| Fish eat all sorts of foods and the majority of fish | | | | because it retains all the nutrients. Frozen food |
| are omnivores. The foods most readily available | | | | comes in different kinds such as bloodworms, |
| on the market come in a few forms. | | | | tubifex worms and brine shrimp. These are all |
| - Flake food | | | | very healthy for all fish. Just remember to feed |
| - Pellet food | | | | only enough that your fish eat in about 3-5 |
| - Frozen food | | | | minutes. This frozen food decays quickly and can |
| - Wafers | | | | give you cloudy aquarium water. |
| - Live foodThere are other kinds of food of | | | | Wafers |
| course, but these are what you're going to see at | | | | Wafers are usually made of plant matter and |
| your local pet store. | | | | they are for your plant eating fish, such as |
| Flake food | | | | plecostomus. I feed these sparingly as they sink |
| Flake food is the most common fish food on the | | | | to the bottom quickly and generally only one or |
| market. It comes in high and low quality and most | | | | two of my fish eat them. Because of this, they |
| flake food is good for all types of fish, including | | | | have a tendency to make the water dirty if not |
| tropical and goldfish. It is generally made of fish | | | | removed. If you have plant eating fish in your |
| meal and other additives. If you're looking for a | | | | tank, throw in a leaf of lettuce. It decays very |
| higher quality fish food, I suggest you look on the | | | | slowly and all of your fish will love it. |
| back for a higher protein count. Flake food can be | | | | Live food |
| fed to many types of fish. | | | | Live food should only be fed to fish that can |
| Pellet food | | | | handle eating it. Goldfish and minnows are usually |
| Pellet food is also a very common food type. It is | | | | fed to larger fish but they lack the nutrients of |
| used for bottom feeders and catfish. I don't often | | | | frozen food. I suggest you supplement a large |
| suggest this kind of food because it sinks to the | | | | fish's live diet with frozen foods. That will make |
| bottom quickly and its easy to overfeed. This | | | | sure that they have the nutrients they need. |
| food is usually made of ground shrimp or fish | | | | Remember: ONLY feed fish what they can eat in |
| meal and additives. | | | | 3-5 minutes or it can cause cloudy water in your |
| Frozen food | | | | aquarium or high ammonia levels that are |
| Frozen food is the healthiest choice for your fish | | | | dangerous for your fish. Happy fish keeping! |