Feeding fish food to CP’s?

Feeding fish food to CP’s?#451434

By cpgrower126 -  Fri May 17, 2024 3:51 am
Location:  Cupertino, California
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- Fri May 17, 2024 3:51 am #451434

Hey all,
I have pet fish at home, and so I have fish food. I have some indoor CP’s in terrariums that don’t get food, as well as the fact that my house doesn’t have that much bugs. I was wondering if I could feed the flakes or pellets as seen in the photos below to my indoor CP’s.
Thanks!

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Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#451439

By optique -  Fri May 17, 2024 4:32 am
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- Fri May 17, 2024 4:32 am #451439

Not sure about your foods but i use "tetra bettamin" pellets myself. CP's seem to respond well to the freshwater shrimp meal main ingredient.

Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#451462

By cpgrower126 -  Fri May 17, 2024 4:38 pm
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- Fri May 17, 2024 4:38 pm #451462

Alright, I’ll found a recipe for CP food online: water + crushed up fish food pellets/flakes. I’ll apply some to my indoor D. Capensis and D. Aliciae. Will post results.

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Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#451464

By andynorth -  Fri May 17, 2024 5:48 pm
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- Fri May 17, 2024 5:48 pm #451464

Flightless fruit flies work great. All my plants I keep indoors get them a couple times a month and they love them.

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Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#451468

By Panman -  Fri May 17, 2024 6:44 pm
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- Fri May 17, 2024 6:44 pm #451468

I use rehydrated freeze dried blood worms. They work well but they do smell a bit.

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Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#452852

By Gary -  Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:06 am
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- Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:06 am #452852

It's too hot here in AZ for the usual bug population (gnats, small beetles etc) so I tried Betta pellets on my Capes. I let them soak in DI water until they got mushy, mixed them up, then placed a tiny amount on a couple of leaves. The Capes heartily approved.
I'll wait to see if the leaves survive without burning or getting moldy.

Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#452881

By cpgrower126 -  Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:25 am
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- Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:25 am #452881

Results: In the end, the fish food ended up molding, so only put a little bit of fish food when feeding.

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Re: Feeding fish food to CP’s?#452892

By evenwind -  Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:15 pm
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- Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:15 pm #452892

I'm a little late to this party... What I use for my pings and sundews is betta pellets that I first grind to a powder in a pill crusher. I sprinkle the powder dry and sparingly. So far, I haven't had any mold problems.

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