Fish food record?

[NetMax]

This must be a record. My basement tank (120g) is covered in fish-food
packages (in various states of depletion). I have a lot of different
mouths to feed in this tank, but there were so many packages, that I
thought I'd write them down as further evidence of my addiction to this
hobby (in case more compelling evidence was even ever needed ;o).

1) Goldfish & Koi sticks (which no one likes, but it was cheap)
2) staple flake food (2 types)
3) Nutrafin max complete pellet food (mini floating)
4) Hikari sinking carnivore pellets
5) Hikari cichlid staple medium
6) Hikari cichlid complete
7) Hikari cichlid gold mini
8) a lead weight for zucchini
9) and in the freezer (still for this one tank) is brine shrimp (Sally's
I think, sometimes Hikari Bio-Pure). I have frozen daphnia (which no one
eats, and I'm out of bloodworms).

So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms or
earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind of
record?

In case you are wondering why so many foods:
Frontosa 4) 5) 9) & worms
C.Moori 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 9)
Leleupis 2) 3) 6) 7) 9)
Bristlenose 8)
Pictus everything
Platys 2) 3) 9)
...and I keep 2) and 3) on a twice daily automatic feeder *whew*.

NetMax

[Victor M. Martinez]

NetMax > wrote:
>So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms or
>earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind of
>record?

Let's see, for my 110 g I have:
Tetra pro flakes
New life spectrum pellets
Hikari bottom-feeder pellets
Hikari algae wafers
Tetra tropical tablets
crab bites
Hikari Daphnia (dry)
Hikari bloodworms (dry)
3 kinds of Bioblend foods (these are new and so far fish don't like them)
frozen bloodworms
frozen brine shrimp
frozen white mosquito larvae
frozen daphnia
frozen freshwater omnivore blend

Did I mention I like to feed a variety of things? :) I figure no food is 100%
complete in all the trace elements and such, so I just mix all kinds of things.


--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

[NetMax]

"Victor M. Martinez" > wrote in message
...
> NetMax > wrote:
> >So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms or
> >earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind of
> >record?
>
> Let's see, for my 110 g I have:
> Tetra pro flakes
> New life spectrum pellets
> Hikari bottom-feeder pellets
> Hikari algae wafers
> Tetra tropical tablets
> crab bites
> Hikari Daphnia (dry)
> Hikari bloodworms (dry)
> 3 kinds of Bioblend foods (these are new and so far fish don't like
them)
> frozen bloodworms
> frozen brine shrimp
> frozen white mosquito larvae
> frozen daphnia
> frozen freshwater omnivore blend
>
> Did I mention I like to feed a variety of things? :) I figure no food
is 100%
> complete in all the trace elements and such, so I just mix all kinds of
things.

After reading this, I went out and bought more food, Spirulina sticks
from Nutrafin. You are still way ahead of me though, but that's alright,
you can hold the record ;~).

NetMax

> --
> Victor M. Martinez
>
> http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
>

[Tedd]

geesh... after reading all these lists i'm left feeling woefully
inadequate... two foods for all 4 of my tanks and one goldfish bowl.

i gotta talk to the wife about this, i'm behind the times here. ;)

tedd.


"Jim Brown" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> NetMax > wrote in message
> ...
> > This must be a record. My basement tank (120g) is covered in fish-food
> > packages (in various states of depletion). I have a lot of different
> > mouths to feed in this tank, but there were so many packages, that I
> > thought I'd write them down as further evidence of my addiction to this
> > hobby (in case more compelling evidence was even ever needed ;o).
> >
> > 1) Goldfish & Koi sticks (which no one likes, but it was cheap)
> > 2) staple flake food (2 types)
> > 3) Nutrafin max complete pellet food (mini floating)
> > 4) Hikari sinking carnivore pellets
> > 5) Hikari cichlid staple medium
> > 6) Hikari cichlid complete
> > 7) Hikari cichlid gold mini
> > 8) a lead weight for zucchini
> > 9) and in the freezer (still for this one tank) is brine shrimp (Sally's
> > I think, sometimes Hikari Bio-Pure). I have frozen daphnia (which no
one
> > eats, and I'm out of bloodworms).
> >
> > So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms or
> > earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind of
> > record?
> >
> > In case you are wondering why so many foods:
> > Frontosa 4) 5) 9) & worms
> > C.Moori 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 9)
> > Leleupis 2) 3) 6) 7) 9)
> > Bristlenose 8)
> > Pictus everything
> > Platys 2) 3) 9)
> > ..and I keep 2) and 3) on a twice daily automatic feeder *whew*.
> >
> > NetMax
> >
> >
>
> For one tank, even with bigger Rift Lake cichlids, I will bow to your
> record.
> Around here, there are more tanks, smaller than yours. Top of my head:
> 3 flakes (shrimp, earthworm, mixture)
> 5 pellets (2 catfish, 2 cichlid, 1 community)
> 3 granules-special private label guppy food
> 2 kinds of squash
> 3 frozen foods (brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, bloodworm)
> 4 home made foods (beefheart, liver, clam, earthworm)
> 2 types of algae wafers
> 2 freeze dried (tubifex, brine shrimp)
> raw shrimp, clams, octopus, squid
> 4 different live worm cultures
> new hatched baby brine shrimp
> cull guppies for the pike cichlids and the Jack Dempsey's
>
> At the best, I could cut back to just two foods (Baby brine shrimp, frozen
> bloodworms) if I converted the fishroom to a Betta hatchery and sold off
> everything else.
> But that's not gonna happen ;-)
>
> Jim
>
>

[bassett]

So do you donate to the "Freedom from Hunger Campaign"

NetMax > wrote in message
> After reading this, I went out and bought more food, Spirulina sticks
> from Nutrafin. You are still way ahead of me though, but that's alright,
> you can hold the record ;~).
>
> NetMax

> "Victor M. Martinez" > wrote in message
> > >So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms or
> > >earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind of
> > >record?
> >
> > Let's see, for my 110 g I have:
> > Tetra pro flakes
> > New life spectrum pellets
> > Hikari bottom-feeder pellets
> > Hikari algae wafers
> > Tetra tropical tablets
> > crab bites
> > Hikari Daphnia (dry)
> > Hikari bloodworms (dry)
> > 3 kinds of Bioblend foods (these are new and so far fish don't like
> them)
> > frozen bloodworms
> > frozen brine shrimp
> > frozen white mosquito larvae
> > frozen daphnia
> > frozen freshwater omnivore blend
> >
> > Did I mention I like to feed a variety of things? :) I figure no food
> is 100%
> > complete in all the trace elements and such, so I just mix all kinds of
> things.
>
> >
> > --
> > Victor M. Martinez
> >
> > http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
> >
>
>

[NetMax]

The subject is variety, not quantity. I probably feed my fish less in
total than the average hobbyist.

NetMax

"bassett" > wrote in message
...
> So do you donate to the "Freedom from Hunger Campaign"
>
> NetMax > wrote in message
> > After reading this, I went out and bought more food, Spirulina sticks
> > from Nutrafin. You are still way ahead of me though, but that's
alright,
> > you can hold the record ;~).
> >
> > NetMax
>
> > "Victor M. Martinez" > wrote in message
> > > >So that's 9 foods for one tank (10 or 11 if I count the bloodworms
or
> > > >earthworms I occasionally throw in there ;~). Is this some kind
of
> > > >record?
> > >
> > > Let's see, for my 110 g I have:
> > > Tetra pro flakes
> > > New life spectrum pellets
> > > Hikari bottom-feeder pellets
> > > Hikari algae wafers
> > > Tetra tropical tablets
> > > crab bites
> > > Hikari Daphnia (dry)
> > > Hikari bloodworms (dry)
> > > 3 kinds of Bioblend foods (these are new and so far fish don't like
> > them)
> > > frozen bloodworms
> > > frozen brine shrimp
> > > frozen white mosquito larvae
> > > frozen daphnia
> > > frozen freshwater omnivore blend
> > >
> > > Did I mention I like to feed a variety of things? :) I figure no
food
> > is 100%
> > > complete in all the trace elements and such, so I just mix all
kinds of
> > things.
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Victor M. Martinez
> > >
> > > http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Jim Brown]

Wellman > wrote in message
...
> I'm nowhere near a record, but this is the food I have:
>
snipped
>
> I also have bbs when I have fry, and powdered fry food. And I'm thinking
of
> buying some frozen food, probably bloodworms. I'd also like to have a
> vinegar eel colony for my fry but I haven't been able to find out
where/how
> to get the starter colony.
>
> Martin
>

Vinegar eels are a RPITA to harvest. Opt for microworms instead.

Jim