Feeding and Nutrition :: Commerical foods that don't float?

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:37 am   Commerical foods that don't float?

Are there any commercial foods that don't float besides Ecototherm Turtle Yummies? Although I have been making Ichigo her turtle gelatin mixture, I wanted to get a back up for when I am short on time. She just refuses to eat anything that floats.
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:46 am   

i dont know if youre referring to commercial as pellets?

but my freeze dried shrimp eventually sink to the bottom if it isnt eaten right away.
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:56 am   

Yeah, I mean pellets or anything that has the nutritional equivalent to pellets.
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:18 am   

Well, These are for my moms very large goldfish, but they are somewhat similar in nutrition it seems. The link has nutritional rundown and everything.

If you do get them though, I would say to probably get the medium since they are pretty small, but the large is pretty big. There's a big jump in pellet size.
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:33 am   

There's a gelatin-like food for turtles, I think its called Nature Zone Turtle Bites, that sinks. You have a bottomfeeder?
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:00 pm   

Yeah, Ichigo wont eat anything floating. It has to sink.
I saw those Nature Zone bites but read the ingredients and it had sugar in it so I figured I'd pass on them.
Ectotherm Turtle Yummies came in the mail yesterday though and she is fine eating those. I am going to also try getting a veggie clip to see if she would eat lettuce if it's not floating on top. She didn't like the anacharis I tried to give her though so I don't know if it will work.
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:50 pm   

I feed Toby the Nature Zone Aquatic Turtle Bites as a treat... I bought them when I first got him and didn't know the proper food to get. He LOVES them, but as you said they don't have the best ingredients.
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