| What is the best fish food for your pets and or | | | | some Cheerios between my fingers and I fed the |
| for your tropical showcases of salt water fish? | | | | fish that food. They loved it, thrived on it so I |
| Everyone has a different opinion about this one. | | | | never went back to using regular fish food. These |
| But some have chosen their fish food merely by | | | | fish grew big, from tiny little feeding fish. So my |
| what the pet store tells them. That really limits | | | | Cheerios were successful. Do not try anything |
| you and limits your fish. If you are looking to | | | | that I write about as this was my own |
| grow, large, healthy, creative and unusually happy | | | | experience and I cannot guarantee it works for |
| fish, then you need to go one step above what | | | | you or your particular kind of fish. IF you were |
| the fish guy tells you. | | | | going to experiment with this, you might begin by |
| First you decide the purpose for your fish, the | | | | using your regular fish food and supplementing |
| reason why you purchased them or obtained | | | | with Cheerios. That is just a thought, not a |
| them other ways and then after you figure out | | | | suggestion or instruction. Good luck! |
| your purpose, you can then figure out the proper | | | | If you have a fish that has a good possibility to |
| food for them. Do you want regular, tiny fish | | | | grow larger and you want a large fish, you can |
| swimming in the tank, run of the mill fish? Or do | | | | begin feeding that fish tubifex and graduate to |
| you want prize fish, fish that look a little bigger, | | | | real earthworms as the fish gets larger. You can |
| fish that are a little more happier? Do you want | | | | have one astronautis oscellatus in your tank, that |
| to see your fish run to the top of the tank to | | | | you purchased when he was about half-inch long, |
| get their old, dried fish food or do you want them | | | | and by feeding and raising this fish properly, you |
| to eat more like they eat out in nature, in the | | | | can grow this same fish to be one or two feet |
| wild, by hunting for their own food, and getting | | | | big. Amazing growth for an amazing fish. We had |
| that exercise that this hunting gives to them? | | | | one like this and fed huge, large earthworms to |
| If you want the more natural feeding, then you | | | | him. The original fish cost us under two dollars and |
| would choose , live food. Next step below that | | | | grew to be quite a monster. |
| would be frozen food that was once live and last | | | | Remember when you are buying a fish, |
| but not least, is that dried food or flake food that | | | | sometimes you will pay next to nothing for the |
| comes in those round cylinders. | | | | fish itself. What brings the real expense to the |
| Here are things to consider when buying fish food: | | | | hobby of raising fish is the feeding, housing, |
| 1. Are your fish bottom feeders or top feeders? | | | | filtering of water and the decorative aspects of |
| Bottom feeders might enjoy food that will drop | | | | displaying the fish and tank. Hope this article |
| to the bottom and or float-either way. Buy some | | | | helped you. Read my other articles that will be |
| Tubifex live worms. The pet store guy will have | | | | published in the near future about fish food, |
| these in the refrigerator there. They look like | | | | feeding fish, raising guppies, and more specific |
| brownish, reddish messy ball of tiny string worms. | | | | articles about specific fish and fish-related hobbies. |
| They smell horribly but I gather the fish love this. | | | | The author has raised fish in the past, and has |
| If you drop a small ball in the tank your fish will | | | | had experience raising and caring for many |
| scurry up to get them immediately. | | | | different kinds of animals throughout the years of |
| 2. If you have salt water fish or tropical fish, you | | | | her life. Any and all questions, comments and |
| might want to try live brine shrimp as their meals. | | | | remarks are greatly appreciated. |
| Of course you can supplement any fish meals | | | | I write from the heart about many subjects, and |
| with dried or flake food also. | | | | the experience that I write about is from life. If |
| You can purchase brand name food or no-frills | | | | you read any pet articles here on my webpage, |
| food and your fish will survive just as well. So , | | | | most times, I have had those pets, raised them |
| how do I know this? I was raising some feeding | | | | or watched the pets for other people. |
| fish once, and I ran out of fish food. So I crushed | | | | |