Fish food

Now we have the aquarium set up and know what the rules of a good maintenance are. Next is the food. What you feed them is also very important. In the past the fish hobbyist prepared their own fish food. Nowadays this is not necessary as you can find fish food in every pet store.

The quality of the food is very important; you don’t want your fish to be eating junk food. You must provide your fish with all the nutrients they require, their diet is as important as your own.

Types of fish food

There are three types of fish food available on the market. All you need do is figure out what type is the best for your fish. Tropical fish can be fed with any of the following: live foods, frozen foods, freeze dried food, flake, tablet, and pellet food.

Live foods

Live food is a real feast for your tropical fish. The food that you introduce in the tank must be fresh and good. The main live foods given to tropical fish are:

Brine shrimp - provides good roughage.
Daphnia - is a good supplementary food, and can be fed every 7 days.
Feeder goldfish - it can be given to Piranhas and Lionfish.
Worms - Black or white
Insects (Drosophila) - they can be used to stimulate spawning.

Frozen food

Frozen foods are very high in protein and fats. There are a lot of varieties of frozen food for tropical fish: krill, plankton, squid, vegetable-based foods, other meat-based products. (Frozen foods are a very good supplement for your fish.)

Freeze dried food

Freeze-dried foods have the advantage because they retain all the nutrients of live food. It is not recommended to feed the fish only with freeze dried food because it can lack vitamins. So in order to have healthy fish you have to mix the types of food.

Flake, tablet and pellet food

This type of food is the most commonly used because it is inexpensive and it very well balanced in nutrients. Flakes are very easy to use; they float on the surface of the water. Flakes can be the primary source of food for tropical fish. If you have species of fish that don’t come to the surface, you can use pellets for them.

Rules of feeding

Feeding the fish is not as simple as you think. You must pay attention not to overfeed the fish. Nobody wants to have fat fish in their aquarium. Also it is very bad for the water, because uneaten food pollutes. So try to give enough food that can be eaten in 2-5 minutes.

Try to vary the food, mixing flake food with frozen food. Most fish do well with a diet consisting of dry flake food. Pay attention from where you purchase the live food, it must be of good quality so that the fish do not catch any disease.

You should feed your fish two or three times a day, in small amounts. The timing is not important. When feeding the fish you should take into consideration the dietary types for fish.

Homemade fish food

Ingredients

11.0229 lb – beef heart
1.1023lb – shrimp
2.2046 lb – spinach
1.1023lb – salad
2.2046 lb – bananas
2.2046 lb – apples
1.1023lb – carrots
2-3 tablets of vitamin, calcium, spirulina

Preparation:

Take away the fat from the beef heart and slice the meat in small pieces about 2-3 cm. Wash the vegetables and then slice them in to small pieces. Mix all the ingredients in a blender until you have a fine paste. Mix the vitamins calcium and spirulina with the paste. Place in freezer. Once frozen slice it in 0.5 mm pieces and give to the fish.

Bon appétit !