i dont have marine fish and when i did i only had a couple of clowns and a Tang so... i guess i didnt wexperience these problems... and i have a variety of feeders that include Gold's , mollies, platys, guppies, tetras, and sometimes the ungly betta's from the last fry.
Live Fish As Food - Nutritional Value & Concerns
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ShouneN said:
A variety is always best so, you did great by your fish. Even if the copper, in comets, doesn't adversely affect your fish, the thiaminase can cause long-term detriment by blocking the fish's ability to absorb and process vitamin B1. So, the variety you offered them allowed the fish to recover and utilize B1.
I feed live microworms/wardley's cichlid crushed flakes to my fry and they grow much faster than if they get flakes alone.
--Jimmy
--Jimmy
Good Info. Now I will feed live prey more often to my fish such as blackworms or small fish and not just flakes and pellets. Thanks
im studying animal nutrition at varsity and the article is very concise.
im in total agreement in feeding predatory fish feeders.
i havea question though:
can you feed guppies to oscars?
im in total agreement in feeding predatory fish feeders.
i havea question though:
can you feed guppies to oscars?
I feed my 1 foot Jardini live food now since he only aquired taste is live food only. I starve him for 1 month and still only will eat live food, instead of koi pellets LOL. Mostly meal worms he will eat, shrimp only when he's hasn't been feed for 2-3 days, and also feed him beef heart, he likes beef heart more than shrimp. He will always eat about 8-10 meal worms every day if I feed him that often hehe. Can I still train him to eat pellets? What brand of pellets do you guy reccomend? I had him for 1 year now. and he's in a 60 gallon with my 5" frt.
That is some excellent info. I read an article somewhere that the skulls of the feeder goldfish impacted in the lionfish's digestive tract, and that was the reason you weren't sopposed to feed them live. Sounds weird, but could it be true?
lot of info thanks how ever i dont use live food when i wnat a new fish i buy several small ones an place then in a 10 gal tank give them feeder fish for a few wks then do a water change an dont feed for several days then i try cichlid pellets it works i have clown knifes ,silver arowanas and even tiger shovel nose cat fish that eat dry food , and all are less aggressive
