Rainbowfish Feeding

[mylifeasben]

Hey guys,

Hopefully I don't double up threads, I did a search with no results, so hopefully all is good!

I've got a group of Rainbowfish (5 Reds, 1 Goyder River and 2 Dwarf Neons) and I'm wondering if I'm feeding them right!

I feed them every morning with tropical flakes, and they eat the Corys sinking pellets and vege wafers.

Every couple of days I give them frozen Brine Shrimp and Bloodworm. They also seem to eat the Bristlenoses blanched carrot.

Is this enough or is there more I should be including in their diet?

Cheers,

Ben

 

[gilpi]

Wow, reds are super cool! I only had blue, I fed mine once or twice with NLS pellets and they grew pretty well. I tend to feed more when juveniles and a bit less once grown.
I hope this helped.

 

[brennae]

I'm feeding mine frozen brine and blood worms and they go nuts. Won't touch flakes or pellets. . I need to make a batch of repashy and try them with that. Have you tried it? I heard you can replace some of the water with garlic juice from jarred garlic.

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[Luananeko]

Sounds like they're getting a good variety! Make sure the dwarf neons are actually getting enough food though, as they have fairly small mouths & throats if I remember right. You may need to crush some of the pellets if they're too big for them and let the larger species go for the full pellets.

 

[mylifeasben]

One of my reds just had an argument with the rainbow shark over food, made himself nice and red!