Many varieties of minnows are used as fishing bait, or food for carnivorous fish and aquatic reptiles. But when my friend Laurentha decided that her empty 10-gallon aquarium could use some action, she decided to keep four of the beautiful minnows that she feeds to her turtles, to bring her tank back to life.
Members of the carp family, minnows' care is similar to goldfish. They are cold water fish, so heaters are not required. They thrive on goldfish food. Since they are a very shy fish, Laurentha added anacharis, hornwort and other plants to the tank, which was greatly appreciated.
Are you an "afishianado"? Leave a comment and tell us what's in your tank.
1. I hope you have better luck with fish than what I
did. Mine, which were Betas died. I quess some people have alot more luck with having fish then others.
Posted at 9:17AM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Carla Meyer