Adding to food?

[JayAlva]

Anyone add anything to their fish food? Such as spirulina or astaxanthin? I've been adding that lately to their food I haven't noticed any results. Just wondering if anyone else adds anything to their food.

 

[FoldedCheese]

Is there a reason for your desire to supplement? For me personally I add frozen foods such as blood worms and brine shrimp to my betta's diet because he's carnivorous and it's a high quality source of nutrients.

 

[JayAlva]

Is there a reason for your desire to supplement? For me personally I add frozen foods such as blood worms and brine shrimp to my betta's diet because he's carnivorous and it's a high quality source of nutrients.

General health and color

 

[Janice1979]

Many foods already have spiralina and astaxanthin in them. What foods are you feeding that need more supplementing? Do you feed a variety?

 

[mimo91088]

IMO variety is key over any one food to increase health and color. I have 3 tanks and I feed like 20 different foods between them.

 

[SixThreeOh]

I buy foods based on what I want, so I don't add.

 

[JayAlva]

I do have a variety of food.
I just wondered if anyone else did add anything to their foods and why they added it.
I know i add vitachem to their food. And I add the spirulina to freeze dried Black worms.

 

[FoldedCheese]

General health and color

Sorry for all the questions, but what's the species of fish? Requirements differ.

 

[JayAlva]

Sorry for all the questions, but what's the species of fish? Requirements differ.

Your question is fine.
I keep discus, rams, tetras, Corys.
The post which I could is titled better was mainly to see if anyone else adds to their food. Of course you can buy food with stuff already in it but for example my discus the blackworms I feed them I add spirulina to it and some astaxanthin because where i bought them from thats what the seller would add to make their colors pop and general health.

 

[JayAlva]

I understand some already contain these ingredients but when purchasing blackworms for the most part you need to add anything on your own and when you get finicky eaters like discus you add medications vitamins meds or anything you need to whatever foods they already eat.

 

[Janice1979]

So you mean you are gut loading you black worms for more nutrition?

 

[Pfrozen]

I've completely switched my fish over from tetra color flakes and frozen bloodworms to northfin krill gold and Hikaru freeze dried brine shrimp. I also have some better quality earthworm flakes and of course I still have frozen blood worms for a very occasional treat. I find that just buying better quality foods has done wonders for them. If you are looking for general health and color I would look more towards switching over to better foods period rather than supplementing

 

[JayAlva]

Yes, I actually was able to successfully get them onto flake but they absolutely refuse pellets or crumbles.

 

[JayAlva]

So you mean you are gut loading you black worms for more nutrition?

Essentially that is the concept. I've felt like it's been working so I just keep doing it.