stringray food costs

[T1KARMANN]

I think with preg rays its best to feed everyday

I do feed prawn but only as a filler and I feed pellets first the prawn 1 hour latter


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[DB junkie]

i cant understand how everyone get their foodbill so high.

By having higher stocklists and feeding different qualities of food would be my guess.

My bill is high, but there's 2K gallons of fairly stocked water here. Lots of rays, some preggo, and lots more fish.

I think a lot of the food bill lies in whether you're trying to maintain or produce.....

 

[peterp63]

I feed a mix of foods and I have just been saying there are cheaper ways to do it. There is. I got 50lbs of a catfish/trout pellet to my door for $80, that is something like $1.60/lb for high quality pellets. The fish love it. I feed that to everything. I'll still buy massivore and food sticks to mix it up but that is a lot of dry pellets for cheap. You could do that or buy 2-3 bags of massivore for the same money. That is one huge way to cut feeding costs. I am getting large sinking ones next. I still have 3x 5 gal buckets of the pellets.

Those farm pellets are not made for our pets. They were designed to accelerate growth for farmed fish for quick profits. Look back at past threads where this was discussed. The ingredients are less than optimal, nutrition-wise, and also contain some bad preservative-type ingredients. I would rethink your rational here... For your rays.



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[Anderman]

Those farm pellets are not made for our pets. They were designed to accelerate growth for farmed fish for quick profits. Look back at past threads where this was discussed. The ingredients are less than optimal, nutrition-wise, and also contain some bad preservative-type ingredients. I would rethink your rational here... For your rays.

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AGREE!!!

I was waiting for someone to say something. LOL Farm pellets are one of the worst foods to feed our rays and fish. It may be cheap but no good for our pets. Same reason I don't feed my dog food that comes from the grocery stores. Low quality food full of preservatives and cheap grain ingredients. Farm pellets break down fast in the water which in turns leads to water quality problems on top of the poor nutrition.

 

[sbuse]

Those farm pellets are not made for our pets. They were designed to accelerate growth for farmed fish for quick profits. Look back at past threads where this was discussed. The ingredients are less than optimal, nutrition-wise, and also contain some bad preservative-type ingredients. I would rethink your rational here... For your rays.



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Have any links? The app limits the search. I would love to read the info on that. The stuff I have is home made by a pond company. I'll try to get the info on the company. The igrediant list seemed good.

Honestly the bulk of my rays food is shrimp, tilapia fillets and natural fish fillets that I catch and clean for them. I hand feed it and had my first success with hand feeding the hystrix tonight.

Here is what I got http://www.naturalenviro.com/productinfo.php?sku=AH-TBFL532&surl=

I have been looking at kensfish.com and thinking of getting some of their large sinking pellets.

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