Feeding Options??

[lil_shez]

30 gallon tank:::::
i have angelfish , neon tetras , sucking catfish and silver sharks.
At the moment i am just feeding them tropical flakes they all seem to like it but i want to mix up their diet a bit
any suggestions on wat else to feed them??

 

[Balloon Fish]

frozen blood worms, freeze dried blood worms, tubifex worms, algae wafers for the catfish. neon tetras dont need any special stuff and will mostly eat anything from algae wafers to blood worms, the angel and the sharks like more protien in there diet so you could feed them some worms, i've found that my angel's favorite is blood worms and dont really like eating freeze dried tubifex worms.

 

[lil_shez]

are blood worms the little tiny worms u buy from a the little tank at your aquarium?

 

[Fish Friend]

yes, they are red tiny little worms and kinda like flick around in a bag, at my lfs they cost like 30p for a bag

 

[seastaar88]

you can give them peas as a treat -- my fish go nuts for them (just be sure you de-shell them first)

 

[ReverendShmoove]

Am I missing something? Why is the title of this thread 8 gallon tank??

 

[FroggyFox]

Not sure...but I fixed it If you dont want to spend the money on live food...you can buy cubed/frozen food at most LFS's. Bloodworms, brine shrimp etc. Your bottom feeders might appreciate some veggies like a cucumber slice. Mine will eat freeze dried food sometimes...but they'd much rather have frozen.

 

[lil_shez]

the thread name is Feeding options?
i changed the thread name but it wouldnt change in the forum

Not a big deal really anyway ...i included all the information in my post!

 

[hazee]

Someone from my LFS told me that except for my cory's it's not good for my other fish to eat the bloodworms that i'm throwing in for my dwarf frogs. Seems a shame if it's true cause my other fish love the blood worms.

 

[Balloon Fish]

lol i wouldn't trust your lfs anymore, blood worms is probably the most fed thing next to the normal flakes i give my fish.

 

[hazee]

Well my fishies will be glad to hear that ...

 

[FishGeek]

I feed my fish the Tropical Flakes, Bloodworms, Brine Shrimp, Sinking Wafers (every other day for the bottom feeders) and once a week I throw in an Algea Wafer. I alternate what I feed (ex. every 4 days they get flakes). Pretty soon they will also be getting Platy Fry. A varied diet is good.

 

[accordztech]

for my bottom crew i feed them shrimp pellets, and algae waffers. sometimes they get bloodworms

for my tetras i feed them that expensive food...i forgot the name but it comes in a cool bottle...

what about brine shrimp? would that work for us?

 

[Balloon Fish]

live brine shrimp is a good choice for small (tetras, danios, guppys) or baby fish because they can see the shrimp usualy the bigger fish can't see them as well so they dont eat them. What i do is i feed flakes in every single meal once in the morning and once at night and every morning i always throw one algae wafer into the tank after i finish feeding the flakes. During the night i feed them half flakes and half blood worms (frozen or freeze dried), shrimp (freeze dried), or freeze dried brine shrimp (rarely feed anymore cause it makes the water dirty). And on every 3 to 4 days i would defrost some frozen blood worms to feed both tanks

 

[lil_shez]

i just bought bloodworms the fish seem to love them except for 1 angel fish
Is this because everyfish has a different personality ??

 

[Sandtiger]

I would say yes. Fish are all different.
I found that all my fish loved frozen mosquito larva, they would die for that stuff. Basicly, they liked anything frozen but they especially liked that stuff.

 

[discus4everGrl]

It is prolly ok as long as the angel fish is eating something. Although, it does seem odd your angel doesn't like them because angels are notorious for be somewhat greedy eaters.

 

[accordztech]

sometimes i think the fish are dumb, they wont like it till they try it....not dumb in a demeaning way...just a bit slow (i love fish hehe)

i remember before my betta just looked at the worm, for like 5 minutes, ate it then finally loved it...haha it cracks me up

 

[lil_shez]

yes i think that was the problem he wasnt sure about it ...next time he will probaly eat it