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Carnivore sticks

Dry foods

Carnivore sticks

For: Arowanas, catfish, turtles, axolotls

How to feed: Feed adults every 1–2 days.

Examples you may see in shops: Hikari Food Sticks, Tetra ReptoMin (turtles). Not endorsements.

Who eats it

63 species

Red tail catfishPhractocephalus hemioliopterus

Hard130 cm21–26 °C

Tiger shovelnose catfishPseudoplatystoma fasciatum

Hard100 cm22–26 °C

Silver arowanaOsteoglossum bicirrhosum

Hard90 cm24–30 °C

Alligator garAtractosteus spatula

Spotted garLepisosteus oculatus

Rainbow snakeheadChanna bleheri

Easy17 cm14–28 °C

Senegal bichirPolypterus senegalus

Moderate50 cm24–28 °C

AxolotlAmbystoma mexicanum

Moderate30 cm15–18 °C

Chinese fire-bellied newtHypselotriton orientalis

Easy8 cm15–22 °C

Paddle-tail newtPachytriton brevipes

Red-eared sliderTrachemys scripta elegans

Common musk turtleSternotherus odoratus

Eastern mud turtleKinosternon subrubrum

False map turtleGraptemys pseudogeographica

Painted turtleChrysemys picta

Reeves' turtleMauremys reevesii

Mata mata turtleChelus fimbriata

Sultan plecoLeporacanthicus joselimai

Moderate15 cm25–27 °C

Scarlet plecoPseudacanthicus pirarara

Hard40.5 cm26–30 °C

Sunshine plecoScobinancistrus aureatus

Hard30 cm25–29 °C

King tiger plecoHypancistrus seideli

Moderate14 cm26–30 °C

Snowball plecoHypancistrus inspector

Moderate16 cm26–30 °C

Japanese fire-bellied newtCynops pyrrhogaster

Moderate12 cm10–24 °C

Sword-tailed newtCynops ensicauda

Hard15 cm12–24 °C

Hong Kong warty newtParamesotriton hongkongensis

Vietnamese warty newtParamesotriton deloustali

Emperor newtTylototriton shanjing

Moderate20 cm16–26 °C

Red-tailed knobby newtTylototriton kweichowensis

Moderate21 cm10–26 °C

Himalayan crocodile newtTylototriton verrucosus

Iberian ribbed newtPleurodeles waltl

Eastern newtNotophthalmus viridescens

Alpine newtIchthyosaura alpestris

Smooth newtLissotriton vulgaris

MudpuppyNecturus maculosus

Tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinum

Lake Patzcuaro salamanderAmbystoma dumerilii

Hard28 cm10–18 °C

Loggerhead musk turtleSternotherus minor

Razor-backed musk turtleSternotherus carinatus

Striped mud turtleKinosternon baurii

Scorpion mud turtleKinosternon scorpioides

Mississippi map turtleGraptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Ouachita map turtleGraptemys ouachitensis

Northern map turtleGraptemys geographica

River cooterPseudemys concinna

Florida red-bellied cooterPseudemys nelsoni

Yellow-bellied sliderTrachemys scripta scripta

Cumberland sliderTrachemys scripta troostii

Chicken turtleDeirochelys reticularia

African helmeted turtlePelomedusa subrufa

West African mud turtlePelusios castaneus

Red-bellied short-necked turtleEmydura subglobosa

Eastern snake-necked turtleChelodina longicollis

Spiny softshell turtleApalone spinifera

Florida softshell turtleApalone ferox

Pig-nosed turtleCarettochelys insculpta

Hard55 cm28–33 °C

Chinese stripe-necked turtleMauremys sinensis

Asian yellow pond turtleMauremys mutica

Southeast Asian box turtleCuora couro

Asian leaf turtleCyclemys dentata

Black marsh turtleSiebenrockiella crassicollis

And 3 more in the encyclopedia.