best foods to feed your fish

[lilslim321]

could everyone comment on the best fish foods to feed my fish. what do jack dempseys like the most?

 

[Gibbo]

Meaty foods (blocks of frozen bloodworm, chopped prawn/mussel and earthworms). Make sure you have good filtration and remove any uneaten food if it hasn't been touched after several minutes. Also good quality pellet food. You can get specialist cichlid pellets from your lfs. B)

 

[semper fi]

lots of protein! i find that sinking pellets are the best. feed fewer of the pellets than the floating kind. the floaters are "hollow" where the sinkers are food all the way through.

i feed my sa (south american) and ca (central american) the following.

a.m. - pellets
noon - rotate between bloodworms, brine shrimp, chopped shrimp, and beefheart
evening - floating color enhancing pellets

i find that feeding the floating pellets at nite is easier as the fish are more than likely to not be all that hungry. the excess is scooped off the top. in the morning i vaccuum all of the substrate for excess food about 30 minutes after feeding. i do this by placing a nylon over the end of a short peice of syphon hose and letting the water flow back into the tank. the debris is caught in the stocking. also on occassion feed 100% beef hotdogs the kosher kind as a treat. any pellet food that is fed is soaked in tank water for about 10 minutes before feeding also.

hth

maggie

 

[cichlidmaster]

There are only two things that Maggie and I disagree on.......


Feeding your fish hot dogs and the dreaded........

Green Buttikoferi saga......

But thats another story for another time....which I am sure will raise it's ugly head...eh Mags

 

[semper fi]

well they only get hot dogs occassionally. then it is only kosher beef hotdogs that are chopped really fine. atleast i cut out the dog food!


what about that green budda there cm? heehee

mags

 

[lilslim321]

they wont eat hot dogs. anymore good ideas mags? well larry maggie everyone what else can i feed these fish. lol well message me when u can ok bye bye.

 

[slt]

try feeding them chopped prawn, my fish love this,i give it them occasonly
for a treat,

 

[Gibbo]

Chopped mussel and cockle also. My guys also love 'em, especially my Paratilapia (the little piggies!).... If you're not too squeemish, chop up earthworms as well. Your guys (lilslim) are still small so don't give them too much. They should enjoy them though and will promote good growth (was looking at JD's on web last night, they really are nice fish. Tempted to get one to go with my Cichlid setup).

 

[lilslim321]

yea man they really are cool and tey are loyal fish. they go crazy when it is feeding time. they fly from side to side of the tank and try to jump out of the water. yeah get one they are so darn sweet. lol i am tryin lunch meat also. but i give them whole earthworms and they seem to enjoy those. if u can think of anymore tell me thanx

 

[l33tfreak]

Hey speaking of food, what food should I get my future oscar? And how often should I give it a goldfish?

 

[lilslim321]

like 4 a week but be careful with feeders cause if it has a diesease it will spread through your tank. try to feed it flakes. and brine shrimp or shrimp and bread and crap like that.

 

[semper fi]

bread? not a good idea. don't agree with the earthworms unless you are going to farm them yourself. no telling what they crawl through and pass on to your fish. also chopped cocktail or salad shrimp. bread would just be a filler. no nutritional value to it. the higher the proteins, the better the health.

maggie