Dry dog food. Look on the back of the packages and find one with the right ingredient percentages or closest to right and use that one, like protein%,fat% etc%. You can use puppy for small peices. Pond keepers have been doing it for decades and they are open about for the most part, But monster keepers have been doing it just as long and won't speak a word about it.
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I feed with Purina Gamefish Chow. It was $17 for a 50 pound bag. I supplement with Centrum Liquid vitamins by filling a glass jar 3/4 with pellets and then pouring in about a tablespoon of vitamins. Then just shake for several minutes to evenly mix them.
I don't trust the protein sources on things like dog food...I'd much rather just get some bulk packages of the preferred fish food
It's pretty cheap to buy earthworms in bulk, once you buy enough of them they will keep breeding an you'll have an almost endless supply of them.
Go to your local farm supply store, like Rural King and ask for fish food. You can buy a big 50LBS bag for $10-$15. I would recommend this over dog food, I would be scared dog food might have to much fat.
CHOMPERS;2411620; said:I feed with Purina Gamefish Chow. It was $17 for a 50 pound bag. I supplement with Centrum Liquid vitamins by filling a glass jar 3/4 with pellets and then pouring in about a tablespoon of vitamins. Then just shake for several minutes to evenly mix them.
I use the purina aquamax stuff, good stuff if you've got big fish with big appetites.
What are good stores to find these 50 lb bags of bulk food? Beats the hell out of buying a pound of hikari for $16.
Any farmer supply store like...
Rural King
Farm & Fleet
tractor supply co
It food pellets for pond fish, it should be a fine diet for large fish. It might not be so great for bring out the color in colorful fish, I will be sticking to NLS for my africans.
Rural King
Farm & Fleet
tractor supply co
It food pellets for pond fish, it should be a fine diet for large fish. It might not be so great for bring out the color in colorful fish, I will be sticking to NLS for my africans.
The Purina website has a store locator that will tell you what stores in you area stock it or can order it. Any feed store should be able to get it.
x2islander671;2414974; said:The Purina website has a store locator that will tell you what stores in you area stock it or can order it. Any feed store should be able to get it.
That's how I found mine. Here's the Purina page with the locator (left hand collumn):
http://www.purinamills.com/OurProducts.aspx?product=fish
