Dovii Live food? or no?

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Mad wolf

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I'm trying to ween my 9" Dovii off live feeders, and strictly to pellet's and freeze dried krill? Is this wise for these type of large Cichlids? I'm sure in the wild they probably eat live food most of the time, but I fear for disease? I'm not too crazy about the uneaten fish guts all over the tank either. Will it upset a Dovii's diet, and growth rate not feeding it live food at all?
 
Pellets are best, live food from stores lack the proper nutrition it needs not to mention potential for parasites and disease. My father had dovii before and his hit 16-17 inches on pellets and nothing else

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I feed a lot of my cichlids live red wiggler worms... with pellets as a staple.

A predator like a dovii also doesn't need to eat every day. A few days off of all food increase the likelihood of him eating pellets.

Matt
 
Thanx, That's what I wanted to hear. I fed it night crawlers for the first few weeks, cuz it wasn't taking pellets at all. It took them whole! No problem!?! but I want it healthy above all else. I've always wanted a nice Dovii, I've had Jags, and devils in the past, but have always wanted to house and own a full grown adult Dovii in its own show tank.
 
Try Hikari Massivore, high in protein, all my big CA's love it. Raw shrimp(not tiger prawns), raw fish like Tilapia or Silversides. Good decision to get him off live feeders, not good for any cichlid. Can we see a pic or three of the big fella?
 
i only feed my dovii live food in the summer when my goldfish and koi spawn and thats only once a week maybe. staple is hikary gold pellets with freeze dried krill and brine shrimp. Worms from the bait shop on occasion as well :)
 
Fed him some Rosy reds last night. I felt bad, he looked bored so I grabbed a dozen on my way home from work. My 8 year old Logan was blown away by how quick he flew through about 7 reds. He then retreated to his bedroom as Logan calls it, to digest. Yea.......I failed, and gave in to my Dovii's desires.....
 
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