Pellets or MP? which is better?

[vincentliu89]

first of all, MP stands for market prawn right? Which is the shrimp we generally cook to eat?

My IT is about 5"

ok now to the main question, My IT datnoid is perfectly fine eating hikari foodsticks. But i see around this forum a lot of people feed their datnoids MP, is there more nutrients in MP then pellets?

What are the pros and cons and perfered?

How big should i cut the prawn?
Do i throw it into the tank and let it sink or feed by hand?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[tonymofo]

Try Earthworms!!!! I recently tried it and my IT cannot resist it. He has been eating them regularly. The first one I saw him eat was like a 7" nightcrawler and my IT is like 5 inches. You can't lose with a full belly everyday and extra clean water!!!!

 

[T1KARMANN]

if your tiger eats pellets leave him eatting them

i find the tiger grows faster eatting pellets

i also find tigers rub themself more when they have been eatting salty foods like prawn

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Like T1 says when its eating pellets leave it, pellets especially hikari are forumulated and have all the nutrients that it will need. It is also cheaper and easier to prepare.

You can always suppliment its diet with prawn, but pellets are always better.

 

[VVateverzYo]

market prawn fill them right up

 

[xxblwn408]

I noticed better color and growth in the 2 ST's eating pellets. Color is way more gold than the others. The only problem is pellets are to expensive to keep feeding. I can get 2lbs of MP for $7.99, when a 2.2lb bag of massivore costs 65 bucks.