fish food
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I feed my fish daily flake staples. Many other aquarists use live food because it can enhance the fish's look and definately is healthy. Moreover, it is supposed to encourage growth.
However, there is also the frozen live food alternative. I feed my fish daily flakes, but once in a while I mix it up with frozen bloodworms. And for my bottom fish (as well as the others who like it), I feed algae wafers.
However, there is also the frozen live food alternative. I feed my fish daily flakes, but once in a while I mix it up with frozen bloodworms. And for my bottom fish (as well as the others who like it), I feed algae wafers.
my feeding schedule is as follows,
mon-thursday a pinch of tropical flakes before i leave for work and a pinch after i get home
Friday - a pinch of spirulina flakes (for vegetables in thier diet) before and after work
Saturday - frozen Blood worms, one feeding,
Sunday - frozen brine shrimp, one feeding. (i might get these live if i make it to the lfs)
And yes you can get all of that at petco, petsmart, petland.
mon-thursday a pinch of tropical flakes before i leave for work and a pinch after i get home
Friday - a pinch of spirulina flakes (for vegetables in thier diet) before and after work
Saturday - frozen Blood worms, one feeding,
Sunday - frozen brine shrimp, one feeding. (i might get these live if i make it to the lfs)
And yes you can get all of that at petco, petsmart, petland.
I feed my guys a mix of everything. For the most part they have been eating wardly's premium flake food, but i like to mix it up alot by throwing in some other food. I had some sort of sticks that they loved, and after water changes they get some brine shrimp. Think of eating the same thing EVERY DAY FOR YOU ENTIRE LIFE. Not that fun.
I use tropical flakes Daily. About 2 to 3 times a week I will throw in some alge wafers. 1 to 2 times a week shrimp pellets. and 1 to 2 times a week frozen blood worms or brine shrimp.
I bought most of mine at petsmart. I bought the "lunch box" frozen food it has frozen veges and blood worms and brine shrimp. My fish love the veges I have to look and see if I can just buy it seperate.
Just mix it up. I know I dont like eating the smae thing every day.
MAHA
I bought most of mine at petsmart. I bought the "lunch box" frozen food it has frozen veges and blood worms and brine shrimp. My fish love the veges I have to look and see if I can just buy it seperate.
Just mix it up. I know I dont like eating the smae thing every day.
MAHA
My fish get a mix up of different foods. I have freeze-dryed bloodworms, tubiflex worms, brine shrimp, krill, ocean plankton. I also have granules for each tank. And in te freezer I have bloodworms, tubiflex worms, mysis shrimp, mosquito larvae, cyclopeeze, daphnia, krill, silversides, emerald entree and I think thats it. 
A varied diet will make for a healthier, more active and more colorful fish. So yes you should mix up their diet.
A varied diet will make for a healthier, more active and more colorful fish. So yes you should mix up their diet.
FishGeek said:
...I have freeze-dryed bloodworms, tubiflex worms, brine shrimp, krill, ocean plankton...granules for each tank...bloodworms, tubiflex worms, mysis shrimp, mosquito larvae, cyclopeeze, daphnia, krill, silversides, emerald entree and I think thats it.
i just feed my guppies flakes as a staple, and sometimes (like once a month) some brine shrimp. plus, they get whatever my ACF or allenni dont get. FB gets krill and brine, and blue gets algae wafers, brine, and krill.
in the cabnet under my 29 i have about 10 different foods, plus i have a brineshrimp hatchery and some frozen foods. when its time to feed i randomly grab one of the packages, i have 2 things of flakes so probability makes me get the flakes about 3 times a week, the rest is bloodworms/plankton/tubiflex worms/brine shrimp/krill/mosquito larvae, iv collected some free samples over time too so i use that once in a while to see what happens =)
how much flake food?
I think I read on a flake food can somewhere 1 flake per fish 3 times a day. It doesn't say what kind of fish though.
It seems to me that the molly and platys I have would eat more than tetras.
Should I just put as much flake food in the tank that they will eat in three minutes? That is alot more than one flake per fish.
20g tank: 1 dalmation molly, 2 platy, 2 black skirted tetra, white cloud, 2 small tetra, 2 'lemon' algea eaters.
I think I read on a flake food can somewhere 1 flake per fish 3 times a day. It doesn't say what kind of fish though.
It seems to me that the molly and platys I have would eat more than tetras.
Should I just put as much flake food in the tank that they will eat in three minutes? That is alot more than one flake per fish.
20g tank: 1 dalmation molly, 2 platy, 2 black skirted tetra, white cloud, 2 small tetra, 2 'lemon' algea eaters.
