Am I providing enough nutrition??

[balton777]

As I was feeding my Silver Aro this morning, I started wondering if I'm giving him a well balanced diet. He gets fed twice a day with Hikari Tropical Food Sticks. That's the only kind of dry food he'll take so day after day after day he eats the same pellet type food. Twice a week I'll toss him some frozen krill, market shrimp or I break off chunks of frozen mysis or brine shrimp which he gulps up with gusto. Do you guys think that's enough or should I be adding in something else to his diet?

 

[balton777]

Here's a few updated pics. He's growing like a weed.

 

[Bderick67]

You can add crickets that have been fed carrots once a week. Also once big enough to eat whole market shrimp you can stuff food sticks or pellets inside the shrimp.
Also can try earthworms.

 

[Koji]

It look fine and well fed.

 

[balton777]

You can add crickets that have been fed carrots once a week. Also once big enough to eat whole market shrimp you can stuff food sticks or pellets inside the shrimp.
Also can try earthworms.

Thanks for the ideas. I forgot to mention that he gets live nightcrawlers at least once a week. You can't beat Walmart for price...$2.99 usd for two dozen nice big fat ones.

It look fine and well fed.

Thanks Koi I appreciate it. I just want to make sure that he gets enough vitamins and nutrients. It's my first Aro, I can't believe how fast these things grow.

 

[Bderick67]

You may also want to check out this thread Delgado did on enhancing the nutrients in frozen shrimp

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70986&highlight=shrimp

 

[balton777]

You may also want to check out this thread Delgado did on enhancing the nutrients in frozen shrimp

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70986&highlight=shrimp

Thanks I added that page to my favorites to use later.