food recommendations?

[blipblop]

well since i have to start fishless cycling again... i have some time and i have a 26 dollar credit at bigal's... i need some suggestion on fish food. I bought the big al's staple flakes already.. i'm planning on keeping a school of tetras(6-7), 3 cories, and 3 ghost shrimp...

algae wafers? and what brand, and what other supplements? brine shrimp or something? i want to give some diversity to my fishes diet and treats once in a while, thanks...

 

[Fruitbat]

Algae wafers really won't be necessary with the fish list you posted, thought the ghost shrimp might appreciate a small piece or two every now and then. Frozen or freeze-dried foods would make a good start for adding variety to your fish's diet. You might consider frozen or freeze-dried Daphnia (my Congo Tetras LOVE these), frozen or freeze-dried brine shrimp and frozen or freeze-dried bloodworms.

 

[blipblop]

oo, cause i thought cories would want the sinking wafers, hmm guess i heard wrong.

 

[TankGirl]

Cories are omnivores, not necessarily vegetarians, and though they will likely occasionally eat a bit of algae pellet there are sinking wafers designed specifically for bottom feeders, like the one made by Hikari.

 

[Endgame319]

I feed my cories sinking shrimp pellets, and occaisonally frozen foods.

 

[William]

I have a tank thats nothing but bottom feeders, and it gets Fed Hikari Algae Wafers and Shrimp Pellets.


The eat whichever dissolves into an edible mush first.

 

[julicat]

Hikari has sinking wafers that have whitefish as the first ingredient. Have been using these for a long time. Just got sinking shrimp pellets for the sake of variety as well as the hope that the pellets sink where I want them to (the tetras pick up the wafers and zip around like gluttonous fools if the wafers come to rest in easy to reach areas).

I wish freezedried blood worms sank.

I have two absolutely wonderful synodontis cats and, the last time I looked, a few panda cories. And a varied gang of gluttonous tetras.

 

[docrak]

I pretty much use all of the above and like to mix in TetraMin Variety Wafers. They are a mix of vegtable and meat based pellets. Pretty much all my fish like these.

http://www.tetra-fish.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=181