Axolotl's eating Hikari diet

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I purchased two new axie's at the local asian aquarium and he said they feed them bloodworms rarely, and usually feed them Hikari Sinking Carinvore Pellets.
I took a look at the back and didn't see anything evil, so i've been trying it for a month and have noticed some huge growth in the babies.

Has anyone else tried this diet?
 
I have seen a few people around the forum use them with success. Axolotls are carnivores, and if there is nothing but meat in them they will be accepted and the axolotls will grow. I no nothing about the nutrition data so i can't comment on how healthy they are in comparison to other foods. Do you know the ingredients?
 
I'd check out this page about 3/4 of the way down.

It's got a percentage...that I guess she recommends when it comes to pellets.

Axolotls - Feeding

Personally, if it were me in your situation. I would continue to feed them pellets and throw in an earth worm every now and then. ;)
 
Fish Meal, Krill Meal, Starch, Brewers dried yeast, fish oil, wheat flour, dried seaweed meal, spirulina, are the main ingredients.

Crude Protein min. 47%
Crude Fat min 5.0%
Crude Fiber max 3.0%
Crude Ash max 17%
Phosphorus min 1.0%
 
I've never used salmon pellets on my axies just frozen or live food.
But these were definetly a nice alternative.

They don't get super fat from an excess in fat% but still grow like crazy.

It's intersting that she says that her axie's wouldn't accept a hard pellet, which these are, and all my axies take them. Pete and Zombie won't even let them hit the bottom of the tank, they snap them up mid tank.
 
That is seriously awesome. They must be hungry indeed. ;)

Yeah, I think the reason that she used hard pellets was because the university research project did.

Best of luck with everything. I think that everyone's Axies are different. What works for one person won't work for another.
 
I don't think I could feed those two gluttons more food. They are actually two that i've been experimenting again on breeding guppies IN-tank for a food supply. So far it's been going good.

I tried this with one of my adult pairs and it failed miserably. The female ended up HUGE because she ate all the guppies in 3 days. lol

Yeah I don't know I have a colony of 20 axies now and they all take them.. I think that factors out every axie being diffrent ;)
 
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