Feeding time

[FishFood]

Thanx a ton for letting me know about cooked meats... I will stop feeding him sandwich meats then. And His hotdogs are with ketchup only! Sometimes a bit a mustard lol. Just kidding. The dogs are cooked only. Not condemints And Chubs that he eats I get from the river behind my house. I live in the mountains of vermont. I think that the water sorce should be very clean. And he does seem to enjoy them. But If there not good I`ll stop that right away also. Thanx. I have always fed him this way since he was about 1 inch long. He is now about 7 inches and growing like mad! I love this fish! As far as other fishies....He has grown a bit faster then the rest and he ate all of em. There was a Bugged Eyed Goldfish in there when he was a baby and 3 tetras. Now all I have left is him and my plecco. He grow large fast...He was lucky hehe. Thanx again and if anyone recomends a certain varied diet please let me know. I only want him to eat a pile of different foods. I dont want him to just eat pellets please. Thanx a ton for all your help.

 

[pete]

I can see no problem with the Chubs mate but basically i would only feed him on...........

Earthworms, small fish (White Bait etc), fish strips cut from white fish, any insects etc are fine too as are some veggies now and then he may accept beefheart but the jury is still out on the feeding of that lol
Frogs, Salamanders etc could cause problems as the bones will take a very long time to digest and could cause a blockage in his intestines........to give you some sort of idea i keep a 2 foot long Red Tail Cat and i sometimes feed him raw chicken as a treat but i always "debone" it even though he could definately swallow a chicken leg whole as i dont want to risk blocking his intestines :what:

Aside from that you should be ok feeding most of the NATURALY available foods that you are feeding

Hope this helps you give Jack a more healthy diet and a varied one too :laugh: :laugh:

 

[FishFood]

Thanx a ton Pete! Your a huge help.

 

[Great Lakes]

Pete, the garlic is a documented benefit for marine fish, I was just curious if anyone had heard of it for tropicals.  
 
  And I wouldn't feed an oscar sausage either, might give him gas lol  :laugh:

And Adeyc, curious enough, the garlic is used in oil form.

 

[adeyc]

Strange how were told over and again it's bad to add anything oily to our tanks? :hmm: Maybe it's a soluble oil.