My dovii’s chew a ton on the northfin carnivore pellets but seem to shoot the majority out of their gills, both my male and female did this today when I introduced this food, I was wanting to add this to their diet of bio-gold, massivore and free dried krill. I hesitant now because I don’t want to foul the water faster than usual. I got the 10mm pellets but broke it up like I do the massivore.
Dovii’s and Northfin Carnivore
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Well... how big are the dovii? I feed full size massivore to my 6 inch midas and mota and they have no problems eating them whole already... try not breaking it up
Yep,Northfin Carnivore pellets are as hard as ball bearings.My peacock bass even spit them out but my dats seem to love them.
How big are your fish pellets?
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A worthwhile read. IMO the 6mm cichlid formula would be more suitable for your dovii at those sizes.
A couple of additional links that you may find interesting. Duane and I have both posted links to the first paper a few times over the years, the second paper I just read for the first time today.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...chlid_Parachromis_dovii_Perciformes_Cichlidae
https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442000000200019
With dovii high protein foods may not be in the best interest of the fish once it gets past juvenile growth stage. In the latter paper the researchers consider dovii to be omnivores, due to the enzymes they produce.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...chlid_Parachromis_dovii_Perciformes_Cichlidae
https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442000000200019
With dovii high protein foods may not be in the best interest of the fish once it gets past juvenile growth stage. In the latter paper the researchers consider dovii to be omnivores, due to the enzymes they produce.
Another study you may find interesting about dovii
A management plan for the sport fishery of Parachromis dovii (Pisces ...www.scielo.sa.cr › scielo
A management plan for the sport fishery of Parachromis dovii (Pisces ...www.scielo.sa.cr › scielo
Beat you to it.
That would make sense to me when both pellet sizes are identical, as the sinking pellets would be denser, hence more nutrient dense, than pellets formulated to float, with basically air pockets in them.
I think that the thing that we need to keep in mind as hobbyists, that are in most cases feeding rather nutrient dense feeds, is that we need to be careful that we aren't supplying too many calories, adding unnecessary pollution to our water, and in some cases over time possibly even slowly killing our fish with kindness. In comparison with wild fish, domestic raised fish in glass boxes require far less nutrients/calories.
