wardley's shrimp pellets

[sbundy]

hello

i bought some shrimp pellets wich i really wanna feed to my fish. when i throw them in they swallow and spit out right away probably cause they r too big or perhaps too hard?? any suggestions?


thanks

69gallons
1red rainbow
1boesmani rainbow
2rosy barbs
1red torpedo barb
2 3.5inch blue jack dempseys
2 clown loaches

 

[theotheragentm]

Fish don't have teeth for the most part, so that is their way of chewing. They're softening up the food. I feed these pellets and my fish make a mess of the tank when eating, but they eat them. They break up and the little pieces fly everywhere.

 

[rkilling1]

And be very careful feeding this type of 'hard' pellet to your rainbows. They have a very small throat and have been know to perish from getting foods stuck in there.

I use HDH "Super soft" pellets and my rainbows and barbs love them.

 

[patryuji]

put the pellets in a bit of fish tank water for a few minutes and it gets quite soft. Dump them in the tank before they fall apart (as then they'd really cloud up the tank).

 

[johnny1073]

I put a few in the can cover they come in and squish them with the bottom of a bic lighter...the pieces float awhile and the fish can pick the size pieces they want...