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View Poll Results: Myself/someone I know successfully/failed convert RTG/XB/Red to eat pellet/foodstick
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:22 PM   #1
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I would like to collect real statistic data on converting RTG / XB / Red to eat pellet / food stick. Thanks in advance for your kind participation. Kindly state is RTG/XB/Red and the brand of pellet or food stick used to feed.

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Old 01-05-2010, 08:31 PM   #2
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4 those who voted "Successfully", kindly indicate is RTG or XB or Red n name the product brand of pellet or food stick been feeding. TIA.
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Old 01-05-2010, 09:50 PM   #3
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RTG - 19".
With me for 2 years. Started to whack food stick about 2 months ago.
I was actually give the hikari food stick to my FF.
It was not eating well for a few days and suddenly it just tried on the food stick and now as part of it diets.
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Old 02-05-2010, 12:36 AM   #4
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both my xbs and reds are on mp (mostly), bullfrog (occassional), sw (occassional) and when i ran out all the above, i wil give them hikari carnivore pellets or hikari freeze dried shrimp. Impt thing i feel in training aro to accept pellets or dried shrimp is tat they must start frm young. Cheers
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Old 02-05-2010, 09:27 AM   #5
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How many inches below then consider young? TIA.

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both my xbs and reds are on mp (mostly), bullfrog (occassional), sw (occassional) and when i ran out all the above, i wil give them hikari carnivore pellets or hikari freeze dried shrimp. Impt thing i feel in training aro to accept pellets or dried shrimp is tat they must start frm young. Cheers
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Old 02-05-2010, 09:44 AM   #6
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Default Converted RTG to eat Hikari Food stick

For my RTG comm, I train them to take Hikari Food Sticks since 6".
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Old 02-05-2010, 10:35 AM   #7
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will it be skinny feeding foodsticks?]
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Old 02-05-2010, 11:02 AM   #8
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I would like to collect real statistic data on converting RTG / XB / Red to eat pellet / food stick. Thanks in advance for your kind participation. Kindly state is RTG/XB/Red and the brand of pellet or food stick used to feed.
I just starved my HBRTG for about 1 week now he takes Hikari Food sticks but I still feed him MP
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Old 02-05-2010, 04:13 PM   #9
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Other than the convenient and hygiene of food sticks, is there any other special benefits of feeding aro with it?
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Old 02-05-2010, 04:14 PM   #10
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Other than the convenient and hygiene of food sticks, is there any other special benefits of feeding aro with it?
This is another way to intro missing minerals and vitamin from just feeding the norm diet of mp or some other feeders.
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