What do you feed your fish?

After reading the 'discus - possible HITH' thread, I was wondering what
others out there do to ensure a proper diet for their fish.

I buy and mix my foods. I will include a quality general mix in (small
grain), freeze dried bloodworms and a spirulina based vegetable grain in my
blend. I kept one old food container and mix equal amounts of the three.
Then I feed the mixture during feeding time. I also suppliment every other
night with sinking algae wafers for my nocturnal ones.

In the mornings, before lights are on, a mixture of Hikari sinking
wafers and alage wafers (lots of bottom feeders in my 110g). Sometime
after, a mix of frozen foods: brine and mysis shrimp, and bloodworms.
About twice a month they get spirulina flakes.
The little tank gets hikari sinking wafers for the shrimp and hikari
small food for the tetras. Both once a day.

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It's enjoyable to watch the bigger cichlids go after live feeder fish
on occasion. Bloodworms are good, tubifex are nice also, and a quality
flake staple food. Variety is good.

I feed my tetras Spectrum small pellets on four days a week. I feed
Ocean Nutrition algae flakes twice a week. Finally, once a week, I
feed a frozen food (brine, bloodworms, or one of the other cubes I
have).

I also supplement with sinking shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and small,
dried planktons.

And every once in a while, I'll throw in a soft insect from outside.
If I have a zuccinni, I'll throw that in there too overnight.

I think variety is very important. This keeps them happy.

I have a pond that I grow snails in for my puffer.
I feed my oscar mainly from my woody and earth worm cultures
My octopus gets fresh crabs
and I make up batches of frozen/dry food custom for my other tanks.

Tailor made is way to go

"Fishman" wrote in message
news:Qff4f.1124$oy3.515@trnddc04...
After reading the 'discus - possible HITH' thread, I was wondering what
others out there do to ensure a proper diet for their fish.

I buy and mix my foods. I will include a quality general mix in (small
grain), freeze dried bloodworms and a spirulina based vegetable grain in
my
blend. I kept one old food container and mix equal amounts of the three.
Then I feed the mixture during feeding time. I also suppliment every
other
night with sinking algae wafers for my nocturnal ones.


http://www.mreed.com/dryfoods.shtml

Angel & Discus Power Flakes

The fish love it.

bob

alternate flake food: freeze dried brine shrimp flakes, and three
varieties of tropical fish flake food. once a week frozen bloodworms.
occasional tubifex worms.
teri

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:15:41 -0700, "Robert Flory"
wrote:


"Fishman" wrote in message
news:Qff4f.1124$oy3.515@trnddc04...
After reading the 'discus - possible HITH' thread, I was wondering what
others out there do to ensure a proper diet for their fish.

I buy and mix my foods. I will include a quality general mix in (small
grain), freeze dried bloodworms and a spirulina based vegetable grain in
my
blend. I kept one old food container and mix equal amounts of the three.
Then I feed the mixture during feeding time. I also suppliment every
other
night with sinking algae wafers for my nocturnal ones.


http://www.mreed.com/dryfoods.shtml

Angel & Discus Power Flakes

The fish love it.

bob


I feed my fish Tetramin "Tropical Flakes." If the measure is how
quickly they "attack" the food, then my "fish love it."

Not that I am going to change my fish diets, but I am curious, what
results are you judging that "Power Flakes", "spirulina" or other
feed such as "blood worms" , etc. to go for these alternate foods?

My tanks have been up for 2 to 3 years and the fish sure seem to like
the flakes. My one 5 inch black angel fights with the aggressive SAEs
to hog the floating flakes. The rest dash around mid or bottom tank
to get the leavings.

dick

"Fishman" wrote in message
news:Qff4f.1124$oy3.515@trnddc04...
After reading the 'discus - possible HITH' thread, I was wondering what
others out there do to ensure a proper diet for their fish.

I buy and mix my foods. I will include a quality general mix in (small
grain), freeze dried bloodworms and a spirulina based vegetable grain in
my
blend. I kept one old food container and mix equal amounts of the three.
Then I feed the mixture during feeding time. I also suppliment every
other
night with sinking algae wafers for my nocturnal ones.


I feed my small tangs twice a day. I alternate between vegetable based and
higher protein dried foods in the morning. In the evening I alternate
between frozen brine shrimp and frozen cichlid mix.

-Jon