Are Pellets a Varied Diet?

[Fish Tank Travis]

So, for those of you that feed pellets, do you feel that the ingredients they are made up of count as a varied diet, or do you still like to try to mix in some frozen, fresh and/or live foods?

 

[Fish on Fire]

I think the majority of people on here like to mix it up. I don't think it's actually necessary, unless you happen to keep a fish that needs a specific diet/ a lot of roughage in their systems.

I tend to cycle pellets. Feed Hikari Carnivore/Massivore until that runs out, switch to NLS until that runs out, etc.

 

[MrsE88]

I like feeding variety. I feed pellets, sinking pellets, flakes, blood worms, baby shrimp, krill, and they occasionally nibble the algae wafers.
I think they enjoy the randomness, lol.

 

[pops]

A quality pellet should be the main diet for your fish, anything else is a treat, I like protean night, jumbo freeze dried krill soaked over night in boyds vitachem. I do this the night before water as it mugs up the water, but any thing as treat they like is good, whether vegies, super meal worms (gut loaded preferably)what ever. This is once a week, and no gold fish or feeder fish from a fish store.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

I usually alternate nights with frozen stuff and pellets. I still change up the frozen stuff. My frozen foods are alternated between krill, bloodworms, beef heart, and chopped up market shrimp. Then on the other days I throw in some Hikari Carnivore pellets (smaller version of Massivore). Any suggestions you guys have to change this up for the better or does it sound good as is?

Now, my fire eel in quarantine only eats red wigglers, but I'm fine with that for now.

 

[RD.]

Unless it's a fish that is impossible to train to eat pellets, all my fish eat 100% pellets. Krill, Herring, Squid, Kelp, Spirulina, various micro-algae, and a commercial vitamin premix designed for aquaculture use - seems plenty varied enough for me.

 

[tlindsey]

I have carnivore and herbivore fish but alternate pellets and Frozen to try supply what everyone nutritionally needs.

 

[Def Leppard Hysteria]

I feed pellets (Hikari, Northfin, NLS, etc.), flakes, frozen (bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis, plankton, krill, glassworms, etc), and freeze dried. Our fahaka gets live food (self cloning crayfish, snails, and guppies) and frozen (clams).

 

[DN328]

I usually alternate nights with frozen stuff and pellets. I still change up the frozen stuff. My frozen foods are alternated between krill, bloodworms, beef heart, and chopped up market shrimp. Then on the other days I throw in some Hikari Carnivore pellets (smaller version of Massivore). Any suggestions you guys have to change this up for the better or does it sound good as is?

Now, my fire eel in quarantine only eats red wigglers, but I'm fine with that for now.

That's a good mix IMO. Main staple is Hikari jumbo sticks, cichlids pellets for blood parot, but the aro will snack on that too. Frozen large shrimp and tilapia alternates for feeding fun. I use to mix in super worms and crickets for fun too...not so much lately and stick to the first four listed.

 

[Hendre]

I feed almost exclusively pellets now that everyone eats them, or flake in my smaller tanks. I feed FD tubifex or some frozen bloodworm rarely. If I get into polypterus I have some fish filltets in the freezer for bulk food