what tablets

bussardnr · Post by **bussardnr** » 09 Feb 2006, 02:35

what tablets do you feed for carivious plecs?

smiffertins · Post by **smiffertins** » 09 Feb 2006, 08:24

Read this:
Feeding Your Catfish
by Chris Ralph

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Feb 2006, 09:17

Obviously, my article on Pleco's types of food doesn't talk much about "tablets", but it gives a number of ideas for food for plecos.

Whole mussels, or chopped bits of mussel works nicely for mine.

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Mats

bussardnr · Post by **bussardnr** » 10 Feb 2006, 00:25

im looking for some kind of tablets either for omnivores or carnivores. anyone use any?

snowball · Post by **snowball** » 10 Feb 2006, 03:06

I find these Hikari carnivore pellets to be quite popular with all cats that aren't strictly vegetarian, there are many similar ones made by other companies.

http://www.hikari.info/tropical/t_05.html

Those carnivore pellets are very messy so I feed them only once a week or so, or as a reserve when I don't have live food or frozen bloodworms.

The regular hikari sinking wafers and even the algae wafers have a fair proportion of fish meal in them, 32% according to the nutritional info, and my Hypansistrus inspector have had them as a staple diet for a number of years.

bussardnr · Post by **bussardnr** » 10 Feb 2006, 04:23

will the new life spectrume sinking wafers do?

Mindy · Post by **Mindy** » 10 Feb 2006, 06:15

I never stick to one type. I like to give them a variety. They get Hikari sinking wafers, Nutrafin pellets, King British pellets, and of course, different frozen foods too. The only thing I look for in prepared foods is low levels of phosphorus so that it doesn't cause too much of a phosphate buildup in the tank.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 10 Feb 2006, 09:41

I'm with Mindy - give them a variety.

Also, the so called "Algae wafers" are quite full of protein, so they are fine for meat-eating plecos too.

You didn't say what species this is for, that may help giving us a better idea of what you're looking for.

For omnivores, Tetra Bits/Prima works quite well too - although other fish may find that attractive too...

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Mats