henward Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 i usually go the cheapo way, prawns prawns prawns from supermarket but after seing the value of protein in prawns - and lack of other good ness. prawns typical content is 17to 20% max protein. i calculated, buying pellets, you feel a couple of pellets and its equal to a prawn!!! and it has more goodness! so i am endeavouring to get my clown knife onto sinking carnivore pellets, and my ornate and my red aro onto hikari cichlid gold pellets and food sticksafter anyone else use food sticks or arowanas? feedback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 I feed my little dels on sinking carnivore pellets, but they're too small to feed my big ornate. Cichlid gold is a staple part of my loaches and cichlids diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 ooooh what are sinking carnivore pellets? Is there a brand name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 yes, hiraki sinking carnivore very good my clown knife went for it but spit it out. so im gonna force it to get onto it. im ordering massivore delight when it gets bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 hiraki dickory dok? :lol: seriously though thats good to know as my medusa could do with some, I never knew they existed :oops: would trout pellets be any good for arowanas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 HIKARI sorry no trout pellets are not not enough proteins and vitamins. too much fat and oat meal. i askedthis also with over seas owners. trout are like salmon, lots of fat arowanas cant have this, its bad for them. Trout pellets are ok for some fish but i wouldnt feed it to my aro personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 clown knife ate 3 pellets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 is that all lol mine use to eat like 20-30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 my aro eats HIKARI food sticks 2 of the dats and the baby dels eat HIKARI carnivore pellets the knife eats both. of course i give them prawns too. also have one of the shops near work to order in some HIKARI massivore delites. hopefully they can get some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 ive been using the algae wafers for my pleco they are good they dont turn to mush before they get eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 i know it sounds a bit gourmet, but have you thought of just adding (lacing) some defrosted shrimp every night with pellets inside them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 what's the difference between hikari cichlid gold, excel and staple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Excell is more for Africans, it has a higher content o caretanoids, but also hi in algae and vege matter. so africans take itmore. staple is a less strong version of the GOLD cichlid gold is just beefed up wiht more viatmins and stuff, bout 20% more expensive in theory - but generally, they dont really stock much of it anymorein my lfs, its only cichlid gold now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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