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Gathering Your Own Fish Food

Really, I’m almost done with fish for a while. For an animal so small, there’s a whole lot to say on the subject! If you want to feed your fish live foods, you have several options. You can buy live food from your local pet store (this can be very expensive). You can raise your own live food. You can also go out and find live food to feed your fish! Collecting fish food can be fun. What you’ll need to collect your own fish food: A fine-mesh net with a long handle. Wading boots if you don’t want your … Continue reading →

Making Your Own Fish Food

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 →

Raising Your Own Fish Food

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 →

Different Types of Fish Food

We’ve looked at the basics — flake fish food, frozen fish food, live fish food, and freeze dried fish food. But there are a lot of different types of fish food that fall under those main headings. Algae wafers were developed specifically for bottom feeders like cory cats and silver dollars. Other herbivorous fish will also enjoy the occasional algae wafer. Wait to add algae wafers to your tank until your daily tank lights go off — that way your bottom feeders won’t have to compete with your top dwelling fish. Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae that makes … Continue reading →

Fish Food Basics

Flake fish food is easy to use. The flakes will float on the surface while the fish eat; for bottom dwelling fish, you’ll want offer food that sinks like algae wafers or pellets. Flake fish food is a good primary food source not only for the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients — flake food is easy on the digestive system. Flake food does go bad after six months or so, so those jumbo containers aren’t always a good deal. Stick to smaller containers if you can. Some of the top brands of flake foods include Aquarian, Tetra, and Wardley. Live fish … Continue reading →