Does it enough ?

[nono]

Hi,currently i have an aro , frontosa , indo datnoid , senegal , florida gar , fire eel , and saddled bichir.their size range from 10 to 28 cm long . i feed them blood worm 2 times a day . when they are around 30-40 cm long,does blood worm still enough to satisfy and provide suficient nutrition for them?
Oh yeah , and can they workout together nicely?

 

[strollo22]

The Frontosa and dat could be an issue depending on size difference. As far as bloodworms, they're good for juvenile fish but as they grow it won't be sufficient.


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[joe jaskot]

The fish need more of a variety in their diets.

 

[nono]

Ok,thank for the advice.can you guys give me some example food to give them beside worm or shrimp?

 

[Fat Homer]

Out of your list i only have experience with fire eels, and they are notoriously finicky eaters, it can take a while to ween them off what they are used to eating... I remember it took me a few months to ween my eel off blood worms and onto market shrimp... But once that happened, my old eel grew like mad...


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[ShadowBass]

I feed my gar, fire eel, and dat, tilapia and swai filet, shrimp, crawfish (both small whole live, and tail meat), worms, and crickets. The dat will also eat pellets, but the eel and gar won't.

Mostly they get fish filet, shrimp, and crawfish meat though.

 

[nono]

Okay,thanks a lot for the tips..but should i peel the shrimp and crayfish first?and which one is better?frozen or livefood?

 

[boldtogether]

Bloodworms a basically protein. They are more convenient then anything as they aren't even a good source for protein. Treat them to them once in a while but do not rely on blood worms as a staple. I would peel both shrimp and crays, frozen is better because they are easier to get. Crickets are probably the best followed by earth worms for vitamins and minerals. Earth worms really high in protein.

 

[ShadowBass]

I usually peel the shrimp. I buy crayfish tails meat only, but my fish do eat whole live baby crays sometimes as they would in the wild, since I think it's a more rounded meal, guts, shell and all. However, it's probably safer to feed without shell, and while I know what risk I'm taking with my own fish, it's up to you to decide that on your own, so I'm not going to recommend feeding with shell.

If you want to minimize the risk of a hard shell, you can always keep some crays and feed them to the fish right after they molt when they're soft.

I don't recommend feeding anything with a shell other than every once in awhile and in a very small amount either way. They need to be small enough for the fish to be able to digest and pass easily.

You can gutload crays with flake and pellet, and you can do the same with crickets or other bugs.

For the average person I'd suggest frozen over live, other than for bugs and earthworms. It's easier, not to mention you avoid many parasites and bacteria by using frozen.

 

[nono]

Ok,thanks a lot for your sharing your advice..i have try feed them with shrimp.i peel and chopped them into little pieces.but my other fish don't get a chance to eat the shrimp with my aro inside,my aro eat like pig.how should i feed them so my other fish can also eat the shrimp?