How many types of fish food do you have?

some people it seems just use one pot of fish food everyday, yet it seems others give their fish a variety of diff flakes, spirulina, dried bloodworms, algae wafers etc. so in your stock of fish food, how many pots do you have. i'm not including any live food as that is not generally "stored", but bought and used at once.

just interested to see how other people look after their fish!

 

I have betta flakes, tropical flakes, tropical granuales, two types of shrimp pellets, and algae wafers for a grand total of 6-7. With the odd time of buying frozen goodies for them.
Tom

 

I use almoist everything out there. Frozen, live, flake, pellets and freezedried. Plus the liquid food from kent marine for the inverts

 

I use several kinds of flake, pellets both sinking and floating,frozen and freeze dried plus fresh veggies.
Carol

 

Mmmmmmmmm, think I might get some more for my fish for variety! they get flakes and algae wafers at the mo with cucumber when i've been shopping and daphnia when i've been at pet shop. so they're not too hard done by at the mo!!!!

 

usually I feed my fish pellets and flakes. give them lettuce, smashed zucchinI and carrots twice a week. I also feed them dried and live worms

 

usually I feed my fish pellets and flakes. give them lettuce, smashed zucchinI and carrots twice a week. I also feed them dried and live worms

"carrots"?! which fish eat those? I always have loads of carrots in the fridge! cucumber doesn't keep long, so they get some for a few days then none til the end of the week when I next go shopping. I was giving the cucumber for the plec and loach, but it seemed all the fish enjoyed it! i've heard brocollI can be given to plecs....but which bit...the stalk (save throwing them away) or the bit we eat..the tops?

 

I have tropical flakes, crisps, and granules, sinking shrimp pellets, algae wafers, freeze-dried bloodworms, and freeze-dried brine shrimp. That brings the grand total to 7.

 

I have tropical flakes, crisps, and granules, sinking shrimp pellets, algae wafers, freeze-dried bloodworms, and freeze-dried brine shrimp. That brings the grand total to 7.

a banquet for fish!!!!!!!!!!!! it seems my poor fish are hard done by!!!
Tan

 

I currently only give flakes and algae waffles (for bottom feeders). The waffles are a biiig success with all the fish, actually, not just the pleco. I'd love to give my mollies more varied food, but they all came down with something - likely parasite - after I fed them Tubifex worms. Shame, as they loved the stuff. Any advice on safe and varied food welcome!

 

Have tropical flakes, goldfish flakes, bloodworms, betta pellets, algae wafers, fridge full of veggies (for my dear ol' pleco)

 

Right now I use tropical flakes, spirulina flakes, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and bloodworms. I keep thinking of adding some tubifex, but haven't yet.

 

We have shrimp pellets, algae wafers, tetra flakes, tetra wafers, color pellets, betta vitamin pellets, betta pellets, betta flakes with brine shrimp, bloodworms (frozen & freeze-dried), daphnia and frozen peas. Various fruits & veggies depending on the season.

 

Right now I use tropical flakes, spirulina flakes, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and bloodworms.  I keep thinking of adding some tubifex, but haven't yet.

Please avoid using Tubifex. My fish loved it, but it gave them parasites. I read later some warnings of people who'd had similar experiences. Am still paying for trying to give them a treat - they're not out of the woods yet.   :-\ 

Does anyone know how to send a private message? I'd like him to be warned about this and he may not read this thread again.

 

Right now I use tropical flakes, spirulina flakes, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and bloodworms. I keep thinking of adding some tubifex, but haven't yet.

Please avoid using Tubifex. My fish loved it, but it gave them parasites. I read later some warnings of people who'd had similar experiences. Am still paying for trying to give them a treat - they're not out of the woods yet. :-\

Does anyone know how to send a private message? I'd like him to be warned about this and he may not read this thread again.

I believe you can send private messages when your posts reach 100. sgould is on regularly and will probably read your post.

 

Right now I use tropical flakes, spirulina flakes, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and bloodworms.  I keep thinking of adding some tubifex, but haven't yet.

Please avoid using Tubifex. My fish loved it, but it gave them parasites. I read later some warnings of people who'd had similar experiences. Am still paying for trying to give them a treat - they're not out of the woods yet.   :-\ 

Does anyone know how to send a private message? I'd like him to be warned about this and he may not read this thread again.

no worries armadillo! i've pm'd him for you!
tan

 

Pellets, flakes, freeze dried and wafer.

 

Flakes, freeze-dried blood worms, shrimp pellets, spirulina pellets, and I'm currently trying some Mysis Shrimp from Omega One. My fish aren't too sure what to make of it, but I think that's because the pieces are a bit large. They will take 1 piece and suck on it and slowly eat it and then they don't eat anymore. They are high in fat as well as fiber, so they must be filling, but I think I'm gonna try and grind some into tiny pieces.

Oh and if you feed them the freeze-dried tubifex worms there is next to no chance of getting parasites (nothings impossible, but it's a MUCH smaller chance).

 

Please avoid using Tubifex. My fish loved it, but it gave them parasites. I read later some warnings of people who'd had similar experiences. Am still paying for trying to give them a treat - they're not out of the woods yet.

Thanks, Armadillo. I seem to recall reading of potential problems with tubifex as well. I think the risk depends on whether you are feeding live, frozen, or freeze dried...I don't recall for sure right now. I will be sure to research before actually getting any, IF I get any after checking them out more.

 

No probs. Mine were in the form of dried cubes. They simply devoured the stuff.

 

I keep flakes, color crisps, blood worms, brine shrimp, and I actually do keep live food of *oddly enough* mice, goldfish, guppies and other feeder fish.

The mice actually are a real treat for my Piranha. X3

 

Let's see... 2 types of tropical flakes, betta pellets, krill, African Cichlid Pellets, Oscar Pellets, Algae Wafers, Canivore sinking wafers, Shrimp Pellets....Yeah, I'm a walking pet store. LOL

 

:;z HI, to tan.b.....haven't seen your name up here for awhile!

I use crisps, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, baby brine shrimp frozen, brine shrimp, bloodworms frozen, and now a new one that has vitimans. I have algae and shrimp flakes that I grind up with crisps to make baby fry food....

 

I have fry crumble, trop flakes, sinking veggie pellets, freeze dried brine shrimp, and frozen blood worms.

 

I have trop flakes,veggie disks,homemade baby brine shrimp ice cubes,and a thing of frozen bloodworms. What does one use Shrimp Pellets for?

 

hikarI betta bites, algae wafers, shrimp pellets, tropical flakes, tropical crisps, cichlid pellets, cichlid algae pellets, bloodworms, frozen cichlid delight, and frozen brine shrimp.

Looks like the numbers really go up if you have multiple kinds of fish!

 

My picky Goldfish have 2 kinds of flakes, 2 kinds of pellets, a 3-day feeder, oranges, zucchini, lettuce, cabbage, and now I am going to try carrots! I have to mash up the flakes too. Oi! The little monsters.

 

OmegaOne Betta Flakes
OmegaOne Kelp Flakes
OmegaOne Algae Wafers
Freeze-dried blood worms
Tetra Generic Flakes (phasing these out)
Tetra Color Enhancement Flakes (ditto)
Generic Goldfish food (again, ditto)
HikarI Koi (I need to see if OmegaOne makes a koi food, because HikarI still uses fish meal)
Brine Shrimp
Homemade fish food
Veggies

 

I have algae wafers, live bearer flakes, tropical fish crisps, cichlid flakes, cichlid pellets, betta pellets, frozen brine shrimp, frozen emerald entre, frozen blood worms, and frozen glass worms. Geeeeeeeeez! These fish get more variety in their diet than I do!