Feeder Fish. What is the deal here?

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"Angrie.Woman" wrote:

"Gfishery" wrote in message
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"soup" wrote in message
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I never thought deeply about the word "feeder" until now.
They actually feed these fish TO something?

I thought they were called feeders because all they do is eat (i.e. feed)
and they are generic/cheap!

No, people with really big fish (Oscars come to mind) use them as food. If I
ever had a big fish like that, I'd never feed it a fish unless I had
quarantined the little fish first. They're very disposable fish, and the
most likely (so I've heard) to carry a multitude of sicknesses.

Actually, though, I'm a girl - so I probably wouldn't feed anything alive to
anything.

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Do Oscars HAVE to have feeder fish or are there alternate foods?

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