to feed live or not to feed live

[dmopar74]

i got a small ntt dat that eats non live foods with no problems at all, and i have never fed live fish to it. would it be a bad idea to feed him live fish now, as i dont want to convert his feeding habits to live only, but i have about 100 dovii fry that i can feed him every now and then.

my dat is only about 1.5"

 

[tuaniee]

dont do the live sometime if they wont go back to non live food

 

[Datnoid101]

Live food=low nutrition, lots of fat, low protien, chance of carrying over disease. Pellet food=higher protien, vitamins, minerals, parasitic free. Dont do live if its eating nonlive

 

[T1KARMANN]

i feed live river/ghost shrimp once per month

no need for live feeders

 

[Tigerfish908]

I would stick with the non live.

 

[TCZeli]

If you raised the fry and you know they are in good health, then it should probably be ok as a a treat once in a while, but you do run the risk that they will not want anything but live, or that a unknown sickness was spreading in the fry and could infect your Dat.

I would just stick to what its on now.

 

[dmopar74]

ok thanks, i breed and raised the fry, so i know their 100% healthy. i was just wondering.