Shrimp or tilapia?

[duanes]

In nature, pearsei are mostly vegetarian, and black belts eat fallen fruit. So feeding too much shrimp and Tilapia are not a good idea, a not so high in protein pellet is better. You also might see how the pearsei and Vieja (Paraneetroplus) go from some weighted down romaine (cos)leaves.

 

[Rob3rtPhan]

In nature, pearsei are mostly vegetarian, and black belts eat fallen fruit. So feeding too much shrimp and Tilapia are not a good idea, a not so high in protein pellet is better. You also might see how the pearsei and Vieja (Paraneetroplus) go from some weighted down romaine (cos)leaves.

You have to remember these fish were never wild. Just saying, you can't mimic all of there eating from the wild. I feed all my fish a few mix food(bio gold, gold, staple, 2 kind of nls, extreme, shrimp,) just wanted to make sure tilapia are safe.


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[Anchovie]

Shrimp is better than tilapia if you leave the shell on. Shell off, they're just protein. As for feeding fish their wild diet, when's the last time anyone fed their pacu fallen nuts? Just sayin


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[Thelatinofishlover]

You have to remember these fish were never wild. Just saying, you can't mimic all of there eating from the wild. I feed all my fish a few mix food(bio gold, gold, staple, 2 kind of nls, extreme, shrimp,) just wanted to make sure tilapia are safe.


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i had a friend who had a small datnoid, about 4" and he wouldnt even look at dry foods, until we tried Azoo arowanna food, after a few trys he started eating pellets....im not sayin to try azoo but why not try other pellets, or starve him for a while?

 

[Gill Blue]

You have to remember these fish were never wild. Just saying, you can't mimic all of there eating from the wild. I feed all my fish a few mix food(bio gold, gold, staple, 2 kind of nls, extreme, shrimp,) just wanted to make sure tilapia are safe.

just because they have been captive fish for even 50 or 60 years doesn't change tens of thousands of years of living on a specific diet. vegetarian fish fed what you have listed will have shortened lifespans and be more susceptible to health issues. plus if they require a vegi type diet, they'll be healthier and happier with food that has a much higher fiber content than what you're giving them. agreed, you can't always mimic a wild type diet, but you can try.
if you aren't willing to chop up some F&V for them, omega one makes some good vegi foods.
like duanes said, try some leafy romaine. stick a whole leaf in and watch them tear it up. finely chopped zucchini would be good for them too.

 

[Rob3rtPhan]

just because they have been captive fish for even 50 or 60 years doesn't change tens of thousands of years of living on a specific diet. vegetarian fish fed what you have listed will have shortened lifespans and be more susceptible to health issues. plus if they require a vegi type diet, they'll be healthier and happier with food that has a much higher fiber content than what you're giving them. agreed, you can't always mimic a wild type diet, but you can try.
if you aren't willing to chop up some F&V for them, omega one makes some good vegi foods.
like duanes said, try some leafy romaine. stick a whole leaf in and watch them tear it up. finely chopped zucchini would be good for them too.

I understand what you're saying. But like me being Asian my fore father survive off of rice and fish, and guess what I can't eat seafood. My diet now consist of mostly american food. Just saying that the will to survive of any living thing that creature must adapt. Like when you find a fish or for my instance a crawfish fry in my HOB filter he ate the wasted food that has probably been there for weeks and live for a few weeks in the filter, he was about an inch when I found him. Not trying to start any problem or anything I'm just giving my 2 cent.


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[duanes]

So if you keep cattle you might feed them pork, or if you keep a captive bred shark you'd think it would love to eat cabbage?
Pearsei, bocourti and Tropheus have a long digestive tract evolved to extract nutrients from high fiber plant and algae foods, and too much protein leads to fatty deposits on the liver and digestive disorder, whereas P dovii, managuense or Lepidolamprologus elongatus have a short tract to make use of high protein sources.
Just sayin something.

 

[Naos1984]

+1 to varied diet for all fish.