I want a new fish food.

[jeffrey]

My tetramin flakes are about 2 days from being gone.

Thought that maybe there was something better to feed them.
I saw the freeze dried something worms at the LFS, thought that they would be good, and didnt seem too expensive, but is it good and or OK to feed this all the time, or more a once a week thing?

Most of my fish are smaller (and hte ones I will be getting)
like tetras and I will be getting kaliu loaches (still dont know why they eat, but dont get them for an other two days).
I've never liked flakes, but most pellets are too big, so thats all I have been using really.

 

[Sasha]

I feed my fish frozen blood worms and brine shrimp and they absoblutly love it! I feed them the frozen food with the flakes, and it's much more healthier for them.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

freeze dried bloodworms are fine

 

[heresmike]

My fish turn their noses up at anything freeze dried. And it's not as nutritous as the frozen. They really go for the frozen stuff, though. It's best to provide a variety of foods... maybe 3 different types of food. For your small fish, frozen bloodworms, frozen daphnia, and flakes might be a good mix.

 

[modernhamlet]

Food I currently give my fish:
Spirulina flake
hikari betta bio gold (balanced nutrition for the betta)
Spirulina sinking wafers (for the SAEs, but the gourami like them too)
freeze dried brine shrimp (a bit messy)
freeze dried bloodworms
frozen bloodworms (always a big hit)
live microworms (you should watch rasboras eat these. it's fantastic.)
snails (the betta loves them)

I figure any given fish eats at least 3 of those foods at least once a week. Most fish like variety in their diet and will be more healthy and colorful if you give them different foods.

 

[jeffrey]

I picked up some freeze dried bloodworms, but they are a bit big, all I got right now is a female guppy and 3 tiny ones that I didnt know were in with the mother, they all liked the freezed dried blood worms, but for the little babies they were too big and they jsut picked at them, I dont know if htey ate any of it, but they sure were trying, the mother liked them too, but she seems to jsut eat and hten go sit in the plants.... her belly is really black too.

I'd like to add that any other guppies that make it past babies will be given away, or the LFS said they would give me 50% of a fish for ever 10 guppies I bring in, as long as hte fish is under 10 dollars.


but anyways, I need some fish, schooling small ones that will like my kaluha laoches will be perfect.
and if anyone knows off hand what a kaluha loach eats, can you let me know. thanks.

 

[Socrates]

I want a new Food
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick

 

[Tropjunky]

it's fine but just remember that only flake food have all the nutrition they need so i use a vitamin supliment with frezedried foods do they get the nutrition that is lost.

if u don't want to use a vitamin supliment get frozen food and mix it with veggies and other stuff.

 

[cometcattle]

As far as flakes go, my fish like Nutramin Max.

 

[Ricey]

you can also buy bloodworms in vitamin enritched jelly.
i havent tried any yet, but i've got some on order. should be interesting.

 

[Lateral Line]

Variety is the key. In my opinion, unless you are competent with nutrition, you should base your feeding regime on a quality flake food, (for average fish anyway), as it contains the required nutrients. I use TetraMin.

That said, replace a few feeds a week with something else. I've found freeze dried foods aren't that good. Frozen bloodworm on the other hand is a superb conditioning food. If you keep veggie fish, some fresh veg or algae wafers should be offered.

 

[jeffrey]

the freeze dried blood worms I got have something like "our new freeze technique retains all the flavor and nutrition of frozen"

Its big al's brand.



I read that this food or that one will promote a brighter colored fish.... any truth to this?
so if I went like 2 days flakes, then one bloodworms, and hten 2 flakes, and hten maybe something else...?? and then etc etc...
with some frozen stuff here and there.

what about my corry, does he like blood worms too? and my algue suckers... can they live off wahts in the tank?

 

[pete28]

hey foods i currently feed my fish

omega one small cichlid formula pellets
hakari frozen krill cubes (high in protein)
community flakes forgot the brand name i think its omega one also