I was recommended by the Vietnam breeder to feed fully raw prawn to SRM flower horn for best colour and growth. However, I personally feed that pellets should be the optimal staple instead. Can check if any fellow Super Red Monkey keeper have this advice as well? To feed fully praw/shrimp and if there is any issue with this? Thank you!
Queries for Super Red Monkey Flowerhorn’s diet
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He probably said that because shrimp have astaxanthin, a natural color enhancer which will make your fish look more red. Maybe so you won’t complain your Super Red Monkey is pink lol.
Shrimp is a great but I never feed my fish raw shrimp since it contains thiaminase. Cooked shrimp is safer since thiaminase breaks down in heat. If you only use it as a treat, it really doesn’t matter but if you feed raw shrimp primarily, that’s a problem. I agree with you that pellets are a way better staple
I see haha have you raised super red monkey before? But I saw online to say that pellets should have enough astaxanthin and the redness really depends on genes haha