Best food to speed up growth?
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Meaty foods. Beef heart , shrimp, chunks of fish fillet. Massivore
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Mixed diet is always best, keep up with regular of water changes, pristine water / extra water changes will go a long way to help with healthy growth.
I have to disagree, I recommend staying away from beef heart and mammalian meats all together, fish cannot properly metabolize the lipids/fats and this leads to health issues in the long run. Why grow out a nice fish just to watch it die young.
Avoid Shrimp in large amounts or as a staple, frozen shrimp is very high in thiamese which is bad for the skeletal development also I've found it leads to bloat. As part of a varied diet it would be fine , just dont make it the only thing.
Chunks of fish, Talapia, silver sides , whatever available in your area is good choice along with some good quality pellets should do the trick,I prefer fish that have some bone in for added calcium. I also like to include meal worms/super worms for younger ones as well, I find it helps them develop nice scales/fins/colors but as they get larger they are a bit small to feed regularly.
I find fish that receive proper care and grow at a normal rate always look nicer and end up healthier then those power fed and pumped up to get big quick. Might take them a few months longer to get to the max size , but in the long run they look nicer and live longer!
I have to disagree, I recommend staying away from beef heart and mammalian meats all together, fish cannot properly metabolize the lipids/fats and this leads to health issues in the long run. Why grow out a nice fish just to watch it die young.
Avoid Shrimp in large amounts or as a staple, frozen shrimp is very high in thiamese which is bad for the skeletal development also I've found it leads to bloat. As part of a varied diet it would be fine , just dont make it the only thing.
Chunks of fish, Talapia, silver sides , whatever available in your area is good choice along with some good quality pellets should do the trick,I prefer fish that have some bone in for added calcium. I also like to include meal worms/super worms for younger ones as well, I find it helps them develop nice scales/fins/colors but as they get larger they are a bit small to feed regularly.
I find fish that receive proper care and grow at a normal rate always look nicer and end up healthier then those power fed and pumped up to get big quick. Might take them a few months longer to get to the max size , but in the long run they look nicer and live longer!
+1 you can feed high protein but is not good for the fish and will shorten its life span. good quality pellet best thing for your fish with pristine water quality.
I agree with all, but IME the beef heart isn't that bad for short term what I did is power fed it (and obviously didn't feed it as a staple), but I did 3 a day feeding brine shrimp in morning, a little thing of beef heart in the afternoon and bloodworms at night. I think that as long as you don't feed as a staple you should be fine. And I'm talking about a power feed which will maybe last a couple weeks. IME feeding beef heart is fine just not as a staple and I'd have to disagree with shortening their life span. If you don't feed it to them as a staple for a long time they should be fine. It's not like feeding it to them for a couple weeks will kill them. I at least know that my ornate is fine and grew about 3-4" in the process.
Alright awesome guys thanks! Ive been feeding bloodworms, shrimp/krill, silversides and spectrum pellets (but only my poli seems to like them). Ill try to find some other fish based sources and go buy some meal worms to add to that!
I feed earthworms and chopped up nightcrawlers along with tilipia. Ive had great growth with Hikari sinking carnivore in the mix also.
your right beef heart wont kill them outright, it's an accumulative effect the lipids/fats in mammalian meats dont break down and build up on the liver. So yes u could give them some and it may boost growth to some extent, and if you dont over do it your right it wont kill them outright but those fats still build up in the liver. I personally see no point or benefit in knowingly feeding anything unhealthy in any amounts just to save a few months growth which is why I recommend against it.