Fish Food...

[CRUSHER]

My fish don't seem to like their food any more... well my Green Terror still likes it, but the Oscar and Jack Dempsey don't seem to want it ... they used to gobble it down. Now they just pick at it or don't even eat. I have been feeding them Hikari Cichlid Gold. Can anyone recommend another food that my fish would be interested in? I have tried some other foods but they won't even go near it...
Thanks in advance!
CRUSHER

[barrettsline]

Fish Food...

Have you considered frozen foods or maybe even a live food? How long has this been going on? Any recent changes in tank environment or parameters?

[KhmerStyle]

My fronts were like that also, I just stop feeding for a couple of days and they started to eat it again. How often are you feeding them? If it doesn't work get some shrimp or nls

[CRUSHER]

it's been going on for about 3 months... and yes i have fed them the frozen bloodworm cubes and they go nuts over them, but i don't think that should be their staple diet... and i do feed them nightcrawlers at times and small crayfish... but the pellets..ehhh they dont want them. Water is good, I do my weekly changes and vacuum every other week.

actually now that i think about it, they started acting this way after the first time i fed them the night crawlers... I guess that is what they hold out for lol
they have tug-o-wars with the night crawlers

[crazy42bmx]

A varied diet is good. Try some new pellets, i guess trial a few types and see which they like best. Nls has some lrg ones. If u feed live and frozen thats good but id keep it to a few times kinda like a weekend treat sorta thing. Jmo

[CRUSHER]

Thanks Crazy, Guess I will hit Petco on my way home from work and get some night crawlers and frozen bloodworms... I wonder if they will eat super worms, wax worms... phenix worms.. petco has all kinds of worms... i'll buy an assortment :)

A varied diet is good. Try some new pellets, i guess trial a few types and see which they like best. Nls has some lrg ones. If u feed live and frozen thats good but id keep it to a few times kinda like a weekend treat sorta thing. Jmo

[allysangels]

from my experience, they love any of the frozen foods, shrimps, silversides... as far as live, nightcrawlers, red wrigglers, and waxworms are the best, mealworms and superworms have a tougher exoskeleton that (i've heard) can cause blockages in smaller fish. they still love them though. :) as far as pellets, do they perfer sinking or floating types? i would suggest NLS thera-A, it has garlic in it and smells very strong, my fish go crazy for it. i also feed the hikari pellets, hikari sinking wafers, regular NLS jumbo pellets and omega one cichlid pellets. hope this helps!

[CRUSHER]

Fish Food...

Ally,
I use the floating pellets. I'll have to find some NLS garlic flavored! The frozen and live stuff gets expensive after running out to the store for more. I have a bearded dragon that I feed crickets to at times I'll toss a few in for the fish, they like them too.. lol


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[tys91]

from my experience, they love any of the frozen foods, shrimps, silversides... as far as live, nightcrawlers, red wrigglers, and waxworms are the best, mealworms and superworms have a tougher exoskeleton that (i've heard) can cause blockages in smaller fish. they still love them though. :) as far as pellets, do they perfer sinking or floating types? i would suggest NLS thera-A, it has garlic in it and smells very strong, my fish go crazy for it. i also feed the hikari pellets, hikari sinking wafers, regular NLS jumbo pellets and omega one cichlid pellets. hope this helps!

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I find the more natrual food you feeed them the better it is
This is how i think of it, Do fish in the wild get fed flakes or granules? LOL

[MURRAY]

Thera A Has the Garlic in it

[CRUSHER]

Fish Food...

Thera A Has the Garlic in it

Does it come in floating pellets


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[MURRAY]

No, it is a sinking pellet

[andrew45]

The best food for fish are bloodworms as they are best accepted natural prey item for almost all kind of fish. these bloodworms are suitable for both freshwater and marine fish.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Fish Food...

The best food for fish are bloodworms as they are best accepted natural prey item for almost all kind of fish. these bloodworms are suitable for both freshwater and marine fish.

You do realize that there are some herbivorous fish that only eat a little bit of crustacean proteins right?

[mistahoo]

Re: Fish Food...

The best food for fish are bloodworms as they are best accepted natural prey item for almost all kind of fish. these bloodworms are suitable for both freshwater and marine fish.

Bloodworms are a good choice for carnivorous or omnivorous fish. I wouldn't say it's the best. Larger carnivorous fish don't see it as food unfortunately. They see other fish as food. Meaty pellets and cut frozen seafood works for some of the larger fish.

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