Question: Can you feed axolotls catfish pellet food?

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I have a tub of Catfish Pellet food Catfish Pellet Food 65gm by King British | Pets at Home

can i feed this to my axolots? the biggest 3 are 6cm and 7cm in size. Is this food suitabel for them?

Currently they are eating one frozen cube of bloodworm each a day. Its getting quite expensive feeding them now.

I have 16 mouths to feed but unfortunaely will have to sell at least 13 of them, worst thing is i am getting so attached to them :) :-(

anyone in manchester uk interested in buying any?, collection only no sending in post,.
 
I nearly had a heart attack, as all that showed up before I clicked on your thread was "Can you feed axolotls catfish" :eek: LoL!
Quoting from the axolotl site, it says "
The Indiana University Axolotl Colony, when it still existed, fed its axolotls with high protein and vitamin fortified pellets designed for salmon (5 mm diameter for adults, 3 mm for younger axolotls). The pellets are 45% protein and 20% fat. Following their lead, I tried feeding my axolotls with locally available trout pellets (46% protein, 16% oil). Whether these are pigmented or unpigmented doesn't seem to matter. I found that the axolotls didn't like the hard variant of pellet so make sure your pellets are soft (like those used by the Axolotl Colony)."
The pellets I bought for my axies, from my local aqua / rep store are "catfish sinkers", which are 47% protein, 19% oil, 1% fibre, plus a few extras at 1% or less each.
The thing to remember is that axies don't do well with a lot of fibrous stuff, so meat, in whatever recommended form, is always going to be better than pellets, but pellets are a good suppliment occasionally ;)
 
There are no ingredients listed on the P@H website. If you can perhaps write them down for us, we'll be able to tell you how suitable they are. I think they also need to be sinkers + preferrably quite soft, for axies to take to them.
 
ExoticPets.co.uk - Axie Pellets - Protein 42%, Oil 20% (hard pellet). Do you think will they soften in the water? Just wondering if they would do for adults, just for a change, as I am about to start my adventure with some eggs this week and its nice to know what to do in the future. I have tried to find salmon pellets in tackle shops locally and they havent got a clue what I am on about.
 
memojo1979 said:
There are no ingredients listed on the P@H website. If you can perhaps write them down for us, we'll be able to tell you how suitable they are. I think they also need to be sinkers + preferrably quite soft, for axies to take to them.
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ingredients for the catfish pellets are


derititivs of vegatable oragin, fish and fish deriritives, cerials, oils and fats, molluscs and crustrations, algae (spiritulina sp 0.5% w/w) , minerals with antioxants ec aditives egosan 20g/kg, protein 50%, oil 16%, fibre 1.5%, ash 12%, copper (cupric silphite) 10mg/kg, added vitamins per kg, a 25,000 IU, D3 3000 IU, E 140mg, C 520mg

I have noticed that they do soften and break up when in water after a few mins

they seem to love the bloodworms so will keep that as main food but as i have a huge tub of catfish pellets may as well try and use them as a treat if they are suitable.,
 
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I'm not sure how copper affects axies, so you might want someone more experience to chip in with that.
The protein content is great, although the oil is a bit lower than other examples. Fibre is nice and low (axies can't digest plant material well), but I haven't got a clue how ash ties in. I know it's used for a lot of pet foods. Again, not sure about the other vitamins e.t.c., but I would say (as long as copper + ash aren't an issue), they'd be okay for occasional use. But, please, since I'm no expert, get a couple of other opinions too, as I'd hate for you to take just my word!

As an extra note - if they start to break up quite rapidly in the water, you would also need to remove them quite rapidly, so they don't foul the water.
 
I was wondering the same thing. When I bought a new tank for my axies I got a heap of stuff with it, including a bag of catfish pellets. I don't have any catfish though! (Though I really want one I just don't have a tropical tank ;-;)

Anyway, to the point. I've been trying to feed earthworms to my axies but my worms seem to be MIA. I have beef heart in the freezer but am running low and since I don't drive and my dad is off his feet for a while I don't know when I'll be able to get to the pet store for more (or even to fish shop to get more appropriate food) :(

I don't want to use the catfish pellets as a staple, just as backup really incase I can't get to the shops.

I have Hikari Sinking Wafers.
Ingredients list is quite long
fish meal, wheat germ meal, wheat flour, starch, soybean meal, fish oil , dried seaweeds meal, krill meat, dried bakery products, brewers dreied yeast, spiruluna, enzyme, astaxanthin, garlic, dl-methionin, monosodium, glutamate, vitamina A oil, Vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, meandoing sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K), choline chloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilizated with vitamin C), inositol, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, thiamine, mononitirate, pyridone, hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, biotin, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulgate, cobalt sulfate, calcium iodate, aluminum hydroxide, sodium acide pyrohosphate

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein - min 32%
Crude Fat - min 5%
Crude Fiber - max 3.0%
Moisture - Max 10%
Crude Ash - Max 12%
Phosphuros - min 0.8%

Typical Anaylsis
Protein - 38%
Oil - 8.1%
Fiber - 0.8%
Ash - 9.3%
Phosphuros - 1.3%

Feed Additives
Vitamin A -8,700 IU/kg
Vitamin C - 45mg/kg
Vitamin D3 - 1,700 IU/kg
Vitamin E - 900mg/kg
 
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