Jag diet

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Guapoteguy291

Guapoteguy291

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I have a 4-5" male jag alone as a wet pet. I have tried pellets since I got him at about 2-3" he has shown no interest. I have been feeding frozen krill and earthworms(unlimited supply) solely for months. He has shown great color activity and growth on this diet just wondering if its worth it to try and force pellets at this point or just stay the course I mean if it ain't broke...
 
jags are carnivores, night crawlers fine but hard to gut load. super meal worms better as you can gut load them with sweet potatoes and other stuff, Freeze dried krill good but i would soak them in boydes vita-chem first. Ideally you do want to break to a quality pellet. and the above mentioned treats. back to carnivores, the high protein should not be a problem, jags are like cats, like Oscars are like dogs in there diet.
 
Before i comment , is the feed you mention above is it a daily pattern or alternate days
Generally a good quality pellet serves all round nutrition for your fish.
Frozen feeds / night crawlers should only be given as a treat... there is a detailed write up on nutritional value , benefits and windfalls of continued feeding of frozen and live feed. I will try and dig up the thread.
There is also a worry of internal parasites in the live food.
Fishes dont need such high proteins in a closed system like an aquarium
Personally such food will lead to unhealthy fish as it tends to become a junk food.
As quite few in the forum , i too go by the belief of " a hungry fish is a healthy fish"
 
I am a aqueon cichlid super floating pellet for my jags, has a tad bit higher protein %. Can try carnie sticks also. If you choose to break them to any of these expect them not to eat them for a week, fish go fine for 3 weeks no eating, but on the norm takes 5 to 10 days before they break and eat.
 
I agree vin. its why suggested ideally you want to break to a quality pellet. All others a treat. and then gut loaded or soaked.
 
But it should be taken into account of whither your fish is a carnivore or a omnivore by nature whither in a tank or the wild. IMHO
 
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