Feeding Time

[cinnastix911]

Currently, My fish are fed on flake food (AQUADINE) Which is acutallly a comapny that has flake foods in varieteies. My batch is special blend for the majority of my fish, but all in all is just flake food. I have 1 gourami, 1 paroon shark, lots o' guppies, two kuhli loaches, 1 priscilla, and 1 something that has yellow tipped in its name i think(it has yellow on it's fin, is bigger then my full grown priscilla and has red in it's eyes; idea?) those two school together.

I would like to get some variety in their diets but I am not sure what to give them. I am thinking about peas maybe or lettuce, but am not sure if they will eat it or it is good for them. If anyone has any recommendations that would be greatly appreciated. And if you do recommend something please also suggest method and how often to feed them.

[talloulou]

definitely give them some frozen stuff, brineshrimp or blood worms. My fish also like zuchinni & peas are good. Sometimes I throw chopped up earthworms or pinhead crickets in the tank and the fish love these as well. I have also thrown salad shrimp in there before and they like that. You can try the freeze dried stuff as well, though my fish prefer the frozen stuff. Freeze dried krill is well liked.

[greenmaji]

freeze dried foods, frozen foods and live foods are options..

[talloulou]

ohh I forgot to add algae wafers and shrimp pellets are good also.

Oh and how to feed....

Peas should be deshelled

I slice the zuchinni and take the seeds out. Then place it in the tank with a veggie holder and fish and snails pick at it. I take it out after a few hours.

[Fluff]

I agree that variety is good. There are lots of frozen foods to choose from, there is also things like live blackworms that they would love. Also, try adding some squash on a veggie clip for them to graze on.

Also, as an [acronym:998a8cb93d="For your info"]FYI[/acronym:998a8cb93d], in case you didn't know, that paroon shark can get up to 8' in length.

[cinnastix911]

I know, now. the [acronym:3d5f294ec3="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:3d5f294ec3] (the one i hardly ever goto) Said he would get a but larger, jsut enough to eat my guppies. After buying him, I decided to look him up to see how much bigger, when I saw.... If he survives the severe case of ich that has rampaged my tank (through him or the gourami i got at the place) i am going to try and sell him back after a while. The [acronym:3d5f294ec3="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:3d5f294ec3] that I trust might take him, but they typically stick with good community tank fish instead of... oh lets say paroon sharks.

[Fluff]

Thats a shame that [acronym:d14929b54f="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:d14929b54f] sell them at all, much less selling something they either don't know how large it gets or don't care. Good luck.

Originally Posted by Fluff

Thats a shame that [acronym:fec1fb2334="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:fec1fb2334] sell them at all, much less selling something they either don't know how large it gets or don't care. Good luck.

Thats crazy, and I thought them selling Pacus was bad. I would guess that about .00001% of fish keepers have a tank big enough to keep one of those full grown.

[cinnastix911]

At that same [acronym:da16b7f32e="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:da16b7f32e], they are mostly saltwater but have a backroom for fw, they have a 3 foot allifgator in a 5 foot tank. My paroon was a roomie to a pacu. Their largest tank was a 250+ salt water tank... The pacu and my paroon were in an 45 gallon tank I think...

[cinnastix911]

Would feeding them lettuce (we grow several types at my house) or fresh spinach work too? Or should I stick with squash and that type of thing?