Toledo Goldfish Rosie Red Minnows – Versatile Live Fish Perfect for Aquariums or as Feeder Fish for Ponds – Small, 500 Count

Yay fishies!!!
My new little minnows arrived the day after they were shipped, all alive and healthy. I acclimated them to the pond for a half hour before releasing them, and they all swam off alright. 🙂

Arrived all alive
They arrived on time and not 1 loss very happy so far will see survival rate in a few days. Update. After 2 days all minnows are still alive not 1 loss. I treated Tap water 3 days prior to their arrival with. tetra start up and began running a aerorator in a 35qt cooler. Am very please that with this purchase. Minnows are going to be used for crappie and walleye fishing and not able to purchase live minnows this time of year from local bait shops so I am happy to be able to purchase them here. Will be buying again update #2. Minnows still all alive however a little disappointed in count did a water change today and discovered I only recieved around 75 to 80 minnows when count was be 100 Lori provided great customer service by stating they would add the miss count to my next order. Awesome response time to my issue great product and customer service

Waste of money
I would NOT RECOMMEND this purchase. I was initially impressed with overnight live delivery, all fish arrived in bright orange color, all alive. HOWEVER, within 24 hrs I was scooping out 25+ dead minnows from my 40 gallon tank, with no apparent cause of death, except red blood spots on the bodies. I did an immediate water change, and within a few hours and for the next 24 hrs I was again scooping out anywhere from 6 – 12 dead fish – again – no apparent cause except the red blood spots on the bodies, and I’ve been cleaning dead fish out of my aquarium no less than 2xs a day ever since. My research as to what could be happening says disease is the most likely culprit. Now – a bit of history for me: I have a 55g community tank – all fish are 2.5 yrs old, with 2nd & 3rd generation platys. I have never experience mass die off. I also have a 40g Axolotly tank with 4 Axolotls age 6-18 months old. And I have a 150 g. pond with 19 – 3rd generation goldfish that are 2.5 yrs old (parents were eaten by racoon invasion). So it’s not like I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m not an expert, but I’m not a beginner either.Today is day 5 since these fish were delivered, and I wake up to a cloudy tank with about 25+ dead fish. Yesterday I cleared 6 dead fish upon waking, a water change, and scooped 6-8 dead fish every 4-5 hours.I have contacted the seller, no response, and I am at a loss. These are pretty little fish, altho I did buy them to feed to Axolotls – but I cannot feed them because clearly there is a disease of some sort and so now I feel I bought 100+ fish just to watch them die and spend my time scooping dead fish and doing water changes. As far as I’m concerned this is a COMPLETE WASTE OF $$ and will never purchase these again. Furthermore, the return policy states that I will have to pay a 50% restocking fee to return. I want a total refund but I’m not sure how that works since I didn’t save any of the dead fish. So I get burned all the way around. I will update this review upon seller response.8/16/21 UPDATE: I never got a response from the seller about my issues with these fish. I attempted to use Tetra Lifeguard to cure the fungus rapidly overcoming these little fish, and it only seemed to exasperate the issues!! I took all the fish out of the tank, put them in a whole new bare naked tank with a salt bath recipe and they all survived for 24 hrs and I thought BINGO! But between 36 & 48 hrs they were all dying off again. I literally watched on an hourly basis as they took a turn for the worst.I finally requested a return, but they all died before I could return. Never got to use them as intended (feeders) and for 10 days I scooped dead fish and performed water changes trying to save these little fish. A total waste of $$, time, and emotional investment in this situation. I am glad it’s over as I am exhausted.As I’ve stated before, in my 40 yrs of aquatic hobby, I have never experienced such massive die off without cause or cure. I will never make this mistake again.

So Awesome to watch!
I bought these fish to eat and masqetoe eggs in my upper pond which is 8’x14′ and about 8″ deep. I have a few very small Koi fish but thought I would give these fish a try. I purchase 150, 1/2″ fish they came well packaged and fully alive not one dead. After a few weeks I did lose a dozen or so fish but they was so Awesome to watch I was getting nervous about losing more. It’s been just over five months and all of them are doing great and are all healthy. Best part of this is there are so many babies. schools of them. My wife came home with a hundred gallon fish tank to put the fish in over the winter and bought the kids down the street special nets to catch them. They have been really great and so enjoying to watch especially the kids down the street. I highly recommend these guys, their packaging double bagging and fast shipping even made them greater.