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ThatFishGirl6231
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For flakes, I use Aqueon Tropical fish flakes. For bloodworms, I use Hikari freeze-dried bloodworms. I don't feed my community fish pellets, but I feed my betta Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets. All of the foods I use work great.
AbbeysDad
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heatherpooreks
Fish Fanatic
My betta and teras like Bug Bite brand tropical fish pellets. I also use the bio gold mentioned above.
This may not help but I shall share this product with you. I have been using this flake food since 1975 it is the only flake food I have ever used. Please look at the photos and the color of the flakes, you will notice that there is no bright colors. Some of the brands have bright color flakes, there is one brand that I know for a fact that fish don't eat the red flakes. Look for a brand that is natural in color. Also this food I can grind in my fingers to make the smallest fines, that is what the fish want I never feed fish the flakes I always grind them into fine particles. Don't feed pile one, grind it so it looks like pile 2
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I should add don't put the food on the surface of the tank, mix it into the water so it disperses through the tank. feed by the filter in feed to the tank and allow the food to move on the current.
I would not have thought about crushing up the flakes beforehand. Thanks for that tip.
I'm thinking I will do 2 minute feed of flakes/pellets in the morning and then each night do 3 minutes or so of something frozen (alternating in a schedule each night from frozen brine, frozen krill, frozen bloodworms, frozen daphnia) and then an algae wafer every other day for the corys and shrimp.
If you have any nocturnal fish like plecos. I always throw them an algae disc as I go to bed.
Koglin
Fish Crazy
I use this method to feed my flakes too (when doing flakes), it also helped me organize my tank to maximize my current flow since I could see it with flake bits.
A little tip to reduce your snail population put an algae disc or two into a piece of cloth tied up and drop it into your tank the fish won't be able to get to them but the snails will climb all over it then just remove, with a net snails and all.
soaking pellets in garlic infused water* now and then helps boost a fish's immune system. Also allicin within garlic kills some parasites.
*you can go out and buy seachem's garlic guard. but what i do is simply chop up a garlic clove in a cup with a small about of fish tank water, and soak the pellets in there for a couple of minutes. just remove the pellets and feed, dont add the garlic pieces to the tank!
*you can go out and buy seachem's garlic guard. but what i do is simply chop up a garlic clove in a cup with a small about of fish tank water, and soak the pellets in there for a couple of minutes. just remove the pellets and feed, dont add the garlic pieces to the tank!
never thought of that makes sense
about boosting immune system:
Garlic shown to aid tilapia growth and immunity
Garlic (Allium sativum) has been shown to improve tilapia growth and immunity in a new study undertaken in Pakistan.
thefishsite.com
(PDF) Evaluating the use of garlic ( Allium sativum) for the remedy of Cryptocaryon irritans in guppies ( Poecilia reticulata )
PDF | Garlic (Allium sativum) has been shown to possess antimicrobial properties against a range of disease‐causing agents, including fish parasites.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Thanks! Have you ever soaked them in the pre-chopped garlic that comes in a jar? We use so much garlic we stopped buying cloves and use that. I CAN buy cloves for the fish pellets if needed, otherwise it would be easier just to use what we always have on hand in the jar.
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