MONSTER FISH DIET??

[rnbanjao]

I HAVE VARIETY OF MONSTERS: IT dats, large species bichirs, armatus, florida gar, and pbass . (ALL IN 1 TANK)
its hard to train to pellets cuz the tank gets overly aggressive if starve..
i feed them shrimp, tilapia, and smelts... i alternate the days on each food..

IS THIS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH DIET? or SHOULD I TRAIN THEM INTO PELLETS TO GIVE A MORE VARIED DIET???

so far everybody "seems" healthy, but i'm concerned about long term health issues...

 

[pythonloose]

Their diet is fine if you want you can stuff those other food items with pellets

 

[rnbanjao]

i tried that before.. but i have about 20 fish.. it takes a hell'a long time...

 

[pythonloose]

You really don't need to feed them pellets, shrimps smelt and tilapia are good enough

 

[Laticauda]

If you wanted to vary the types of fish they eat, that wouldn't be too bad either. I use Pollock, octopus, tilapia, and other fishes I find frozen at asian markets (white fishes)

 

[RLHam3]

i feel like as long as you have enough variety, your fine

 

[rnbanjao]

thanks guys for the response..

 

[mparrague]

ive never had bichirs but i have a pbass, gar, silver aro, redtail and jag cichlid together and found luck with the jumbo floating carni sticks by hikari, it took awhile to get them all behaving but they are happy now

 

[rnbanjao]

i'll be getting that soon..

 

[johnny roastbeef]

When you feed carnivores a diet of only fish flesh, you are actually depriving them of some nutrition. While carnivores do not seek out vegetable matter, they get the nutrition of plant and other materials from the guts of the fish they eat. I think its important to feed a variety of different foods and to include a prepared formula of some kind, especially if all you are feeding is market fish.

Sometimes you can trick the fish into eating pellets by tossing a bunch of pellets in to the tank at the same time you toss in similarly sized pieces of fish meat. If your fish are too smart for that, then just make small slits in the fish meat and press a few high quality pellets into them.

Most predatory fish dont just eat the muscle of their prey, they eat the whole thing, scales, bones and guts, all important for complete nutrition.