huge RTC eating dog food?

[jtrotter77]

I was working at a clients house today who had a pond with a huge RTC and albino channel cat in it. I would say atleast 30"+ on both of them.
Anyways I see him feeding the really large floating pellets and asked him what he fed his beast and he said dry dogfood. I was like WTF? and he said he feeds a varied diet but as a staple he feeds dog food made with catfish.

Has anyone else ever heard of this? I thought it was weird to say the least.

 

[KATA]

Cat fish in the wild eat anything, so I guess dog food would be very good for it, lots of vitamins ect, and maybe even give them a nice shiny coat. lol

 

[two_amen]

Yep, no problems .......my big boyz been eating dry dog food for years; Pacus, wallago, red tail and a 15" Wolf.

 

[santoury]

Yes, it's the $20. per YEAR diet, as opposed to $40 a month, for feeding big guys. Cat food too. But you have to remember to vary the diet, as dog/cat foods can be fatty if fed solely.

 

[jtrotter77]

I just never would have thought of using it. maybe catfood would be better.

 

[ghostknifefish0909]

seems to be fine if it's a varyed diet.

-GKF

 

[TLkmDN]

lol no worries although i reccomend hikari pellets which cost A LOT!

 

[fishdance]

I use dry catfood which floats but only because the salt content is much lower than in dog food.

 

[necrocanis]

Wonder if the canned stuff would work as long as you washed the chunks off first?

 

[TLkmDN]

Wonder if the canned stuff would work as long as you washed the chunks off first?

ooooo i dont know about that since it would be mondo OILY. imagine how dirty the water would be! and smelly :s