Ideal Feeding & Water param's for IT's

[Ade]

Water temperature:
Just hoping that some could share details of their water parameters for their Tigers, i.e temp, ph.

My flat is so hot, I never use a heater. The water temp nevers falls below 26C.
I've heard that IT's prefer water temp. less than 25C and show better colours/stability..

Any one found this to be true?


Feeding:
All my tigers are eating some form of frozen food.
Could anyone share knowledge regarding the nutritional properties of frozen foods i.e. protein, fat etc.
I've heard Muscle and king prawn are very fatty and will distort the body shape of Tigers. I think this is true as my 10" IT, having being fed mainly prawns and muscle for 3 years, does look quite odd... and fat compared to my other tigers, who I've just been training to eat frozen blister packs of bloodworm, krill and beef heart. Also they get defrosted lancefish 3 times a week.

Should I just omit the muscle and prawn and stick to the other frozens I have mentioned?

How many of you out there beleive only live food should be fed as the staple diet for tigers? and WHY?


Appreciate if anyone could share your thoughts. many thanks.

 

[flamenco-t]

Temp: 80-84 degrees

Food: Morning - Pellets (massivore delight, aro stix, carnivore pellets)

Night - A combination of krill, market shrimp, silversides, smelt, wigglers, more pellets

WC: 50% every 3 days

 

[Ade]

Thanks flamenco... what exactly is silversides, smelt, wigglers?? I live in London, and I don't know if my LFS sells the latter...

 

[davo]

Thanks flamenco... what exactly is silversides, smelt, wigglers?? I live in London, and I don't know if my LFS sells the latter...

they should sell silversides and smelt. It's just cut pieces of fish.

 

[Tommydeal]

By wigglers I believe he means trout or earth worms. A bait and tackle shop should have those if your LFS doesn't.