Changing Fish Food Variety Daily

Hey guys I now have a bunch of different foods Flakes,Bottom dweller Pellets, frozen blood worms, freeze dried blood worms and freeze dried Brine shrimp. My question is should I stick with just flakes daily and mix is the other ones once a week or should I do what I have been doing and giving flakes and alternating different food every day? Thanks

 

Hey guys I now have a bunch of different foods Flakes,Bottom dweller Pellets, frozen blood worms, freeze dried blood worms and freeze dried Brine shrimp. My question is should I stick with just flakes daily and mix is the other ones once a week or should I do what I have been doing and giving flakes and alternating different food every day? Thanks

If it was me, this is what I would do:
Day 1: flake (and pellet)
Day 2 : fasting day! (Its good to fast your fish every now and again, it helps reduce overfeeding and ensures good gut health and minimises dietry related issues)
Day 3: freeze dried foods
Day 4: flake (and pellet)
Day 5: freeze dried food
Day 6: flake (and pellet)
Day 7: frozen blood worms (I like to feed my blood worms when I do a waterchange, as a treat for being good boys and girls!)


For the bottom feeders, depending on the type supplement with veggies would also be a good idea such as feeding zucchini, potato, carrot, mushrooms and peas.

 

If it was me, this is what I would do:
Day 1: flake (and pellet)
Day 2 : fasting day! (Its good to fast your fish every now and again, it helps reduce overfeeding and ensures good gut health and minimises dietry related issues)
Day 3: freeze dried foods
Day 4: flake (and pellet)
Day 5: freeze dried food
Day 6: flake (and pellet)
Day 7: frozen blood worms (I like to feed my blood worms when I do a waterchange, as a treat for being good boys and girls!)


For the bottom feeders, depending on the type supplement with veggies would also be a good idea such as feeding zucchini, potato, carrot, mushrooms and peas.

Thank you! I have a couple of Cory so I try and break up the pellets so they get some food. (Other fish are like machines) Just worried without adding pellets the freeze dried food won’t get to them

 

Thank you! I have a couple of Cory so I try and break up the pellets so they get some food. (Other fish are like machines) Just worried without adding pellets the freeze dried food won’t get to them

You could try soaking them in water so they sink and feeding in two separate areas. So you feed your 'upper water column' fish at one end of the tank, and once they are distracted by the food add some for the cories on the other end, allowing it to sink.


You can also feed by using feeding tubes, which are used commonly to target feed shrimp but would work in this application for your cories.

 

I just kind of feed randomly. I don't pay too much attention to what I'm feeding unless I'm conditioning for breeding. I have a really good pellet as the "main" diet, I also have some other pellets and crisps I feed, plus frozen. I do not feed freeze dried or flakes at all.

I literally just grab and go. The crisps are thicker than flakes and are used for baby fish. The rest of the time they get a random variety. I try to feed frozen at least 1-2 times a week. Prefer more often but time doesn't always agree with me!