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do you guys sanitize the market shrimp in any way? does it have to be the fresh ones that are displayed on ice or can it be the bag ones?

also when you feed them otehr stuff besides pellets, hwo do you get them back on pellets? it seems they dont like pellets after all the other treats..

thanks
 
big mike 13 said:
do you guys sanitize the market shrimp in any way? does it have to be the fresh ones that are displayed on ice or can it be the bag ones?

also when you feed them otehr stuff besides pellets, hwo do you get them back on pellets? it seems they dont like pellets after all the other treats..

thanks
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You can use either fresh or frozen (thawed) shrimp. Wash them in plain water if you wish.

I always start off with some staple foods (like flakes or pellets) and then top them off with dessert! Try not to feed just the desserts or you may have to hold off on feeding them for a while.
 
My silver and blacks both get krill as thier staple with cricket four times a week, and quaruntined feeders once a week. I also slip in some african pygmy frogs, waxworms, butterworms, and pinkys sometimes. I pretty try to keep the variety as good as I possibly can. No pellets though, I have heard its better to keep on pellets, but I havent had a problem with the krill. If you go with krill though, plan on lots of huge water changes. I feed the insects after I gut load them on fish food, usualy veggie tabs, for a day.
 
AlaskaJammin said:
My silver and blacks both get krill as thier staple with cricket four times a week, and quaruntined feeders once a week. I also slip in some african pygmy frogs, waxworms, butterworms, and pinkys sometimes. I pretty try to keep the variety as good as I possibly can. No pellets though, I have heard its better to keep on pellets, but I havent had a problem with the krill. If you go with krill though, plan on lots of huge water changes. I feed the insects after I gut load them on fish food, usualy veggie tabs, for a day.
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A varied diet founded on a staple and ocassionally suplimented is the way to go IMHO, always will be with any fish I've had.
 
how exactly do you guys work this out? im assuming a lot of your guys staples are pellets... how often do you give them treats (once a day,week)? and how much (crickets, market prawn)?
thanks
 
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