Fish food
It is important for owner to feed his fish properly. It is important for owner to know what his fish like to eat. Different species have different eating habit. Knowing what your fish like to eat can double your joy and satisfaction of keeping fish as pet. It is a good idea to serve commercial fish food to your fish. You can also include live food such as shrimp, dried brine, tubifex, and blood worms in your pet diet. The food of fish should be enriched with vitamins, macro nutrients, and trace elements. There are different types of fish food for different fish. Some of the fish foods are mentioned below to give you general idea.
Fish food:
1. Dried fish food: It is one of the popular foods of fish that is artificially manufactured for fish. This food is available in the form of pellets, flakes and sticks. It is also available in the tablet form.
2. Vacation fish food: This food is mostly used when the owner is going out on vacation. You can keep it the aquarium and it will release a small quantity of food every day. You should avoid its use in regular days as it can pollute the water of the aquarium.
3. Prepared fish food: This food consists is prepared by the aquarists. it is already in the form of consumption.
4. Frozen fish food: This includes mosquito larvae, tubiflex worms, blood worms, water fleas and brine shrimps.
5. Medicated Fish food: This food contains medicine in it and it is one of the best ways to provide medication to the fish. This food doesn’t contaminate the water in the aquarium.
6. Live food: This includes brine shrimp, earth worms, sludge worms, feeder fish, larvae, and micro worms.
Ensure that the fish are not overfed as overfeeding can cause death of fish. You should clean the aquarium regularly as food residue can spoil the quality of the water. Healthy fish food mainly includes Amino acids, fats and carbohydrates. It is advisable to check the ingredients of fish food before purchasing it.