A Comprehensive List Of What You Can Feed Fish

[ebrcknrdg]

I recommend you take the time to research each specific fishes dietary needs before feeding any of these foods.

Aside from fish flakes, pellets etc you can feed fish

Cucumber
Lettuce
Banana
Peas (shelled and crushed)
Courgette (zucchini)
Potato (good for plecs in particular)
Spinach
Carrot

Brine shrimp
Bloodworm (lethal to mbuna cichlids)
Daphnia
Tubifex worms (well cleaned to rid disease)
Grindal worms
Micro worms (fry food)
White worms
Blackworms
Snails
Cockles
Muscles
Mosquito larvae
Earthworms (larger bottom dwelling predatory fish)
Crickets
Locust
Mysis shrimp
River shrimp
Wax worms
Beefheart
Fruitfly
Greenfly
Blackfly
Housefly
Bluebottles
Spiders
Midges
Mosquitoes
inegar eels
Paramiecium/infusoria (for fry and small fish)
Rotifers
Kelp
Algae
Ants
Glassworm
Mealworms
Weevils
Springtails
Woodlice
Waxmoths
Larvae
Copepods (for marine fish inc. mandarins, scooter blennys, sixline wrasses

Large predatory fish

Whitebait
Prawns (good for plecs)
fillets of trout
whole sprats
Squid (good for plecs)
Krill


Help me add to the list of what you can feed fish.

 

[Matty P]

Emmm....

Blackworms
Snails
Cockles
Muscles

 

[Maximus]

One big problem with this:

What is it being fed to?

E.g Bloodworm is lethal to mbuna cichlids...

 

[ebrcknrdg]

One big problem with this:

What is it being fed to?

E.g Bloodworm is lethal to mbuna cichlids...

well if anyone can tell me that info ill edit it

 

[CFC]

Large predatory fish love whitebait and prawns, some of my fish even eat fillets of trout and whole sprats.

 

[LakeyGal]

Carrots...

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

What fish eat potatoes, banana's and carrots ??



A lot of types of plecos can eat squid and prawns. Krill, small river shrimp (i think they are called myasis shrimp or something) and artemecia are also good for many fish too. Livefoods like mosquito larvae are also great, chopped up earth worms are also good for certain types of fish too (mostly larger bottom dwelling predatory fish etc).


This is an interesting thread, but it would be better being more specific, or at least mentioning some important points. For example, some fish can eat certain foods but such foods are only good for the fish in certain amounts/quantities etc. I think you should write at the top of the thread something about certain fish onl,y thriving off certain foods in particular quantities, and that people should still thoroughly research their fishes dietry needs, as feeding the wrong foods or foods in the wrong quantities can have very bad consequences on the fishes health etc.

 

[CFC]

What fish eat potatoes, banana's and carrots ??



A lot of types of plecos can eat squid and prawns, krill, small river shrimp and artemecia are also good for many small tropical fish. Livefoods like mosquito larvae are also great, chopped up earth worms are also good for certain types of fish too (mostly larger bottom dwelling predatory fish etc).


This is an interesting thread, but it would be better being more specific, or at least mentioning some important points. For example, some fish can eat certain foods but such foods are only good for the fish in certain amounts/quantities etc. I think you should write at the top of the thread something about certain fish onl,y thriving off certain foods in particular quantities, and that people should still thoroughly research their fishes dietry needs, as feeding the wrong foods or foods in the wrong quantities can have very bad consequences on the fishes health etc.

Par boiled potato is actually a really good food for plecs, but dont leave it in the water too long or it starts breaking up.

 

[Matty P]

Par boiled potato is actually a really good food for plecs, but dont leave it in the water too long or it starts breaking up.

You learn something new every day

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Par boiled potato is actually a really good food for plecs, but dont leave it in the water too long or it starts breaking up.

Ohhh.... ... . Learn something new everyday as they say . I take it that par boiled potato is like half-cooked potato or something?

You learn something new every day

Edit: Ahhh! Matty P i just posted exactly the same saying as you at the same moment- spooky ...!

 

[CFC]

Yeah just boil a large potato for about 5 minutes so its still firm and then slice it into 3-5mm thick slices for the plecs to eat
The rest can be wrapped in clingfilm and stored in the fridge till you need another bit.

 

[Matty P]

Cool, thanks for that CFC

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Yeah just boil a large potato for about 5 minutes so its still firm and then slice it into 3-5mm thick slices for the plecs to eat
The rest can be wrapped in clingfilm and stored in the fridge till you need another bit.

Cool, i will try that next time i am boiling potato's and give some of it to my plecos and see if they like it .

 

[mark7616]

Earthworms, mealworms, crickets, locust, mysis shrimp , river shrimp, wax worms just thinking whats in my fish cupboard cause as well as fish I keep food lol.

 

[BigC]

Beefheart, fruitfly, greenfly, blackfly,housefly, bluebottles, spiders, midges, mosquitoes, vinegar eels, paramiecium/infusoria, rotifers, krill, kelp, algae, ants, glassworm, mealworms, weevils, springtails, woodlice, waxmoths and larvae. etc etc etc.