Sunday, March 29, 2009

Recommended Fish Foods Brands For Tropical and Freshwater Fish


Best Fish Foods Brands For Tropical and Freshwater Fish

There are a many fish foods that will give your fish the right nutrients to flourish and live longer. These fish foods will allow the fish to grow to a healthy size (within the constraints of the pond size). You can find these foods anywhere, on the web or in your local store. It’s essential that you get the perfect food for your fish to ensure it stays healthy and lives for years.
Here is a breakdown of some of the best recommended fish food brands for your fish.
Tetra Pond Foods

Tetra Pond Foods create food for both goldfish and Koi. There are several varieties to choose from, including Tetropond Pellets and Tetrapond Sticks. With the pellets, you have several size choices: small and medium. The Ticks are great for any long-term feeding or if you want to encourage fish to be social, the sticks are a great way to promote this, as the fish will all be sharing the same food object. You can use the pellets for fish that will eat food individually. You will also have to feed the fish more often. The smaller pellets are good for smaller fish, though you will have to feed fish more often than if you use medium pellets.

Nishikoi Pond Foods
Nishikoi Pond Foods is another choice of fish food to consider. This brand of food will deliver the perfect balance of nutrients required by your fish. Like Tetra Pond Foods, there are several “varieties” of food you can purchase. If you have smaller fish and you need to feed them often, you can use Nishikoi Staple Small Pellets to feed them. The Medium Pellet variety is great to use for medium sized fish who don’t feed as regularly. If you have a mix of both small and medium sized fish in your aquarium, each fish may have different nutritional needs. Fortunately, Nishikoi makes a specific type of fish food for this: Nishikoi Pond Cocktail. This fish food is a great way to feed a tank full of fish with varying dietary needs.

Omega Pond Pellets
These are very good fish foods to use since they are specially made for fish that live only in ponds and not aquariums. These foods are specially formulated to provide your fish with the precise nutrients that they need.

Koi and Goldfish Feeding
Now, if you have Koi you need to feed them a different sort of food. There are several brands that cater to Koi dietary needs. One of the more popular brands, Laguna, have fish food for both Koi and goldfish. This is very useful since your pond may have both species of fish. Using a single food is much easier on your time. Another brand, Kind British Pond Fish Foods also makes a food you can feed both Koi and goldfish with. They have special variety (called a floating stick) which is very useful because it “floats” in the water – great for when you have to go away for several days.

These are some of the more popular fish food brands to consider. They all make high quality fish foods, which is a big deal since many fish foods (both tropical fish and pond fish) cut nutritional corners since there is no regulation on what to put in the foods. Since these fish foods have a good reputation, stick with these fish food brands and your fish will have the right nutrition.

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