Food For Your Pet fish

 

There are many different types of fish food made in staggering variety and they can be classified into three groups namely dry, frozen, and freeze dried.

 

(A) Dry Foods

Dry food comes in different ingredients and exists in various forms such as flake, pellets & sticks and wafers.

 

Flake foods are made by rolling the ingredient mixture into a thin sheet and drying it to form a 'less than paper thin sheet". It is then broken into little bits or flakes that are fed to fish. These flakes are made from ingredients such as eggs, brine shrimp or earthworms and are fortified with vitamins and minerals. Flakes are designed to float, sink slowly, and quickly and thus provide the fishes to have equal chance to get their meal. Flake foods are very popular with aquarists and are suitable for small fishes that are less than 4 inches (10 cm) so that it is able to sustain properly and provide a good vitamin rich meal for them.

 

Fish food can also be formulated into pallets and Sticks. Pallets are available in a range of sizes from tiny bits to hearty lumps. Tiny bits are small enough for the newly hatched fry and the hearty lumps are perfect treat for the biggest specimens.

 

Wafers are made from ingredients that are molded into disks which sink to the bottom when dropped into the tank. They are idea fed for herbivorous catfish, which feed primarily on the bottom.

 

(B) Frozen Foods

These are food organisms flash frozen to preserve nutrients and were a substitute for live foods. Some example of frozen food are frozen brine shrimp, water fleas and bloodworms. There are variety of frozen foods available in the market today which include combining the food organisms and blends of all sorts of foods. They are well received by aquarium fish and are nutritious treats for your pets.

 

(C) Freeze Dried Foods

These are light, dry and crumbly food organisms that are processed using low pressure and low temperature and preserving the original nutrition and palatability. Since the flavour and odour is preserved, this type of food is very appealing to the fishes and the feeding response for these foods elicit is remarkable.

 

(D)Others

There are other types of fish food such as “homemade" and live foods. Homemade are made by putting various ingredients in a blender with a binding agent like gelatine and freezing the resultant paste or gelled food. Live foods such as white worms, baby brine shrimp, daphnia and microworms may be purchased and they have enormous appeal to most fishes but they are generally not commercially available in the market today.
 
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