e_watson09
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Well as many of you know feeding a variety of foods is really good for fish. Well I have a couple different foods for each tank that I have but I'd really like to add some more to the mix. I'll tell you about what is in each tank then what I am currently feeding it.....
I'll put the food I feed the most first then the frozen I usually feed once a day
50gal-Freshwater
This is my new project tank, I took this over after my mom pretty much abandon it for months. She had left the parrots and the pleco so then I worked around them and stocked the tank. I've only had control of this tank for a couple months but everyone is happy and healthy right now.
Stock: 3 Med Silver Dollars
3 Small Parrot Cichlids
3 Green Severm Cichlids
1 Common Pleco (5")
Food: Jack's Aquarium and Pets Cichlid Flakes
Wardley Cichlid Floating Pellets (med pellets)
Jack's Aquarium and Pets Seaweed Supreme (Green marine algae)
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How Often each food: They get fed 2-3 times per day.Generally I feed the flakes because most of the fish have too small of mouths for the pellets then once or twice a day, sometimes I'll throw in a couple of the cichlid pellets because some will eat them and if not they'll just go to waste. I give them a third of a cube of the formula two and then they get brine shrimp usually at night. Then they get a piece of the seaweed whenever I see it empty or think about it.
What do I plan to add already: I'm definitely going to be adding some algae wafers and some zuccinI for my pleco but other than that I'm open to suggestions.
10gal-Freshwater
This is my personal bedroom tank. It is a species tank so I only have balloon mollys in there. I'm also eventually going to have it be a heavily planted tank. One female just passed so I plan to add another after I find my test kit so I can make sure my water levels are safe.
Stock: 5 Balloon Mollys (two males, three females)
Food: Jack's Aquarium and Pets Tropical Flakes
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How often of each food: They get fed 3 or more times a day since I've noticed these fish have a very harty appatite I feed whenever I walk by really and I put a VERY small pinch of the flakes then they get 1/3 of the frozen food that I thaw out for all three tanks. On occasion I'll also give them some of the seaweed.
What do I plan to add already: As of now I'm I've been tossing around the idea of getting bloodworms but I'm not set on anything else for this tank.
150gal-Saltwater
This is my mom's tank so I really have no say in what she feeds but I plan to buy her atleast proper food because this tank needs help. I usually help feeding this tank because if I didn't I think they'd eat every other day or so. So don't get mad at me for what they eat I just feed what we have. Then I've also added some more food that I have for my other fish. The stocking list is not complete I do not know exactly what is in this tank.
Stock: 2 Ocellarus Clowns (not positive that's their exact breed I forget)
1 Tomato Clown
1 Spotted Grouper
1 Niger Trigger (again not sure that's what he looks like tho)
1 Sailfin tang
1 Yellow tang
1 Hippo tang
1 Soldier fish
1 Domino Damsel
1 Zebra Damsel
1 Sunset wrasse
and then countless inverts
Food: TetraMin Tropical Flakes
San Fransicos bay brand sally's Freeze Dried Krill
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How often each food: Well my mother always feed them the flakes and krill. Then when I go to feed frozen everyday I make enough for that tank as well. They have seemed to be much happier now that I've started feeding them the frozen everyday.
What do I plan to add already: I plan to change the tropical freshwater flakes to a marine flake and then I plan to keep the krill because my mom refuses to feed frozen. Then I think I'm going to go ahead and buy some frozen krill because I've heard it is healthier.
Some foods I've been tossing in the air about are...
-Frozen bloodworms to mix every once in a while with the brine shrimp
-Formula one for all my tanks
-Freeze dried blood worms to toss in the tank every once in a while when feeding since I only feed frozen once a day
-Small cichlid pellets or small tropical pellets (I'm kinda leaning towards tropical pellets) for my 50 gal
I'll put the food I feed the most first then the frozen I usually feed once a day
50gal-Freshwater
This is my new project tank, I took this over after my mom pretty much abandon it for months. She had left the parrots and the pleco so then I worked around them and stocked the tank. I've only had control of this tank for a couple months but everyone is happy and healthy right now.
Stock: 3 Med Silver Dollars
3 Small Parrot Cichlids
3 Green Severm Cichlids
1 Common Pleco (5")
Food: Jack's Aquarium and Pets Cichlid Flakes
Wardley Cichlid Floating Pellets (med pellets)
Jack's Aquarium and Pets Seaweed Supreme (Green marine algae)
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How Often each food: They get fed 2-3 times per day.Generally I feed the flakes because most of the fish have too small of mouths for the pellets then once or twice a day, sometimes I'll throw in a couple of the cichlid pellets because some will eat them and if not they'll just go to waste. I give them a third of a cube of the formula two and then they get brine shrimp usually at night. Then they get a piece of the seaweed whenever I see it empty or think about it.
What do I plan to add already: I'm definitely going to be adding some algae wafers and some zuccinI for my pleco but other than that I'm open to suggestions.
10gal-Freshwater
This is my personal bedroom tank. It is a species tank so I only have balloon mollys in there. I'm also eventually going to have it be a heavily planted tank. One female just passed so I plan to add another after I find my test kit so I can make sure my water levels are safe.
Stock: 5 Balloon Mollys (two males, three females)
Food: Jack's Aquarium and Pets Tropical Flakes
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How often of each food: They get fed 3 or more times a day since I've noticed these fish have a very harty appatite I feed whenever I walk by really and I put a VERY small pinch of the flakes then they get 1/3 of the frozen food that I thaw out for all three tanks. On occasion I'll also give them some of the seaweed.
What do I plan to add already: As of now I'm I've been tossing around the idea of getting bloodworms but I'm not set on anything else for this tank.
150gal-Saltwater
This is my mom's tank so I really have no say in what she feeds but I plan to buy her atleast proper food because this tank needs help. I usually help feeding this tank because if I didn't I think they'd eat every other day or so. So don't get mad at me for what they eat I just feed what we have. Then I've also added some more food that I have for my other fish. The stocking list is not complete I do not know exactly what is in this tank.
Stock: 2 Ocellarus Clowns (not positive that's their exact breed I forget)
1 Tomato Clown
1 Spotted Grouper
1 Niger Trigger (again not sure that's what he looks like tho)
1 Sailfin tang
1 Yellow tang
1 Hippo tang
1 Soldier fish
1 Domino Damsel
1 Zebra Damsel
1 Sunset wrasse
and then countless inverts
Food: TetraMin Tropical Flakes
San Fransicos bay brand sally's Freeze Dried Krill
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two (FROZEN)
San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's Brine Shimp (FROZEN)
How often each food: Well my mother always feed them the flakes and krill. Then when I go to feed frozen everyday I make enough for that tank as well. They have seemed to be much happier now that I've started feeding them the frozen everyday.
What do I plan to add already: I plan to change the tropical freshwater flakes to a marine flake and then I plan to keep the krill because my mom refuses to feed frozen. Then I think I'm going to go ahead and buy some frozen krill because I've heard it is healthier.
Some foods I've been tossing in the air about are...
-Frozen bloodworms to mix every once in a while with the brine shrimp
-Formula one for all my tanks
-Freeze dried blood worms to toss in the tank every once in a while when feeding since I only feed frozen once a day
-Small cichlid pellets or small tropical pellets (I'm kinda leaning towards tropical pellets) for my 50 gal