what do u feed your fish, home made or processed foods

Phil dublin

i was never a fan of processed foods.

so im wondering what kinda food do others give there fish apart from the mainstream daily flake and pellets

i like to use some veggies.!

peas, lettuce , brussel sprouts , cucumber,

also shel fish. boiled rice.

im also breeding some white worms at the mo. earthworms

i once read about useing some boiled egg yolks for fry.

Rangi

It depends what your fish are.
Whiteworms are good,but feed them sparingly,once a week say,as they are very fatty. Earthworms are keenly taken by a lot of species. As soon as I put them,or erthworm flakes and pellets,in the tank,the fish go bonkers,particularly corys. Havn't tried rice,and probably wouldn't. Peas,and most green veg are taken,especially by various plecs.

fred funk }{

I feed mine a lot of different types of food including, flake, pellets, frozen shrimp, krill and blood worm occasionally.

When I used to have lots of different plecos, they got fresh cucumber, lettuce and courgette.

Degsy

My oscars love chicken,steak,earthworms and banana!

soap1978

Degsy wrote: »

My oscars love chicken,steak,earthworms and banana!

eaten better then me

Phil dublin

im tryn to find a food that will sink down for my dwarf cichlids, they dont come up for the flakes.

any ideas.

kylith

Pellets for the betta, soaked goldfish sticks for the goldfish, and soaked flakes for the tetras and gouramis. I've seen some midge larvae in the tanks too, so I reckon those are getting eaten as well.

Phil dublin

loads a cool foods.

my dad used to feed my oscar chicken balls.

blended breast and rolled in to little balls.

fungun

pellets, granules, flakes, the odd bit of bloodworm.

Used to have a bin swarming with daphnia and feed them every now and again, but it got so manky that i couldnt really put the water in my tank so i just let it go....

Phil dublin

fungun wrote: »

pellets, granules, flakes, the odd bit of bloodworm.

Used to have a bin swarming with daphnia and feed them every now and again, but it got so manky that i couldnt really put the water in my tank so i just let it go....

i was think of starting that myself.
was it hard ?

fungun

nope was really easy, just bought a starter pack of them for 1 euro or sth and chucked them in a bin full of water - nothing easier!
Only problem was algae in the bin, i prob should have covered it or sth

norrie rugger

My clown loaches decimate any meat or cucumber.
The Kribs will eat any meat but go crazy for ham.

Cucumber, cooked peas, letteuce all get eaten by the others

Phil dublin

my cribs, seemed to like the bolied rice.
havent tried ham since my oscar. but then again that oscar would eat anything!
used to give him the bread the odd time.

tyn to find a nice sinkn food for my cribs and drawfs.

norrie rugger

Oh and my plecos LOVE chicken

fungun

im impressed by the amount of non-flake/pellet foods. are there any bad stories though of fish not going near the food and you having to take it back out with a net.....cos thats what happened with me last time I tried it with something 'different'!

Phil dublin

sure theres always going to be a risk of the food not been taking right away.
if you put in a lot of new food and its not eatn, u will have to remove it. same as flake food.

i tried some ham today, my angles and cribs went made for it,

i guess its down to trail and error. if u try it in very small portions there wont be much risk to the tank if the foods not eatn.

when im tryn new foods, i feed a smaller portion of flake food, then add a little bit of my new food that i wana test.

Phil dublin

norrie rugger wrote: »

My clown loaches decimate any meat or cucumber.
The Kribs will eat any meat but go crazy for ham.

Cucumber, cooked peas, letteuce all get eaten by the others

ur were right my cribs liked the ham. ! they didnt wana share it.!:D

fred funk }{

I'd be cautious of some food you guys are giving your fish. Just because they eat it doesn't mean it's not harmful. Processed food has all sorts of ingredients that aren't meant for fish. If anything, try keep it natural.

fungun

yeah they didnt like my chicken curry :P

Phil dublin

fungun wrote: »

yeah they didnt like my chicken curry :P

lol. :D:D:D:D

Phil dublin

fred funk }{ wrote: »

I'd be cautious of some food you guys are giving your fish. Just because they eat it doesn't mean it's not harmful. Processed food has all sorts of ingredients that aren't meant for fish. If anything, try keep it natural.

yea very true. thats why i stick to mostly raw veggies n fruit.

and qualty meats, little bits of boiled chickn, ham, crap. ect.

i would never try foods outa cans. or food Processed to hell and back.

Silverfish

The goldies get Hikari pellets, brine shrimp, bloodworm, daphnia, spinach, peas, algae mix, spirulina, seaweed etc

The shrimps get shrimp food, shrimp treats, the odd pea, daphnia, boiled carrot etc

The kribs get daph, bloodworm, brine shrimp, cichlid pellets etc

The rasboras get tetra min baby food and daphnia.

The snail tank gets lettuce, cucumber, spinach, algae wafers etc.

So a lot of home made and some specific fish food.

I'd be wary of feeding them anything that they shouldn't really be eating, I keep thinking of that oscar that got addicted to kitkats and wouldn't eat anything else.

chris139ryan

have all my fish on a mixture of frozen bloodworms and that jbl logs, they seem to be doing great on it

Phil dublin

Silverfish wrote: »

The goldies get Hikari pellets, brine shrimp, bloodworm, daphnia, spinach, peas, algae mix, spirulina, seaweed etc

The shrimps get shrimp food, shrimp treats, the odd pea, daphnia, boiled carrot etc

The kribs get daph, bloodworm, brine shrimp, cichlid pellets etc

The rasboras get tetra min baby food and daphnia.

The snail tank gets lettuce, cucumber, spinach, algae wafers etc.

So a lot of home made and some specific fish food.

I'd be wary of feeding them anything that they shouldn't really be eating, I keep thinking of that oscar that got addicted to kitkats and wouldn't eat anything else.

that oscar that got addicted to kitkats!!! lmao

Phil dublin

chris139ryan wrote: »

have all my fish on a mixture of frozen bloodworms and that jbl logs, they seem to be doing great on it

whats jbl logs?

paddy147

Can you feed Discuss peas?

And if so,what type of pea?

fresh,processed,cooked or uncooked,or frozen??

Silverfish

Pretty sure you can, they're a laxative for fish so really should be fed sparingly, I feed them once every two weeks / once a month just to keep things regular!


Fresh or frozen garden peas, boiled until softish, take the skin off, squeeze it a bit and drop it in. Don't use canned or processed peas, too much salt / sugar.
Then prepare for bright green poo.


Oh yeah, and it wasn't an oscar, it was a giant gourami.

Also a guy I know rescued a sick betta there a while back.
Asked the owner what they'd been feeding it, and they said '...um.... biscuits'.

Phil dublin

kitkats and biscuts! idont even know how to respond to that.

im in knots laughting right now, but its really not funny at all.

i have to post that link on facebook.