Predator Food Questions

[Plum]

I have been experimenting with different foods lately, as I was unsure that the my usual frozen foods ( Shrimp, squid, krill, talapia) were providing my piranha's with the best coloring and growth.

I had started to "marinate" the food in Zoe Freshwater Meds, and also take a sringe and inject it, though I am not all to confident that the vitamins do not just leach out once in the water for a few seconds.

I would like to alternate with some pellet foods, and my small Piraya's enjoy Hikari Carnivore Sinking Pellets, but I don't think they make a larger size, and the one I am using is... tiny.

Most of my Piranha are in the range of 8" to 11". I do have one Rhom @ 15" thus - I am going to need a pellet that is quite large.

I was speaking to some staff at a zoo, and they stated that they got vitamins for their Shark's & Ray's from Mazuri - though I am quite unsure if any of the vitamins would be benenficial to my carnivores.

At the moment, finding a pill capsule vitamin that I can stuff in the dethaqed shrimp, etc seems like a great idea.

Thoughts, comments?

 

[Druu]

I don't know of any solid meds that you can stuff. As for sinking hikari pellets, they've got hikari sinking massivore. I think that's designed for RTCs and other predatory bottom dwellers so it should be of the size that you need.

 

[Gator]

Have you tried Hikari Massivore Delight? Its a larger pellet for larger fish. I've never had Piranha before but Beef Heart might be another option to try.

 

[carcrazy]

I sometimes soak the cut up shrimp overnight in azoo liquid vitamins for my rays, peacock bass, dat and arowana. My picky fish will only eat shrimp or superworms, they snub their noses at mere pellets. They seem healthy though with the limited diet so I assume the vitamins are helping.

 

[Musd]

just a theory, but you might be able to buy some empty capsuls at a health food store and fill them with some pellets and vitamins. only problem would be if the fish could digest the capsul as well.

 

[Plum]

Perhaps someone can comment on whether this is beneficial, or harmful to my Piranha's..

Vitamin A.......................7,730IU
Vitamin D........................690IU
Vitamin E.........................54IU
Vitamin C........................531MG
Vitamin B12.....................3.74MCG
Thiamin Monotraite..........83MG
Riboflavin........................1.5MG
Niacin............................8MCG
Pyridoxine.......................1.5MG
Pantothenic Acid..............4.1MG
Iodine..........................231MG
Zinc...............................0.0018MG
Managese........................0.0003MG
Biotin..............................0.0285MCG
Flic Acid..........................0.0004MG
Copper............................0.00015MG
Magnesium......................1.8MB
Iron...............................0.0049MG

Ingredients:

Asorbiv acid (vitamin C), Calcium iodate, dried corn syrup, dicalcium phosphate, dl-alpha tocopherul acctate (vitamin E), thiamin monoitrate, microcystaline cellulose, dried brewers yeast, vitamin A acetate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, corn oil, riboflavin, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), vitamin B12 supplement, nicotinic acid

 

[Plum]

Does anyone feed their carnivores a "Gel" diet?

 

[Plum]

I just bought 2.2 lbs of the stuff to try out - thank you for the suggestion.

 

[Plum]

Perhaps someone can comment on whether this is beneficial, or harmful to my Piranha's..

Vitamin A.......................7,730IU
Vitamin D........................690IU
Vitamin E.........................54IU
Vitamin C........................531MG
Vitamin B12.....................3.74MCG
Thiamin Monotraite..........83MG
Riboflavin........................1.5MG
Niacin............................8MCG
Pyridoxine.......................1.5MG
Pantothenic Acid..............4.1MG
Iodine..........................231MG
Zinc...............................0.0018MG
Managese........................0.0003MG
Biotin..............................0.0285MCG
Flic Acid..........................0.0004MG
Copper............................0.00015MG
Magnesium......................1.8MB
Iron...............................0.0049MG

Ingredients:

Asorbiv acid (vitamin C), Calcium iodate, dried corn syrup, dicalcium phosphate, dl-alpha tocopherul acctate (vitamin E), thiamin monoitrate, microcystaline cellulose, dried brewers yeast, vitamin A acetate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, corn oil, riboflavin, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), vitamin B12 supplement, nicotinic acid

anybody have any comments to the above information?

 

[Druu]

anybody have any comments to the above information?

Is that a typo or copy and paste from a website? If typo, sorry. If copy and paste, I wouldn't trust that brand- they failed to spell "ascorbic acid" properly.