| Providing the right type of food for your | | | | Omnivores, you can have flakes, pellets, dry, and |
| freshwater aquarium fish is an essential matter in | | | | refrigerated food. Varying their food will ensure |
| keeping the health and prolonging the lifespan of | | | | that they get a balanced nutrition. |
| your fish. Here are some of the keys to consider | | | | Feeding Habit |
| in choosing the right kind of food for your pet. | | | | There are fishes that are bottom-dwellers, |
| Fresh Food | | | | mid-dwellers, or top-dwellers. Know what level |
| Most of the fish food sold in pet stores and fish | | | | your fish mostly swim about and match the type |
| stores do not indicate an expiration date. | | | | of food that it eats. Naturally, bottom-dwellers will |
| However, it is a fact that fish food in containers | | | | eat food that will sink to the bottom and |
| have a short shelf life. For example, nutrition value | | | | top-dwellers will eat food that will linger on the |
| of flakes easily decrease over a period of one | | | | surface for a time. There are also freshwater |
| month. It is recommended that hobbyists only | | | | aquarium fishes that prefer to eat during the day |
| buy food that can be entirely consumed in a | | | | while some prefer to eat at night. Nocturnal fishes |
| couple of weeks. Food with deficient vitamin and | | | | are more likely to eat when the lights have been |
| nutritional value can make fishes more vulnerable | | | | shut off. |
| to infections and diseases. | | | | Feeding Type |
| With regards to meat, as some fishes are | | | | Some fish owners are not familiar with the |
| carnivorous, it is ideal to immediately feed meat | | | | dietary type of their fishes and just proceed on |
| that is newly bought however refrigerated meat | | | | buying whichever they want. There are three |
| will also do. | | | | different diet types the same with other animals. |
| Balanced Nutrition | | | | Fishes of different variety have also different |
| Even if your fish belong to a particular feeding | | | | dietary needs. Some are carnivores, some are |
| type, it is still better to vary the food that they | | | | herbivores, and some are of both-omnivores. |
| eat. For meat or live food eaters, you can vary | | | | Know more about these different feeding types. |
| between dry, frozen, and live food. For | | | | |