freeze dried tubifex worms, bloodworms or krill

[big_fresh]

What is everyone's opinion on these types of food for their fish?

 

[Sky042]

freeze dried IMP is like feeding cardboard to the fish. I prefer frozen foods for my fish. Currently they've been getting mysis shrimp.

 

[big_fresh]

lol!

I just remembered eating those space food astronaut stuff....yumm..flavoured cardboard!

 

[cutechic]

I feed my bettas (and sometimes my larger platies) freeze-dried bloodworms. They like 'em, but I doubt I'll buy more when these run out because they lack the nutritional value that frozen foods have. Some people who have fed their fish freeze-dried foods have their fish experience digestive problems. I haven't had any fish experience this yet. I feed the freeze-dried foods once a week, and I crumble them up so the worms are not whole.

 

[kgrehm]

I would agree with sky, although i do still used freeze dried bloodworms and tubifex because they are handy and easy, although i always use frozen brine shrimp for the fish.

 

[Teelie]

I feed it to my fish sometimes and when I had ADF's, to them. Now that I have one again, I intend to start depleting my supply by giving him the worms though I do have frozen mosquito larvae as well which he likes.

 

[big_fresh]

I feed it to my fish sometimes and when I had ADF's

oops, not sure what 'ADF's are.... ) could u please explain? thanks

 

[kgrehm]

African dwarf frogs

 

[Cheese Specialist]

No freeze-dried for me, well my fish. I feed them frozen bloodworm. I haven't found anything else that they all like as much. They quite like spinach too.

 

[ryan]

I use freeze dried bloodworms often as they float, so surface feeders like Hatchets or African Butterfly Fish can feed on them, I have often discovered that the frozen version is ignored as it sinks so freeze dried is a good option to have when feeding surface dwellers.

 

[Inchworm]

...I just remembered eating those space food astronaut stuff....yumm..flavoured cardboard!

Hi big_fresh

That's an excellent example.

It might not be as tasty or attractive as fresh food, but it's quite nutritious. It's the same with the freeze dried food for fish.

The dried tubifex, which I use to supplement live foods, can be separated so that it sinks for the bottom feeders, by holding the cube underwater until it is soaked. Then gently rub it between your fingers to work the reconstituted worms apart. Many fish prefer to eat them as they float in the water before slowly sinking to the bottom.

 

[pendragon]

I feed my fish something different every day. A couple diiferent kinds of flake, slow sinking bits, freeze-dried (bloodworms, tubifex and daphnia) and frozen (brine shrimp and bloodworms), and various sinking tablets and pellets for the bottom feeders. On average, I'd say my guys get freeze-dried three days a week and frozen twice, with flake or other in-between. They definitely love the frozen, but I haven't gotten any complaints from the freeze-dried, either. I mean they attack it when it hits the water. I don't have any reservations about feeding freeze-dried; I doubt the nutritional difference between freeze-dried and frozen is that terribly different, although there probably is some.

pendragon!

 

[fishdudein]

Pendragon has probably hit the nail on the head here. Fish should be fed a good variety of foods. I feed most of my fish twice a day, try to vary what I am feeding them, I use flakes,pellets, tablets, algae wafers, freeze dried tubifex, frozen brine shrimp, frozen plankton, frozen bloodworms,frozen silversides, algae sheets. That's just the stuff from the lfs. They also enjoy cooked salad shrimp, mussels, squid,octopus,cucumbers,canned peas from the grocery store. I keep my snail infestations under control by crunching them up occasionally as a snack (for the fish, not me ), also feed occasional earthworms and crickets. There is so much variety that they can be fed, and I feel by alternating mealstuffs on a constant basis you pretty much guarantee healthier fish, and you know the fish have to appreciate it. I think of flake food as being along the same lines as corn flakes, nice for breakfast once in a while, probably even good for you, get some enriched corn flakes you could probably live on cornflakes alone forever......but would you want to?