what to feed fat head minnows?

[jigolo]

been searching and searching what to feed fat head minnows? when i hold them in my bait tank for over a week? was wondering what to feed them? would oat meal work or is there some thing else?

[deathb4disco]

Bread would work, but I'd go with a goldfish flake food. WalMart should have it.

[jigolo]

thank you! that is what i thought to use the tetra food sold at wally world. but i bought a minnow trap and it says to use oat meal? not instant but like Quaker brand take for ever to make oat meal? lol's and figred i would ask what to use?

[huntinslabs]

Yep Tetra-min is what I feed em. But I use the tropical fish flakes instead of the goldfish flakes.

[deathb4disco]

... i bought a minnow trap and it says to use oat meal? not instant but like Quaker brand take for ever to make oat meal?

For trapping minnows, it makes sense to use a cheap bait like bread or oat meal. (My dad always used bread.)

For keeping and conditioning minnows, though, you can't beat a quality food like Tetra.

[BuckeyeKdog]

I would go with the gold fish food as gold fish are a cold water species similar to the fat heads, but if you really wanna see them do well, some mosquito larvae and freshly hatched brine shrimp will make them Happy! Happy! Happy!

[zrdc28]

I kept 1 pound of minnows in two 5 gallon buckets alive from September until 2months ago. I changed about 1/3 of the water every 3 days and fed them
blue buffalo dry dogfood about every third day. The minute the few chunks of dogfood hit the water started a feeding frenzy.