'm not sure how long it will take to recover. This is obviously a great time if your pred happens to also eat dead food. There are some possible solutions if you find yourself in this position.
The only ghostie alternate is going to be expensive, you can offer a peppermint or a camel shrimp, be mindful of size. These guys are alot more elusive and can be tricky and escape to a crevice, so have a feeding stick handy to assist in herding if necessary, and try and target release. Obviously try and find an alternate source for mollies or guppies, they may be easier to find from other sources. You can also offer fancy guppies. You can also safely and even occasionally in any other time offer a platy. Some lfs may offer what they call "live bearer feeders", those would also be fine.
DO NOT offer rosies, rosies have a chance of causing bloat and death. While some have debated me because "they fed a rosie and their fish didn't die". I have dissected fish after dying, after eating rosies, and saw with my own eyes; perforated stomachs and digestive track, undigested rosie bent in an unnatural way in the gut. So something CAN happen in the gut with rosies, I've seen it enough, that, I would not risk it. Personally I would NOT offer salt water fish, there is always a chance of disease, enough of a chance that I wouldn't take it. The very, very last resort; I actually would feed a goldfish if I was sure they would starve if I didn't, sized appropriately obviously. There are nutritional reasons for not feeding goldfish regularly, so don't do it, but this is life or death.
Remember these guys do naturally live on a fast/gorge feeding cycle, so they can safely go a couple of weeks without eating, depending. Little itty bitty guys are more of a concern, and eels can go much longer.
The only ghostie alternate is going to be expensive, you can offer a peppermint or a camel shrimp, be mindful of size. These guys are alot more elusive and can be tricky and escape to a crevice, so have a feeding stick handy to assist in herding if necessary, and try and target release. Obviously try and find an alternate source for mollies or guppies, they may be easier to find from other sources. You can also offer fancy guppies. You can also safely and even occasionally in any other time offer a platy. Some lfs may offer what they call "live bearer feeders", those would also be fine.
DO NOT offer rosies, rosies have a chance of causing bloat and death. While some have debated me because "they fed a rosie and their fish didn't die". I have dissected fish after dying, after eating rosies, and saw with my own eyes; perforated stomachs and digestive track, undigested rosie bent in an unnatural way in the gut. So something CAN happen in the gut with rosies, I've seen it enough, that, I would not risk it. Personally I would NOT offer salt water fish, there is always a chance of disease, enough of a chance that I wouldn't take it. The very, very last resort; I actually would feed a goldfish if I was sure they would starve if I didn't, sized appropriately obviously. There are nutritional reasons for not feeding goldfish regularly, so don't do it, but this is life or death.
Remember these guys do naturally live on a fast/gorge feeding cycle, so they can safely go a couple of weeks without eating, depending. Little itty bitty guys are more of a concern, and eels can go much longer.
