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Feeding Marine Fish
Fish naturally divide into various types of feeders - damselfishes,clown fishes and gobies, for example, are filter feeders, almost automatically passing minute particles of food into their stomachs.angs are grazers; butterfly fishes are pickers; angelfishes both graze handpick; triggers, lion fishes and groupers are predators; and wrasses and goat fishes are scavengers. Some fish are vegetarian - tangs in particular -whereas some are carnivorous, such as lion fishes; most are omnivorous,taking a range of foods. Fulfilling all the marine fishes' natural dietary demands in the home aquarium is not always easy, especially bearing in mind the need to carefully monitor feeding levels and to ensure that no excess food is ever introduced into the system. Not only is it vital never to leave uneaten food in the water because of pollution, but it is also important not to allow the fish to over-indulge themselves. Ensuring that shyer fish get their fair share of food to meet their dietary requirements, while there are more aggressive fish eating everything available, is quite a skill, and one that every successful marine fish keeper needs to develop.Some fish are nocturnal in their natural habitats, for example, and these may not he so willing to venture out into the brightly lit open areas of the aquarium to take their share of the food available. Many of the fish in the home aquarium, such as damsels, clowns,wrasses, most angels, a few butterflies and most tangs, will readily take either flake or granular food. These are obviously the most convenient of foodstuffs as far as the Aquarius is concerned, but even if all the tank's inhabitants take them readily, it is important to vary the diet by also feeding a range of frozen foods. As well as being fresher and richer in vitamins, which are important for the fishes' well-being, such foods also offer a variety of tastes, textures and shapes that a single processed food cannot provide. Frozen foods can be bought as individual types, such as Mystics, brine shrimp, lance fish, mussel meat, etc., or preferably as complete diets. If access to frozen food is impossible, it is important to feed a variety of different dry foods, and to add a vitamin supplement more often than if using frozen foods. Freeze-dried krill, bloodworm, and Grammars shrimps can all he used as additions to flake and granules. As with freshwater fishes, the frozen and freeze-dried foods for marine fishes provide a safe and disease-free way of feeding. A yellow tang and an angelfish investigate lettuce leaves veiled down with magnetic cleaner pad. They will graze on algae and take other vegetable foods. Soften lettuce and spinach by blanching in boiling water. A cube boxfish takes some shellfish meat from its owner's hand - a sign of confidence for both parties.You can buy frozen shellfish meat from your aquarium dealer and thaw out pieces as required. These foods are convenient and disease-free. These typical frozen foods can be safely fed to suitable marine fishes. The yare supplied in flat frozen packs that keep for several months in the freezer. Break off a piece of the food when needed, thaw it out and fe edit to your fish. This is Amphiprostyle, one of the chocolate,or seabed, clown fishes. These delightful and fascinating marine fishes will accept aide range of small live foods, fish and meat based foods, vegetable foods and flakes in the aquarium. |
Fish Care Tips
Anemone Fish
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Apart from propagating their line, marine fish spend their lives either finding food or ensuring that they are not part of another fish's meal. Usually there is no shortage of either choice or quantity of food available, because the coral reefs represent an almost perfect model of a well-balanced food chain.