What is a lve food
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What kind of fish are you keeping?
I don't use feeders at all anymore after reading up here at MFK. It seems the disadvantages and risks far outweigh any benefits. I do use several types of (thawed) frozen foods and supplement with flakes, pellets and tablets.
A lot of keepers here do use feeders and they are very successful. I wouldn't recommend them though without a lot of experience and research.
Good luck...
I don't use feeders at all anymore after reading up here at MFK. It seems the disadvantages and risks far outweigh any benefits. I do use several types of (thawed) frozen foods and supplement with flakes, pellets and tablets.
A lot of keepers here do use feeders and they are very successful. I wouldn't recommend them though without a lot of experience and research.
Good luck...
Preferably, none. Most fish will take to prepared foods. Pellets are always best as a staple.
However, you could always breed your own convicts.
However, you could always breed your own convicts.
Juxtaroberto;4723812; said:
This is false. But for the OP Oscars and LMB. I would suggest pellets being roughly 80% with nightcrawlers and Crickets being 2 very good options for live foods. Oscars being particularly sensitive to HLLE/HITH due to thiasmine issues ( which is why goldfish and rosy minnows are discouraged in general other then the disease/over all health of these fish)
I would avoid frogs unless you are 100% sure of their health and species as some are toxic. amphibians skin will "soak" up any toxins in the waters they come from, which can and will be passed onto your fish.
crawdads are acceptable as long as they are captive raised/propigated as well for poison concerns.
There is some great info stickyed on this site for further info.
Since "feeder" is a poorly defined term which, to some means goldfish and to others may mean anything alive that is fed to another animal, we've got to be more clear here. Goldfish and all cyprinids are not appropriate staple foods for tropical fish. They contain thiaminase and are not raised to be free of parasites and other diseases. Non-goldfish feeders are also usually raised poorly and should be used with extreme prejudice. But live foods like worms and bugs and non-cyprinid feeder fish raised in good conditions and known to be free of trouble can be a great part of the aquarium fish's diet.
A variety of foods is always better than sticking exclusively on one food. It does not make feeding exclusively on commercial foods alone any better than to include fresh foods such as molluscs, crustaceans and vegetables depending on the dietary requirements of your fish, be it herbivores, carnivores, etc.
Liljag, please state the kind of fish you have so we can recommend you what you may feed your fish. Feeding live fish (unless you are able to breed them on your own and without risk of cross contaminating with parasites and harmful bacteria) is not really an acceptable practice. As already mentioned, a lot of feeder fish in question most particularly goldfish and rosy reds do contain high levels of thiaminase that discourages vitamin absorption which would have been beneficial for your fish's development.
In general, you must make sure your sources are clean of contaminants especially toxic chemicals, parasites and other things that can prove fatal to your fish. For instance, do not just pluck out earthworms from your garden without even making sure your garden had not been sprayed with insecticides.
Liljag, please state the kind of fish you have so we can recommend you what you may feed your fish. Feeding live fish (unless you are able to breed them on your own and without risk of cross contaminating with parasites and harmful bacteria) is not really an acceptable practice. As already mentioned, a lot of feeder fish in question most particularly goldfish and rosy reds do contain high levels of thiaminase that discourages vitamin absorption which would have been beneficial for your fish's development.
In general, you must make sure your sources are clean of contaminants especially toxic chemicals, parasites and other things that can prove fatal to your fish. For instance, do not just pluck out earthworms from your garden without even making sure your garden had not been sprayed with insecticides.