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Old 9th October 2008, 08:08 PM
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Default Fish Pellets for my neps

Hi everyone,

I have always been hearing people feeding their neps with fish food so i myself have a aquarium at home and i have fish food so i was thinking if i can actually use it for my neps??

Here are the ingrediants in each pellet

The name of it is

Micro Pellet,Aquadene

.High quality fishmeal
.yeast
.white germ meal
.soya meal
.corn meal
.wheat flour
.varieties of vitamins and minerals

Compositions
.Crude protein 35%+
.Crude Fat 5%
.Crude Fiber 5%
.Crude Ash 10%
.Moisture 10%

So can i or can i not use this to feed my neps.And if i can use it how much do i put in everytime i feed and how often

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Old 9th October 2008, 09:04 PM
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Default Re: Fish Pellets for my neps

It can be used. Either one pellet into every open pitcher monthly or one pellet into every half-brown pitcher biweekly.
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Old 10th October 2008, 08:50 AM
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Default Re: Fish Pellets for my neps

Hi Cindy,

So its 1 pellet for each pitcher the plant has every month???
Thanks for the info Cindy

Ken
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Ken,

Feeding fish pellets is safe because the pitchers will just absorb what they need. Excess will be left behind and you'll throw it out when you cut away the pitchers when they turn all brown.

A monthly interval gives the plant some rest inbetween. Also, you would get about a new leaf a month if your plant is already growing vigorously. The growth spurt (if any) would be visible within that time frame.

Do remember that light level needs to be good when the plant is being fed. Otherwise, you are wasting your fish pellets.
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Old 10th October 2008, 08:34 PM
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Hi Cindy

My fish pellets are probally just 1 mm in size

Anyway wats a growth spurt???And my plant definitly receives a good amounth of sunlight

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Growth spurt put simply is your plants suddenly growing faster.

If your pellet is only 1mm across, you can put around 5 in each pitcher which is at least 3" and above. Put less in smaller pitchers to prevent rotting of nice pitchers.

I would usually feed only the half-brown pitchers. Even if they are overloaded and turn brown at the base, I can simply just cut them off.
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