Gregcoyote
Aquarium Advice Addict
I have for years gone by the assumption that frozen food was better than even high quality flake food. Rinsing the frozen food discarded inedible juices that would just turn to phosphates made good sense. Time and time again, we recommend to folks with algae outbreaks to knock off the flake foods. But then I got to thinking about my dogs.
If I fed my dogs by scattering the food all around the house, it wouldn't matter if it was frozen, fresh or dry. I would end up with a stinky mouse infested house, as even my faithful dogs noses would miss some. With them and my fish, it's about getting the food into the fish and not all over the tank. Scavengers and some corals are happy to eat this flying food, but a great deal of it gets caught in places where it deteriorates into phosphates.
In my view, while I would never depend solely on flake foods or pellets, some dried foods can provide minerals and vitamins as well as proteins. And if fed to the fish, not scattered about the tank, they should create no more phosphate than any other food, maybe less. I have developed a few techniques that seem to work in controlling the food and getting it into the fish. Pretty simple stuff.
So my dogs get a high quality dried food, mixed with can and fresh foods. In a bowl, or as we fishy folks call it, a targeted feeder. If it works on my dogs, it's good enough for the fish.
I am interested if others agree or disagree.
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If I fed my dogs by scattering the food all around the house, it wouldn't matter if it was frozen, fresh or dry. I would end up with a stinky mouse infested house, as even my faithful dogs noses would miss some. With them and my fish, it's about getting the food into the fish and not all over the tank. Scavengers and some corals are happy to eat this flying food, but a great deal of it gets caught in places where it deteriorates into phosphates.
In my view, while I would never depend solely on flake foods or pellets, some dried foods can provide minerals and vitamins as well as proteins. And if fed to the fish, not scattered about the tank, they should create no more phosphate than any other food, maybe less. I have developed a few techniques that seem to work in controlling the food and getting it into the fish. Pretty simple stuff.
So my dogs get a high quality dried food, mixed with can and fresh foods. In a bowl, or as we fishy folks call it, a targeted feeder. If it works on my dogs, it's good enough for the fish.
I am interested if others agree or disagree.
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