pride Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I have a healthy pair of devils that strangley won't accept anything other than pellets. They will eat a varied assortment of pellets though which is a good thing. I've tried tempting these guys with prawn, beefheart, brineshrimp, earthworms, mealworms and insects but no luck ( The male did eat a convict once though). My question is will a diet of pellets only be sufficient for life? Disappointing in a way as its fun feeding the occassional treats to your fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Most pellets will contain everything a fish needs to be healthy. It's much cheaper and more efficient than feeding frozen or live food, and the risk of introducing a disease through food is virtually nil. If the fish prefer pellets, let them eat pellets Give them a decent variation (maybe 3 or 4 different brands) and include 3 meat protein pellets (hikari, Orca, tetra etc) and one vegetable protein pellet (maybe OSI / Sera or something?). Then simply alternate the foods each day, or even mix up a handful of each in a big tin and give them a mixed selection each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 cheers Andy, I'm currently using Hikari Gold, Staple, Orca, HBH Super Cichlid Floaters and Nutrifin Cichlid sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Yep i agree with Andy. Devils are very fussy and it is important not feed them one particular food too much as they will refuse to eat anything else but that one food after a while. Then when you want to get them on other foods it could be 3-4 weeks before he finally gives in and starts eating other foods. Awesome fish but bloody sooks when they don't get their way . So you are very lucky yours are not fussy with their pellet food. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I'd say five different foods is more than adequate mate. It can be a pain getting fish to eat different foods at the best of times, stick with what you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 you got yourself a good fish... eating pellets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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