angel food

[basskid081990]

My angels are just starting to get decent size as ive had them about 6 months, and i was wonderingg if i should still be feeding flakes or if i should upgrade them to some kind of pellet or other. Their ALWAYS begging for food now even though i feed them about three times a day. They grew way faster than i thouht possible and this is my first attempt with angels.

 

[jclyde13]

Flakes are one of the worst foods you can give your fish, imo. Give them pellets like Omega One, Hikari, or NLS, and/or more natural foods like krill, brine/mysis shrimp, bloodworms, etc.

 

[basskid081990]

I do give bloodworms as treats, and they do pick at the occasional krill i give my buterfly fish from time to time, if i make them a bigger part of their die tdo you think theyll be more satisfied? Ill have to try smaller pellets next time im by the lfs.

 

[CichlidPharmer]

Flakes are fine. I feed my Angels exclusively with flakes once they get beyond dime size. From free swimmers to dime size I feed them newly hatched brine shrimp. I Start mixing in crushed flakes after about 4 weeks as free swimmers. I still have eight breeding pairs. I feed them once a day now and they still breed constantly.

 

[arowanas lover]

Flakes are one of the worst foods you can give your fish, imo. Give them pellets like Omega One, Hikari, or NLS, and/or more natural foods like krill, brine/mysis shrimp, bloodworms, etc.

how are flake bad? -.-

 

[jclyde13]

I do give bloodworms as treats, and they do pick at the occasional krill i give my buterfly fish from time to time, if i make them a bigger part of their die tdo you think theyll be more satisfied? Ill have to try smaller pellets next time im by the lfs.

Yes, that would definitely give them a healthier diet.

how are flake bad? -.-

For one thing, check the ingredients. Most of them are 80% fillers and <20% actual nutrition. And flakes tend to sink down to the bottom before the fish get to them, so they just decay and produce ammonia.

 

[FishFreak95]

I agree. Also because of large surface area to its small mass, it quickly looses most of the nutrition anyways.
angelfish will always be hungry, even if theyre full lol
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[everlastace]

They're beggers. Angels are notorious for not knowing when to stop eating. I had a friend that had one he would feed every time it begged and it died from over eating.

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