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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Food choices
I would like to know what kind of food is the best and why. Every fish is suppose to get a varied diet, and i do my best to give them this. However, i wouuld really really like to know about blood worms VS. brineshrimp. For example, which has more nutritional value, which brings out more colors, which one is more cost effective, you know. The benefits and pitfalls of each.
This is mainly an opinion based thing, so don't hesitate to throw your two bits in!!! | 
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| The problem with your question is that different fish need different food.
A cichlid needs more fibre in its diet than a catfish for example | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| i'm definitely with llama, some kind of fish need lots and lots of veggies, some need a whole lot of protein, etc.
what kind of fish do you have? | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| What kind of fish do you have? that would be helpful to know so we can make a suggestion lol bella | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| fresh foods to feed fish. is another thread going around....making your own is cheapest and you can have an array of all kinds of things! | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Anyway-they have pelletts, frozen, freeze dried and of course live foods and flakes and it all depends what type of fish you are feeding lol bella | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Best foods
 Ok to simplify it, IMO: 1.) Live or Fresh Foods 2.) Frozen 3.) Flakes and Pellets. 4.) Freeze Dried 5.) Occasional Cheerios lightly sweetened multi-grain or Honey Combs...Koi treats lol, not for tropicals.
But of course these need to be alternated and fit for your fish types...the key is a well balanced diet. Food with minimum fillers and unspeakable additives, except the Koi treats...it's like having 2 double cheese on the dollar menu.
Last edited by TedsTank; March 22nd, 2009 at 05:11 PM.
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| to give you an idea, for my bettas i feed either 4 hikari pellets or 6 atisons pellets for the adults twice a day (the atisons are much smaller than the hikari), or 4 atisons for my babies. once a week they get one or two meals of frozen bloodworms, and once every two-three weeks they get one meal of frozen brine shrimp. my corycats get sinking wafers and fresh veggies when i have them, and my guppies get tropical flakes, bloodworms, and brine shrimp | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I occasionally give my fish a cookie. Its high in calories and calcium. But I wouldn't do it too often. | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I see what you guys are saying
personally i have a red and green terror wolf and salvins cichlid. I guess i could ask directly what the best food for them would be | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| beef heart, brine shrimp, blood worms, earth worms (without pesticides used near a garden) ...they are carnivores and love the meats... | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I knew all that. If you refer to my first question, which has more nutritional value, which brings out more colors, which one is more cost effective, you know. The benefits and pitfalls of each.
I should have put what is best for cichlids as the title  | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| everything I listed is best...mixing it up all the time is the most nutritional...add in some hikari cichlid pellets and that would be all they need for a well balanced diet | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| All right thank you  | |
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