Feeding Fish

[sannesley]

Lookin for some ideas of what to feed my fish other than dry fish flakes and bllodworm. Something for a bit of variety and possibly something to play with in the process. I've read about defrosted frozen peas without the shell and corguette as well. One question, does the corguette have to be cooked in any way?

Open to other suggestions as well.

PS community is made up of gourami, tetras, platy, molly, cory and guppy

 

[stang1]

A lot of people feed their fish with peas, courgette and cucumber amongst other things and it's meant to be good for fish. I use these to feed my fish but also give them Daphnia twice a week, which they all enjoy.

 

[mommyof2bettas]

live foods like brine shrimp, daphnia and bloodworm. You can buy the shrimp kits so you can grow your own. I've heard pieces of cucumber are good too, peas as well.

 

[Rhiannon]

I feed mine cucumber, and no its not cooked, its washed and weighted down with a fork and they just pick at it (especially my blue ram and guppies) and my BN sucks on it most of the day. It needs to be changed every 1 - 2 days.

Peas are good.

Also, when you go to a good LFS, ask them if they have anything else in the freezer other than blood worms. My LFS sells this thing called "community feast" and its little blocks (like a block of chocolate type blocks) that has shrimp, beef, bloodworms etc all vitamised and frozen up in a mix. They got nuts for it.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Feeder fish aren't a good idea. The perfect way to introduce your fish to Parasites Feeder Goldfish are also not very nutrious. If you wanted feeder fish the best is to breed livebearers.

 

[stang1]

Like Rhiannon said, make sure you remove the cucumber after about a day as it'll end up polluting your water.

 

[MoonstruckMuse]

My community fish (a mix similar to yours) all go crazy for the cucumber & zucchini. I think they eat more of it then my plecos do, who the food was actually meant for!

Just a word, heh. Fish will pick at it over a while, not divebomb at it the same way they do flakes. Don't be surprised if the first few times you try it, the fish ignore the foreign body or even hide from it. They'll soon discover it's deeelicious.
You will need to weight it down or secure it somehow to the bottom - my fish greatly prefer this. I now use a rubberband and a larger stone to place on the bottom, I've used clips, magnets, and many other things. The first time, I used a paperclip & a fishing weight to sink it, but the fact that the giant cucumber slice waved in the fish's faces unnerved them quite a bit, haha.

 

[Griz]

Get a small block of frozen brine shrimp. Fish love it! Feed small amounts once or twice a week. Break off a small amount and defrost it in a glass with some tank water. Also pick up some spirulina tablets (algae discs) most tetras like them, not sure about your other fish. Give them a few small pieces of a disc at a time a couple times a week. Variety is the spice of life for fish too.

 

[dwarfgourami]

The corys will love live foods, like bloodworm, daphnia or brine shrimp- the other fish will also like this as an occasional treat. You can buy the same foods frozen, or as sachets of jellied food (TetraDelica). I use the sachets twice a week for my livebearers (replacing one of the 2 daily feeds).

The livebearers will love veggies, not just peas and courgette/cucumber (they may find cucumber hard to get into), but also broccoli, broad beans, sprouts, spinach, chard etc. I feed my livebearers veggies 3 times a week. It keeps them interested, as it takes a bit more effort to eat than the flakes, and their natural diet is supposed to contain quite a bit of vegetable material. Usually they have the same veg as the family, just as long as it is not seasoned or cooked with fats.