[froggsong]

I can't get him to eat a worm, there is no way he is going to eat a piece of dead fish.

If I buy feeders from the store I will NOT be feeding them until I know they are healthy (and I would likely keep some for breeders so that I know all the fish I have on hand are healthy). I am not irresponsible, I know that they are generally starving and probably carry parasites. Anything you buy from a tank that is so full that they can barely swim is going to be hungry, which means it wont be very nutritious. Also, I know for a fact that they do not feed the feeder fish at my pet store. They let them die or the fish have to eat the dead fish in the tank. Most of the guppies I buy for PETS (also as breeders, and my newt does eat a baby or two from time to time) come out of the feeder tank. They have some very beautiful fancy guppies in there, lyre-tails in fact, they're just babies so people don't notice they can get the 4 dollar fish for 5 cents or so. I have a tank that is basically just for breeding guppies. The reason I said I was going to go buy some fish is that none of the guppies I currently have (that are really the proper size) are guppies I am willing to part with. For some reason, most of the babies that survive my newt are males, and end up being lyre-tails. I'm not going to feed him such a beautiful fish. I was asking about the goldfish because they are so commonly used. The impression that I have gotten (from everything I have read that is reliable) is that goldfish are nutritionally incomplete and should not be fed as the main part of the diet (and I think that ALL of these sources were referring to freshly bought commets. are they more nutritious if the have been fed all the good stuff they need, like I do with the crickets?), but most sources also say not to feed a diet of strictly crickets either, which is what he is currently getting. So, if I feed guppies or other minnows instead of goldfish, can I feed them a little more often than if I were using goldfish? Say, one appropriately sized minnow every two or three days until I can get him to eat a more varied diet? I just really want to feed him other things besides crickets. I am going to order some other invertebrate feeders online as soon as I can afford it. I hear that roaches are great feeders, but I have a terrible fear of roaches and I just can't bring them into my house.

Because I cannot normally get my dragon to eat anything but crickets, this is an exciting development, as crickets aren't all that great for them because of the phosphorus. (See, I do know what I'm talking about :P ) I just haven't been able to find anything on what different types are appropriate and how much I should cut down on calcium supplementation if feeding fish. I also could not find anything on how many and how often to feed him. He is 4.5 inches SVL and 14.5 inches STL. He seemed very eager to eat the fish, which to me indicates that it is something I need to be feeding him.
Can you answer the other questions I asked in the first post as well please?

Just a note, I wrote this last night but forgot to hit the button, so I didn't get to see the other posts until after I posted this this morning.