fish food

[Boggnials]

hi i have all my water levels back to normal finnaly. i just wanted to thank who ever sigested to put the plants and snails in the tamk it worked. ok now for my next question. with the fish i have what kind of food should i give them as a variety? i am currently feeding the fish bio-blend tropical fish food. i was thing about getting blood worms, shrimp(the freeze dried kind). i have heard of the tubiflex worms but i havent seen them in the store. if you guys have anyother siggestions that would be greatly accepted. just to let everyone know i am on a really tight budget so i cant get too elaborate.

 

[rosierabbit]

i got this stuff, there were blood worms or brine shrimp, and they were in a jelly thing. it was made by tetra, but i can't remember what they're called. you squeezed the sachet and it came out like a big pink worm some floated and the danios ate that. most sank and the corys got tons!! luckily (not for the corys) the other fish went and 'helped out'!!!

 

[AquaNut]

When menu planning for my tanks, I like to make sure I've addressed the dietary needs of all the fish in my aquaria. You have plecos, so you need to be adding greenery to their diet. There are good algae or spirulina wafers or pellets on the market, but plecos also love a lot of fresh green vegetables, such as spinach, cucumber, zucchini, and romaine lettuce. I find that a lot of fish in my tanks like the fresh veggies, and they eat those common ones I listed as well as quite a few others. You'll find the mollies really enjoy some greenery, as well. Your angelfish and tiger barbs will love bloodworms and any kind of shrimp. If you're on a tight budget, consider hatching your own brine shrimp, collecting mosquito larvae from clean, still water, or harvesting earthworms from chemical-free soil. I don't have the heart to do the earthworm thing, as they usually need to be cut up before you can feed them to your fish.

 

[saxxy]

The stuff Rosierabbit is refering to is Tetra Fresh Delica, you can get daphnia, bloodworm and brine shrimp all mushed up into this kind of jelly in little orange sachets, there are about 24 in the pack. Good stuff, my fish go wild over it. You could also feed live daphnia, my fish love that too, and its entertaining to watch them catching it

 

[rosierabbit]

The stuff Rosierabbit is refering to is Tetra Fresh Delica, you can get daphnia, bloodworm and brine shrimp all mushed up into this kind of jelly in little orange sachets, there are about 24 in the pack. Good stuff, my fish go wild over it. You could also feed live daphnia, my fish love that too, and its entertaining to watch them catching it

thats the one saxxy, and boy do my fish love it!! well worth it, and now too much for someone with a budget

 

[Alien Anna]

Freeze-dried bloodworms are a hit with my fish. Also shelled frozen peas (popular even with my pencilfish, who are supposed to be strictly insectivores). You can catch mosquito larvae from water butts etc (provided you know the water is clean) and you can grow brine shrimps (aka "Sea Monkeys"). I haven't done it myself, but apparently if you can get some green pond water you can breed daphnia (pop a couple of those oxygen tablets in the jar - much cheaper than an air-pump).