supplementing niger trigger fish diet

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  1. muggle

    muggle Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Hi....have been feeding my niger trigger fish mysis shrimp and a frozen veggie cube. Any recomendations on what else I can feed?
     
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  2. bvb-etf-luva

    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    haha if you want some fun buy a feeder fish, haha just chop up some shrimp scallop or squid and hell eat it
     
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  3. muggle

    muggle Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Do I buy that at a lfs store?
     
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  4. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    New Life Spectrum food has everything the trigger would need. Supplement that with meaty foods.
     
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    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    you could just go to like wal mart and buy some frozen shrimp and chop em up and thaw em.
     
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  6. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    No, grocery store or seafood market. Buy it fresh or frozen and feed it raw.
     
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  7. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    +1 on things from the local fishmarket being a good additional food source

    chopped prawns
    Mussels on the half shell
    small strips of fish

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  8. muggle

    muggle Purple Spiny Lobster

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    So I could buy already cooked or raw shrimp cut up and give him that
     
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  9. bvb-etf-luva

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    dont buy cooked just raw
     
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  10. steve wright

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    you dont want cooked - but raw and peeled is good IME

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