Food for fish

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  1. Jake337

    Jake337 Astrea Snail

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    What kinds of dry food do you guys feed your fish? I feel lime I feed them the sane stuff every other day. I mostly feed them pellets, dried brine Shrinp, and flakes. And occasionally frozen mysis (which the clowns don't really like). What kind of dried foods are good? Like bloodworms? Give me some options please.
     
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  3. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    I feed twice per day - once with some Formula pellets and once with Rod's Food. Rod's is awesome.
     
  4. Ryan Duchatel

    Ryan Duchatel Millepora

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    I feed my fish twice daily.

    In the morning I feed cyclopeeze flake (which also comes in a freeze dried version), and is a very high quality food.

    In the night I feed the fish a combination of frozen mysis soaked in Ecosystems reef trace.
     
  5. khowst

    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    Pellets from time to time, but I mostly feed frozen and suppliment it with freeze dried cyclopeeze. reef roids, reef chili. for frozen I do mysis, brine, mussel, krill, oyster feast, squid. I mean pretty much the whole gambit. not all at once mind you but mix & match. I dont wanna eat the same thing day after day, im sure they dont either.
     
  6. Jake337

    Jake337 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks guys. I tried feeding very small pieces of table shrimp but they just spit it back out. Im afraid of buying other frozen because they might do the same. Although, for the dried food I feed, along with the frozen mysis, I do soak them all in Selcon.
     
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    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    Dont do table shrimp. The are soaked and rinsed and really in terms of fish food rather bland. you can do store bought shrimp sure but check to make sure its frozen uncooked, etc. My fish would never take it, my mantis would but never fish.
     
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  9. Jake337

    Jake337 Astrea Snail

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    Oops yeah I meant the uncooked shrimp from the store. What could I buy at the seafood store that maybe clownfish would eat without hesitating?
     
  10. mightyrae

    mightyrae Spaghetti Worm

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    I would try Elos foods. They are readily consumed by my surface feeders. BRS recommends adding their vitamin drop additives to non-Elos foods since they believe the Elos on its own is nutritionally complete. Im always worried my fish arent getting a complete diet with as much nutrition as they need. Only time will tell on the long term success but my fish are happy and very colorful. I feed once a day as well.
     
  11. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    I feed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef and Formula One flakes. My fish love it, and they stay colorful, plump, active, and healthy.

    BTW, I also do not use garlic or any other additive.