Yes, the do not get live at all. They get mainly frozen shrimp and fish fillets (all salt water varieties). Bit concerned about continuing this because of Thiaminase. They love shrimp.
Lots of Kelberi and Azul
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Yes, the do not get live at all. They get mainly frozen shrimp and fish fillets (all salt water varieties). Bit concerned about continuing this because of Thiaminase. They love shrimp.
You could try a shrimp and pellet puree. Grind the pellets up into small chunks, and blend the shrimp until its a paste. Mix them both together and form it into a flat patty.
Freeze the mix without adding any water. Water will cause it to disintegrate faster once it hits the warm aquarium water. Take the patty out of the freeze and chop it into chunks they can eat.
If you have floating pellets, you can add those to the mix and that should give it some buoyancy.
Start with a mostly shrimp base, so they know its their favorite food but get the taste of the pellets.
When my orinos get full grown, I plan on doing this in ice cube treys with all the good stuff they need to be stunners.
Good luck with pellet training, your collection is beautiful!
Yeah Chris, I was thinking the same thing today actually. Looks like there is no easy way around this. I'm going to try this pellet puree thing.
Yey, the first pellet puree episode was a success. For the last two days I put in only pellets and the kelberi didn't take any. So by evening today they were pretty hungry I suppose. Made the puree with about 30% massivore and 70% shrimp and they took it all gladly.
That's awesome. Glad to hear the pellet puree worked.
I'd stick with your mixture for a week before changing it, and on the second week increase the pellet base, but not a drastic amount that might throw off the taste of the shrimp.
You might want to stick with the puree until the fourth week, at which time you'll wanna starve your pbass for a day or two before trying the pellets. You can even soak the pellets in with the shrimp before putting in the pellets, but they should take it without hesitation.
If they refuse the pellets, just switch back to the puree and start the cycle over.
Yes Chris, They are on it. I switched to the method suggested by Lucas (making gelatine based home made fish food) recently and all the fish are on that now. The mixture has pellets in it too. Of course the totally pellet thing is the most convenient way but cost wise making a mixture at home (with a % massivor in it) would be better for me. I have a total of 14 bass now and you know how they eat. I wish massivore was cheaper. On the other hand when I make fish food at home I know exactly what is going in there too. There are certain types of fish fillets that they don't eat but it is not at issue when I make the puree, I can put in whatever type of fillets I want and they wouldn't really know it.
Glad to hear its working! You could try to add NLS pellets, instead of massivore. They are less expensive but are just as good for your bass.
You might wanna add them slowly, because of the difference in taste. A sudden switch of pellet taste, might throw the fish off.
Good luck
Here are some update pictures after 4 months from start.
At this stage I have 8 left of my original group of 16. The rest were sold to a friend. They are all eating the home made fish food now (gelaine based). The Kels have a much deeper body and the azuls are more like torpedos.
At this stage I have 8 left of my original group of 16. The rest were sold to a friend. They are all eating the home made fish food now (gelaine based). The Kels have a much deeper body and the azuls are more like torpedos.
