What are you feeding currently?

[bigroof]

I was just wondering what everybody is feeding their tanks. What have you currently got on the shelf? It will be interesting as we have members from all over the world. Based in London.

Im feeding my smaller fish
Fluval bug bites micro pellets( light blue)
NT labs pro biotic tropical pellets
Fish Science tropical flakes

I feed my big cichlids Vitalis Carnivore pellets.

I rotate the above with frozen food like brine shrimp, daphnia and blood worms. Frozen cichlid mix for the cichlids.

 

[GaryE]

In eastern Canada, I'm using tropical insect pellets for the corys, along with Fluval bug bites. I have 2 bulk flakes I use, a colour one and a shrimp one, for selected tanks. They're pretty well no name ones, but are readily accepted and have a good nutritional profile. When they're used up, I won't replace them though.

Beyond that, homemade frozen mixes and live artemia nauplii, wingless fruit flies, and white/grindal worms. Surface feeders get the flies, and bottom feeders the worms.

 

[Rambomonkey]

I was just wondering what everybody is feeding their tanks. What have you currently got on the shelf? It will be interesting as we have members from all over the world. Based in London.

Im feeding my smaller fish
Fluval bug bites micro pellets( light blue)
NT labs pro biotic tropical pellets
Fish Science tropical flakes

I feed my big cichlids Vitalis Carnivore pellets.

I rotate the above with frozen food like brine shrimp, daphnia and blood worms. Frozen cichlid mix for the cichlids.

Nice variety! I’ve been using NorthFin Community flakes for my tetras and they seem to love it. The quality is great and it doesn’t cloud the water much.

For my bottom feeders, I usually drop in some Hikari sinking wafers right before I turn the lights off. I also try to do frozen mysis shrimp once a week as a treat, it's always fun to see them go into a feeding frenzy. Rotating the frozen stuff like you do is a great way to keep them healthy.

 

[Innesfan]

Frozen: Bloodworms, Cyclops, BBS, Daphnia, "Emerald Entree," Spirulina Brine Shrimp, Mysis Shrimp, "Cichlid Delight" (turkey heart-based), Rotifers

Bug bites, Omega one flakes, Hikari pellets (for goldfish), New Life Spectrum

 

[gwand]

New Life Spectrum, Fluval Bug Bites, Omega One Mini Pellets, Repashy Grub Pie, Arctic Krill flakes, TDO Chromo Boost, Organic Spirulina, Freeze-dried Cyclops. All in rotation with frozen bloodworms, daphnia, BBS, and adult brine shrimp.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Well you asked. I have a variety of fish and they get different basic diets. I like to use a variety of foods for them all.

Kensfish a mix of their flakes I came to make and did the same with his regular and mini sticks of which I have about mutiple types: veggie, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, blood worm, soldierfly larvae, earthworm, blackworm, color enhansing and immune boosting. Some Freeze dried Daphnia.
Sera what used to be called Vipchips - Staple food (I feed to corys and loaches). I have some of their treat tab;ets you can stick to the glass.
Ebo-Aquaristik from Germany:Mussel Softgran Premium 1mm, Mussel Sticks Premium, Insect Softgran Premium 1mm, Shrimp sticks premium, Veggie Sticks Premium, Spirulina Softgran Premium (0.6-0.mm) [for smaller mouths], Artemia Softgran Premium (0.4-0.6mm) {almost a powder for fry]
Frozen: from Jehmco Mysis Shrip, Brine Shrimp, Rotifers, Hikari Dpahnia Cubes [a few for smaller mouths]
Repashy Gel foods: Bottom Scratcher, Spawn & Grow, Soilent Green: Two mixes 20%-25% Soilent with 80%-75% of one of the other two.
Fresh Veggies: Zucchini aka courgette, when I was working with bristlenose, canned green beans (no salt added)
Recently added occasional frozen cooked shrimp for one tank with clown loaches and roseline barbs (Sahyadria denisonii).

I have hatched BBS for baby angels and then gave it up. I did some red wiggler worms which are easy butwill jail break all over the place if it gets dark above them. I jad it happen twice from a styro. Once with the top on and once when the light on a time went off during a power outage. So, I gave them up.

Live foods are the best for fish for which we can supply them. I chose the next best things imo.

 

[BanjoFish]

First time feeding.

I bought these on the day the fish came home.

Always willing to look for better food.

Tetra Mini flakes ( Ember Tetras)

Catfish pellets (Pygmy Coradoras).

Tomorrow some Bug Bite fish food will be arriving.

 

[Essjay]

What type of catfish pellets? Many of these are algae based but cories are omnivores which need meat/fish/crustaceans in their food. They will eat algae based food and also any flake which make it past the tetras. If they are algae based, don't feed everyday - crushing them in a pestle and mortar means the tetras will also grab the small pieces as they take longer to sink. (You'll be surprised how many "household" items are useful in fish keeping ) If they're meat etc based catfish pellets, ignore all that
Bug Bites pellets/granules are suitable for all the fish you just bought.

 

[BanjoFish]

What type of catfish pellets? Many of these are algae based but cories are omnivores which need meat/fish/crustaceans in their food. They will eat algae based food and also any flake which make it past the tetras. If they are algae based, don't feed everyday - crushing them in a pestle and mortar means the tetras will also grab the small pieces as they take longer to sink. (You'll be surprised how many "household" items are useful in fish keeping ) If they're meat etc based catfish pellets, ignore all that
Bug Bites pellets/granules are suitable for all the fish you just bought.

So far there are 5 Pygmy Corydoras though I intend on adding another 5 or 7 more.

 

[BanjoFish]

So far there are 5 Pygmy Corydoras though I intend on adding another 5 or 7 more.

This one.

 

[Essjay]

That's perfect for the cories

Don't forget that fish need less food than you'd think. Mammals like us use a lot of our food to keep our bodies warm. Fish are cold blooded; they get their warmth from the water, they don't use food for that. Overfed fish can have health problems, and left over food encourages pest snails to multiply.

 

[BanjoFish]

That's perfect for the cories

Don't forget that fish need less food than you'd think. Mammals like us use a lot of our food to keep our bodies warm. Fish are cold blooded; they get their warmth from the water, they don't use food for that. Overfed fish can have health problems, and left over food encourages pest snails to multiply.

Phew I did something right then

Funny you should mention snails. I found some Nerite snail eggs this morning. Would this be a good sign of water quality?

 

[Essjay]

Nerites lay eggs regardless. The eggs never hatch but if they are on something hard such as the glass of filter casing etc they can be scraped off. I've found that there are periods of egg laying followed by periods with no eggs, then more eggs again. I've had the same nerites in my main tank for a few years and there haven't been any eggs for a while until last week when there were eggs on the glass again. I scrape them off the glass when I see them.