How to add a varied diet for my fish

i've heard that having a varied diet is better for fish's health and was wondering what i should feed my fish to supplement their normal foods, i'm currently feeding gouramis Fluval bug bites flakes "betta formula" as gouramis and bettas are the same family so i assumed it would be good for them, and my corys i just bought get Sera "tropical crisps" for bottom feeders. i would like to add some variation to their diet. also i'm not going to do live food because then i have to go to the trouble to KEEP it alive, but frozen foods would be ok. would corys and gouramis both appreciate frozen-thawed blood worms? any other suggestions for either group of fish? i'm planning on getting some neon tetras and otocinclus later on, so any suggestions for those would be good. i've heard of people feeding otos cucumber and zucchini, do you need to blanch it or can you just wash any pesticides off and throw it in?

 

First off i've never had a fish that didn't go crazy for frozen bloodworms, and with my otos/cories i tend to go between algae wafers, spinach, cucumber, romaine lettuce, zucchini and repashy soilent green. And the cories love bloodworms and other frozen foods as well.

But other frozen foods i feed include frozen SF Bay/Hikari Freshwater Frenzy, Emerald Entrée, and Spirulina Brine Shrimp, and Mysis Shrimp and i also keep a variety of staple dry foods like new life spectrum and sera O nip tabs that i switch around during the week.

Also side note: some folks are allergic to bloodworms. Take a guess how i know.

 

First off i've never had a fish that didn't go crazy for frozen bloodworms, and with my otos/cories i tend to go between algae wafers, spinach, cucumber, romaine lettuce, zucchini and repashy soilent green. And the cories love bloodworms and other frozen foods as well.

But other frozen foods i feed include frozen SF Bay/Hikari Freshwater Frenzy, Emerald Entrée, and Spirulina Brine Shrimp, and Mysis Shrimp and i also keep a variety of staple dry foods like new life spectrum and sera O nip tabs that i switch around during the week.

Also side note: some folks are allergic to bloodworms. Take a guess how i know.

So people can be allergic to bloodworms. Have you ever had a problem with fish being allergic to them or just humans?

 

First off i've never had a fish that didn't go crazy for frozen bloodworms, and with my otos/cories i tend to go between algae wafers, spinach, cucumber, romaine lettuce, zucchini and repashy soilent green. And the cories love bloodworms and other frozen foods as well.

But other frozen foods i feed include frozen SF Bay/Hikari Freshwater Frenzy, Emerald Entrée, and Spirulina Brine Shrimp, and Mysis Shrimp and i also keep a variety of staple dry foods like new life spectrum and sera O nip tabs that i switch around during the week.

Also side note: some folks are allergic to bloodworms. Take a guess how i know.

That's a great diet. One thing Cories are 95% on the carnivorious side (that's why they love bloodworms) and Oto's like a bit of.protein food as well

 

That's a great diet. One thing Cories are 95% on the carnivorious side (that's why they love bloodworms) and Oto's like a bit of.protein food as well

Always thought their diet leaned more toward herbivore, I'm going to increase their diet with more protein. But to be honest they always the first at the table for the majority of the brine shrimp/bloodworm.

 

Always thought their diet leaned more toward herbivore, I'm going to increase their diet with more protein. But to be honest they always to to be the first a the table for the majority of the brine shrimp/bloodworm.

Just received my new load of dry food

 

So people can be allergic to bloodworms. Have you ever had a problem with fish being allergic to them or just humans?

Never heard of fish only people.
I tend to get a bit itchy after touching them, so i put on gloves and feed with tongs.

 

First off i've never had a fish that didn't go crazy for frozen bloodworms, and with my otos/cories i tend to go between algae wafers, spinach, cucumber, romaine lettuce, zucchini and repashy soilent green. And the cories love bloodworms and other frozen foods as well.

But other frozen foods i feed include frozen SF Bay/Hikari Freshwater Frenzy, Emerald Entrée, and Spirulina Brine Shrimp, and Mysis Shrimp and i also keep a variety of staple dry foods like new life spectrum and sera O nip tabs that i switch around during the week.

Also side note: some folks are allergic to bloodworms. Take a guess how i know.

Do you need to blanch veggies for the fish or not?

 

Do you need to blanch veggies for the fish or not?

I always do. To soften them and so they sink, sometimes I'll use a skewer to keep to from floating.