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DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:41 am
by puffy555
I'm planning on getting a DP after I do more research but I have yet to find a good resource on there complete diet. Are there any long time owners of DPs that can tell me what to feed them etc?
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:12 pm
by pufferjw
I feed mine frozen bloodworms and live cherry shrimp, and he grazes on snails throughout the day.
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:10 pm
by mislaura
puffy555 wrote:I'm planning on getting a DP after I do more research but I have yet to find a good resource on there complete diet. Are there any long time owners of DPs that can tell me what to feed them etc?
Black worms when available if not frozen red worms and I always add a few snails in
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:21 pm
by pollypuff
Frozen bloodworms, frozen mysis shrimp, live snails, live cherry shrimp.
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 6:58 pm
by Pufferpunk
Once I started feeding mine live blackworms, they wouldn't eat anything else. Spoiled brats!
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:42 pm
by Welch4
+1 to live blackworms
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:44 pm
by bertie 83
Black worms not available in my area. I feed bloodworm, mysis,snails and a mix of other frozen foods and peas
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:01 am
by puffy555
Thank you!
Are adult brine shrimp any good? I hear they don't have much nutritional value but I don't really know
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:09 pm
by bertie 83
Not really too much nutritional value, good to add into the mix or to stimulate appetite
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:51 pm
by KGNickl
Mine go crazy for black worms, they eat snails throughout the day (trumpet and ramshorn but have not tried pond yet but have them building up in another tank now from some that came in on some plants a couple weeks ago), they eat them but kinda look annoyed when given frozen blood worms,and frozen frozen brine shrimp if they are hungry. They ignore adult cherry shrimp but love 1-3 week old cherry shrimp if they can catch then.
Re: DP diet?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:20 pm
by Pufftastic
puffy555 wrote:Thank you!
Are adult brine shrimp any good? I hear they don't have much nutritional value but I don't really know
As Bertie said, nutritional value is low, but it's SO FUN to watch them chase and eat live BS! I buy them once in a while for a few days of treats.
Otherwise, live blackworms are our staple. They can keep for several weeks in the fridge if you rinse them regularly and give them flake food once in a while.