Making your own fish food can be fun — if you like to make a mess in the kitchen. Homemade fish food can also be a less expensive alternative to flake foods. There are lots of recipes out there for homemade fish foods; most of them have similar ingredients in different proportions. Expect to mix up whole fish, vegetable matter, beef heart, and unflavored gelatin. This is an adaptation of a recipe I found at FishLore. Ingredients: Multivitamins (non coated) with vitamin C Unflavored gelatin Beef heart Spinach leaves without stems One small zucchini Several carrots Bait minnows or other … Continue reading →

You don’t have to run to the pet store if you want to feed your fish live food — you can raise your own at home! Some fish are predators that mainly eat other fish. So what can you feed them? Goldfish are a traditional feeder fish, but they are bony and have tough scales. Only very large predators can actually eat them! Guppies are smaller and softer, so more predators can enjoy the feast. However, guppies only have an average of thirty babies per month, so your predators may not get enough to eat or your bearing females may … Continue reading →