Was trying to get rid of my Ps but couldn't find anybody so I decided to keep them and grow them to monsters. They are at 6 inches now and looking deadly plus I was missing them already before they were gone lol anyways I just wanted your thoughts or comment on this topic. Lately I started to feed them more raw meats than pallets and noticed that they became shy, lazy and started to lose their color. After I switched them back to pallets and noticed that they started to color up again, weren't shy and were very active. Is this the result of what I was feeding them or was it because of something else?
pallets vs raw meats
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Could be all kinds of factors. For my own curiosity, which pellets do you use and what kind of raw meat? i assume since you're saying meat you mean more then just fish
I'm using Omega one super color and yeah I was giving them tilapia, chicken and beef. Mainly tilapia and chicken. I was thinking that maybe since I started them off pallets their stomachs weren't use to the meats and when they ate it, it made them really full resulting in shyness, laziness and not as active. But I don't know about the color thing.
omega one, are the Ps messy with it? Stain the water at all?
yeah, i'm not sure exactly what's happening in your observations. i feed mine such a variety throughout the week that i don't notice if there's any behavior change.
yeah, i'm not sure exactly what's happening in your observations. i feed mine such a variety throughout the week that i don't notice if there's any behavior change.
it says on it "never clouds water" and it doesn't seem like it does. The piranhas slam the pallets really had and its gone before you know it. I give mine raw meats but only like once a week. When I started to notice the difference I was giving them meats and only pallets once a week. How often do you feed yours and how do often do you switch variety?
i've had mine a lil over the year so they're somewhere between the 6-8 inch mark. They're literally feed randomly 2 times a week, occasionally 3 if i have company come over.
it's something different with each feeding. Rotating between talipia, tetra cichlid sticks (messy), hikari pellets (too small but they'll eat them) and silverside or anchovies.
This week for example i feed them anchovies friday, pellets monday and talipia today.
it's something different with each feeding. Rotating between talipia, tetra cichlid sticks (messy), hikari pellets (too small but they'll eat them) and silverside or anchovies.
This week for example i feed them anchovies friday, pellets monday and talipia today.
wow thats some really nice variety you got going there hehe I just feed mine mostly pallets and some meat once every week or two. I feed them every day with the pallets tho.
My guess is you may just be watching them closer then you previously have since you switched foods. That is why you think they don't move around as much even though thats the way they have always been. Maybe I'm wrong though.
I would stick with pellets/fish fillets and see how things go. If you want to grow them into monsters I think water quality will have more of an effect than anything. Time + water quality = monsters
I would stick with pellets/fish fillets and see how things go. If you want to grow them into monsters I think water quality will have more of an effect than anything. Time + water quality = monsters
I also feed the omega one color pellet to my rbp and have noticed when I run out of those and feed other pellets/things that the color kind of fades out.
I feed mine more than most people do though. My 6"-8" rbps get a mix of the omega floater and nls sinking pellets 2 or 3 times a day plus raw shrimp,fish fillets and frozen krill mixed in from time to time. My mixed shoal of 4"-6" rbps and macs get the same foods but the pellets are usually 4-5 times a day.
I feed mine more than most people do though. My 6"-8" rbps get a mix of the omega floater and nls sinking pellets 2 or 3 times a day plus raw shrimp,fish fillets and frozen krill mixed in from time to time. My mixed shoal of 4"-6" rbps and macs get the same foods but the pellets are usually 4-5 times a day.
If you feel like your pellet food isn't sufficient enough to completely provide nutrition, maybe you should look for a new pellet. A high quality pellet will provide better nutrition than store bought raw food... you have to realize even carnivorous fish are eating gut loaded plant eaters, getting all sorts of trace vitamins and nutrition... really not the same as farmed chicken.