How to Feed Tropical Fish

How to Properly Feed Your Tropical Fish

Your tropical fish require special diet and must be fed properly. Read this four-step guide to learn how to properly feed your tropical fish.


Step 1:Do your research

Go to the local pet store and see what types of tropical fish food are available for purchase and if they are ideal for your fish species. Remember, different tropical fish have different food requirements. How to feed your tropical depends on what species of tropical fish you have; some fish require fiber from algae and plants, some fish are carnivores and require protein (food flakes/pellets or small fish), and some fish only eat living insects and worms. You can also order fish food from the web as an alternative (this is often cheaper) but make sure you do your research first to make sure you are ordering the right food! Feeding tropical fish is not difficult, but it takes some initial homework first.

Step 2: Never overfeed your fish

Place small amounts of tropical fish food into the aquarium: little meal doses are much better then one large meal. Fish will only eat until as much as their stomachs will allow, usually about 5 minutes after food is first dropped into the tank. Make sure you feed your fish just enough. Overfeeding can cause obesity in your fish (yes, even fish can get fat!) which will decrease their lifespan and likelihood of spawning. Make sure you feed your tropical fish quality food; cheap no-name tropical fish food may have questionable ingredients. Ensure your fish eats enough food. Note that some species of fish such as catfish and cylids will not stop eating. If you have one of these species, make sure you minimize the amounts of fatty foods (such as Whiteworms). An fish that is overweight may have health problems.

Step 3: Observe the fish during the feeding time

This is extremely important, you never know what problems occur when your tropical fish are feeding unless you observe what's happening. There are a variety of feeding issues you may face: fast swimming tropical fish get to the food faster then the others; young tropical fish are more picky then adult tropical fish; surface feeding fish only eat floating food while bottom feeders pick food off the bottom of the tank; new fish may be too shy to eat with the rest, while sick ones may not eat at all. It's important to observe your tropical fish at feeding time to see the dynamics of what's happening. By being aware of what's going on, you can address any feeding problems that occur. You can feed your tropical fish at different times, use different types of food for different tropical fish, segregate tropical fish with peculiar feeding habits, etc.

Step 4: Mix the food up

Tropical Fish appreciate a mixed menu. Indeed, it's always a good idea to regularly give your tropical fish different types of food; this helps ensure a balanced diet -- and a balanced diet leads to happy, baby-producing, long-living tropical fish. It also makes a difference where you feed your fish. For example, there are many
fish tank coffee tables out there where you can actually eat while watching the fish. But, in scenarios like this, some fish might not want to eat in the presence of people. So make sure you know your fish's feeding behaviour before buying fish aquarium accessories.

You want to try to, as best as you can, approximate the diet of wild fish. While this may sounds difficult, it's not. You should alternate mixed and dried food with greens and live food. To do this, always make sure you have different types of foods on hand (freeze dried, dried, live food, etc) and mix the food up when you feed them.

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Best Tropical Fish Food Guide

Tropical Fish Food Guide

If you want to find the best tropical fish food or how to find your tropical fish, read this article.

If you are trying to answer these questions, then you've come to the right site!


Different species of tropical fish require different types of food. Sound complicated? Then you have come to the right place. My aim is to show you exactly how to find the best tropical fish food brands and some feeding strategies for your tropical fish. This is a must read tropical fish food guide!

Tropical fish are fragile and need a special diet. You do not want to just buy generic fish food from the grocery store: doing so may cause your tropical fish harm. Providing your tropical fish with a varied diet will make it easier for your tropical fish to obtain all the necessary nutrients.

Besides tropical fish food, you need to consider other factors such as the type of filters your aquarium tanks will have. Different species of fish (be them pond fish or tropical fish) will require different filters. For example, when dealing with Koi pond fish, the koi filter material can play a key role in how clean the Koi water gets and how much food the Koi fish will eat. The Koi filter system can make a difference in how much food the fish will eat! The same principal applies to tropical fish filters.

In the wild, predatory fish can eat algae; placing a tropical fish in an algae free tank can lead to malnutrition. Alternatively, herbivore fish subsists mainly on algae and plant material but will occasionally eat small insects -- something that rarely happens in captivity when the fish's subsist primarily on flake food. Providing a diet that mimics the natural eating habits of tropical fish will guarantee healthy (and long living) tropical fish.

You need to find some food that is targeted towards your specific tropical fish species. For example, if you have a goldfish variant, you can use some goldfish type food. Immature fish and elderly fish also have their own types of fish food. The bottom line: there is no "one' universal tropical fish food. You need to select food for a specific type of tropical fish. Failure to do so may cause your fish to be malnourished.

Be careful when feeding the your tropical fish: you do not want to overfeed it! Uneaten food decomposes and will pollute the water. The fish will also produce more waste adding to the pollution. Overfeeding can also cause obesity in your tropical fish and make it less likely to spawn! So, overfeeding is a very bad thing!

Feed your fish only enough to keep it feeding for three to five minutes. Any more then this and you may be overfeeding your fish. There are a variety of brands in the grocery store and online. These are often the best choice because they have been scientifically tested and are specifically formulated for your fish.

I've decided to list some of the fish food below:

Dried Tropical Fish Food
Dried Tropical Fish Food is the easiest method of feeding your tropical fish. Dried Tropical Fish Food can be stored and used when needed. Dried fish food comes in two forms: pellets or flakes. They are generally inexpensive compared to other forms.

Flake Tropical Fish Food
Most pet-shop fish are raised exclusively on flake food. Flake fish food has a reputation for being inadequate nutrition-wise. This is maybe an unfair stereotype as many people use flake food to raise healthy tropical fish. Remember, it's not so much about what type of fish food you feel your tropical fish, but about the variety of fish food you feed your tropical fish. The best tropical fish food is a mixed diet.

Pellet Tropical Fish Food
Pellet food are advisable for larger fish because of the size. However, the downside is that the pellets sink to the bottom of the tank and decompose, adding to the pollution of the tank.

Frozen/Freeze Dried Tropical Fish Food
These are pretty similar to the dried fish food as far as storage and ease-of-use goes. From the fish's point of view, Frozen/Freeze Dried food is better because the food is live food that has been frozen -- it's not artificial. It's got all the nutritional benefits of live food and the storage advantage of dried tropical fish food. It's a win win situation right? Yes and no. Frozen/Freeze dried food is also more expensive. Dried food is formulated to contain everything a fish needs while Frozen/Freeze dried food is specific type of food. It's very important that you have a variety of different food if you choose to go with the Frozen/Freeze dried route for your tropical fish food choice.

Live Tropical Fish Food
Serving your tropical fish live food is also another option. This is the most "natural" option and most healthy option for your tropical fish, but it can be a time consuming hobby (or sub hobby). You can buy certain live foods from companies, though you need to be careful because this field is not regulated and sub standard products may be sold. Some live foods you can purchase/find and raise: earthworms, brine shrimp, and guppies. Everyone knows that fish loves worms, and these are a great live food to raise. Many people raise Black worms, Tubifex worms, White worms and of the favorite of fishermen around the world, earth worms.

Some tropical fish will only eat live fish. If this is the case, you will want to raise small fish as a sub hobby as it will be quite expensive to constantly purchase them.

Other live foods you can raise as tropical fish food are minnows, crickets, and frogs.

Remember, the most important key is having a balanced diet for your tropical fish food. It's important to research what specific food your species of tropical fish requires, then narrow down the category of food you wand (dried, frozen, or live tropical fish food).

Hope you have found this tropical fish food guide helpfull,

Ben

Tropical Fish Food

The Best Tropical Fish Food

Welcome to my site about the best tropical fish food.

Some of the things I will talk about are how to feed and care for your tropical fish. I will also discuss and suggest the best tropical fish food. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at infotropicalfish@gmail.com

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