Feeding 1-2" PB

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Albertan

Albertan

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I see lots of talk about how to convert PB to pellets. I'm going to pick up some small fish and wondering how I should feed them. I'm not sure what the LFS is feeding them now. Whether it's live or pellets, what would be best to maximize growth early and when should I train to pellets if they are live now? Last question. Where can I get this massivore online? I've never seen it in my travels to many a local LFS. Thanks.
 
Pellets would be best. But all depends on what they're feeding on now. And depends on ur method of "training" theyres ways to.slowly transistion them and there's starving. At that size, u do not want to starve.

Find out what the LFS is feeding them and.go.from there.

Massivore.....amazon.

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do a quick search and you'll surely find some massivore. there's a few shops that offer free shipping on minimum orders.. online is definitely cheaper than any, if you find them in your LFS
 
new life spectrum works great and is cheaper if you buy it in a 5lb tub.
I think I paid 60 for my last one.
 
Albertan said:
I see lots of talk about how to convert PB to pellets. I'm going to pick up some small fish and wondering how I should feed them. I'm not sure what the LFS is feeding them now. Whether it's live or pellets, what would be best to maximize growth early and when should I train to pellets if they are live now? Last question. Where can I get this massivore online? I've never seen it in my travels to many a local LFS. Thanks.
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Growth will be faster early with live food, but as you'll read in almost any post on this topic, live food is generally less nutrient rich and quite often disease ridden. Unless you have your own "live bearers" of course. Long term, pellets would be healthier and much more convenient for you. I have had success with very young bass by starting them on bloodworms. Once they are hitting the bloodworms, start dropping pellets of your choice in with the blood worms. Eventually don't offer the bloodworms. I should mention that I offered live guppies for the first few days to make sure they were well fed before transitioning.
 
Thanks for the info. I'lll be sure to see what the LFS has been feeding them and go from there. NLS is readily available, and what I was planning on using. Especially after reading that massivore stinks...
 
Lfs probably giving them guppies Cu's its easy and at hand. But the longer u keep doing that the harder they r to get off live food. Thaw out a whole pack of bloodworms. Crush pellets and mix them with the blood worms. Put back into original packaging so u get perfect cubed portions and re freeze. Now everytime they eat the bloodworms they have no choice but to get used to the pellets taste and texture. I have done this with many juvi cichla. Sounds like work but is well worth the effort
 
The LFS told me they had them on frozen mysis shrimp, so I've been feeding them that. I tried frozen bloodworm cubes, but they had no interest in it. I can see already that these fish are going to be a little more work than the Parachromis spp. I've kept. BUt in the end it's soooo going to be worth it. :)
 
Well I've had these fish for a couple of weeks now, and they still have absolutely no interest in anything but mysis shrimp. I've tried bloodworms, glassworms, plankton, and just about every other type of frozen food with no success. They also spit out pellets immediately. I'm fine with this right now. They take the mysis shrimp aggressively and it's easy to stuff them at every feeding. I'm wondering if anyone sees a problem with feeding them only one food while they are young? I don't want to starve them trying to get them on pellets when they are young and in a critical growth phase. Also, at what size should I work towards getting them on pellets? Thanks.
 
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