Carnivore staple diets? - Aquarium Advice

tyrel · 10-15-2005, 06:47 PM

Ive finally got my new fish!

After weeks of stress and disease ridden cycle, Ive gotten my four inch senegal bichir! Ive gotten him a sinking compelete pellet food to start out with, but i have to break the pellets very small. I know about varied diets and all that jazz, But are these pellets a sufficent staple?

Im pretty sure the pellets will work, but the african butterfly I plan to buy in the future has me stumped. The food I'm thinking of for the butterfly are floating Cichlid sticks. Im wondering if that would be a good staple for him. Waddya think?

Jchillin · 10-15-2005, 06:49 PM

Bloodworms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms are great "meaty" treats for your fish. You can also add flakes and cichlid crumbles (these float slowly to the bottom).

tyrel · 10-15-2005, 07:02 PM

I already have some frozen bloodworms to supplement their diet, but their kinda messy, so it will only be an occasional treat. I just put in a clay pot drainage tray as a food dish for bottom feeders. How clever of me!

greenmaji · 10-15-2005, 07:05 PM

New Life Spectrum..

thought Id be first to say it.. :P

**Fishyfanatic** · 10-15-2005, 08:27 PM

African Butterflyfish also enjoy Plankton or grasshoppers. They will sometimes nibble at flake food also.

beblondie · 10-16-2005, 01:32 AM

Feeding
Live foods : guppies , rosey red minnows, ghost shrimp, earthworms
frozen: bloodworms, mysis shrimp,brine shrimp , krill, squid and frozen silversides
some will take pellets, lean meaty foods such as beefheart are good too
but you need to balance their diet for nutrition so vary the diet, not just one
thing.How much to feed them ? Feed them until their belly bows slightly.
and skipping a meal will not hurt them once they are
past 7-8 inches remember in the wild food is not
always available.A nice round bichir is a happy bichir

Toirtis · 10-16-2005, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenmaji

New Life Spectrum..

thought Id be first to say it.. :P

Har har har.... :P

What Beblondie said.

10-15-2005, 06:47 PM	#1
tyrel Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: nanaimo bc Posts: 64	Carnivore staple diets? Ive finally got my new fish! After weeks of stress and disease ridden cycle, Ive gotten my four inch senegal bichir! Ive gotten him a sinking compelete pellet food to start out with, but i have to break the pellets very small. I know about varied diets and all that jazz, But are these pellets a sufficent staple? Im pretty sure the pellets will work, but the african butterfly I plan to buy in the future has me stumped. The food I'm thinking of for the butterfly are floating Cichlid sticks. Im wondering if that would be a good staple for him. Waddya think?

10-15-2005, 06:49 PM	#2
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,976 Images: 47	Bloodworms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms are great "meaty" treats for your fish. You can also add flakes and cichlid crumbles (these float slowly to the bottom). __________________ _________________________________

10-15-2005, 08:27 PM	#5
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	African Butterflyfish also enjoy Plankton or grasshoppers. They will sometimes nibble at flake food also. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

10-16-2005, 01:32 AM	#6
beblondie Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Illinios, USA Posts: 128	Feeding Live foods : guppies , rosey red minnows, ghost shrimp, earthworms frozen: bloodworms, mysis shrimp,brine shrimp , krill, squid and frozen silversides some will take pellets, lean meaty foods such as beefheart are good too but you need to balance their diet for nutrition so vary the diet, not just one thing.How much to feed them ? Feed them until their belly bows slightly. and skipping a meal will not hurt them once they are past 7-8 inches remember in the wild food is not always available.A nice round bichir is a happy bichir __________________ There can never be to many bichir creature keepers

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10-15-2005, 07:02 PM	#3
tyrel Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: nanaimo bc Posts: 64	I already have some frozen bloodworms to supplement their diet, but their kinda messy, so it will only be an occasional treat. I just put in a clay pot drainage tray as a food dish for bottom feeders. How clever of me!

10-15-2005, 07:05 PM	#4
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	New Life Spectrum.. thought Id be first to say it.. :P

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