What treats should I give my fish

Knight~Ryder · 03-14-2008, 11:55 AM

As I see here in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-fIRwj38c these fish LOVE that cucumber! I was wondering if the fish I have in my tank will eat it, and if so how much?

Also what kinds of treats should I put in every once in awhile?

nathanbarry · 03-14-2008, 12:00 PM

They probably wouldn't eat cucumber...what do you feed them at the moment?

FishHead · 03-14-2008, 12:02 PM

rainbows and tetras like blood worms, crisps, flakes, granules, shrimp. i have freeze dried plankton that I feed mine for their treats.

nathanbarry · 03-14-2008, 12:04 PM

I agree with fish head and also i sometimes give mine live brineshrimp which i get from my LFS.

Knight~Ryder · 03-14-2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nathanbarry

They probably wouldn't eat cucumber...what do you feed them at the moment?

I have been giving them just flakes for the past 3.5 months.

nathanbarry · 03-14-2008, 12:20 PM

Try frozen bloodworms or livefoods.

trashion · 03-14-2008, 12:24 PM

Mix it up! Just flakes is not a good diet. I feed my fish 2 kinds of high-quality flake, 1 kind of pellet, 1 kind of crisps and frozen bloodworms once a week.

COM · 03-16-2008, 02:40 PM

You need to vary the diet. I use a high-quality crisp (Tetra Pro). I also mix in bloodworms and tubifex worms every so often and plan on trying some brine shrimp soon.

In the past I have also used some lettuce (either raw or parched) but most fish don't really seem to care for it. Has anyone had luck with lettuce or other vegetables?

nathanbarry · 03-16-2008, 02:42 PM

My malawi cichlids like bits of carrot or cucumber and my parrot cichlids either like meat or salad.

Knight~Ryder · 03-16-2008, 04:19 PM

I went out and bought the misis shrimp and the blood worms. I see they come in cubes, how much should I give a day to the fish I have in my tank? Half a cube? Full? Do I thaw it?

trashion · 03-16-2008, 04:24 PM

Don't know about mysis, but I fill up a cup with hot water, plop in a cube of bloodworms, and then pick them out with tweezers and drop them into the tank. I normally only use like, half a cube.

Knight~Ryder · 03-17-2008, 11:51 PM

I took out the mysis shrimp, put the cube in a container and melted it a tad, took a spoon and dropped it in the tank for the first time.

They ate some of it, but never went crazy for it. After a while they kept putting in in their mouth and spitting it out over and over. Some was left over, why is this?

Did I put too much in, they don't seem to like it?

maples5 · 03-17-2008, 11:53 PM

Hi- I am new and I have a 1 male and 2 female platys that are pregnant. How do I know when the time is near?

03-14-2008, 11:55 AM	#1
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 208	What treats should I give my fish As I see here in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-fIRwj38c these fish LOVE that cucumber! I was wondering if the fish I have in my tank will eat it, and if so how much? Also what kinds of treats should I put in every once in awhile? __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 9 Cherry Barbs (6 Female, 3 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 5 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 2 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth

03-14-2008, 12:00 PM	#2
nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 355	They probably wouldn't eat cucumber...what do you feed them at the moment? __________________ 10 GALLON 2 Orange Gourami's (2") 2 Zebra Danios (1.5") 1 Chinese Algae Eater (2.5") 1 Khuli Loach (2") 1 Albino Corydoras (1") 2 Mickey-Mouse Platies (1.5") 55 GALLON 4 Parrot Cichlids (4"-7") 3 Clown Loaches (3") 1 Common Pleco (4") 1 Pictus Catfish (6") 55 GALLON 12 Malawi Mbuna Cichlids (1"-5") 1 Convict Cichlid (2") 1 Common Pleco (3.5")

03-14-2008, 12:02 PM	#3
FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 28 Posts: 593	rainbows and tetras like blood worms, crisps, flakes, granules, shrimp. i have freeze dried plankton that I feed mine for their treats. __________________ 13 barbs (4x tigers, 2x greens, 3 odessas, 4 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 4 buenos aires tetras 1 angelic pim catfish 1 pictus catfish 1 Spotted Hifin pleco 2 opaline gouramis 2 blue gouramis 5 panda cories 1 red tail shark 9 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 bristlenose pleco

03-14-2008, 12:04 PM	#4
nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 355	I agree with fish head and also i sometimes give mine live brineshrimp which i get from my LFS. __________________ 10 GALLON 2 Orange Gourami's (2") 2 Zebra Danios (1.5") 1 Chinese Algae Eater (2.5") 1 Khuli Loach (2") 1 Albino Corydoras (1") 2 Mickey-Mouse Platies (1.5") 55 GALLON 4 Parrot Cichlids (4"-7") 3 Clown Loaches (3") 1 Common Pleco (4") 1 Pictus Catfish (6") 55 GALLON 12 Malawi Mbuna Cichlids (1"-5") 1 Convict Cichlid (2") 1 Common Pleco (3.5")

03-14-2008, 12:20 PM	#6
nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 355	Try frozen bloodworms or livefoods. __________________ 10 GALLON 2 Orange Gourami's (2") 2 Zebra Danios (1.5") 1 Chinese Algae Eater (2.5") 1 Khuli Loach (2") 1 Albino Corydoras (1") 2 Mickey-Mouse Platies (1.5") 55 GALLON 4 Parrot Cichlids (4"-7") 3 Clown Loaches (3") 1 Common Pleco (4") 1 Pictus Catfish (6") 55 GALLON 12 Malawi Mbuna Cichlids (1"-5") 1 Convict Cichlid (2") 1 Common Pleco (3.5")

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03-14-2008, 12:24 PM	#7
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,293	Mix it up! Just flakes is not a good diet. I feed my fish 2 kinds of high-quality flake, 1 kind of pellet, 1 kind of crisps and frozen bloodworms once a week. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

03-16-2008, 02:40 PM	#8
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 681	You need to vary the diet. I use a high-quality crisp (Tetra Pro). I also mix in bloodworms and tubifex worms every so often and plan on trying some brine shrimp soon. In the past I have also used some lettuce (either raw or parched) but most fish don't really seem to care for it. Has anyone had luck with lettuce or other vegetables?

03-16-2008, 02:42 PM	#9
nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 355	My malawi cichlids like bits of carrot or cucumber and my parrot cichlids either like meat or salad. __________________ 10 GALLON 2 Orange Gourami's (2") 2 Zebra Danios (1.5") 1 Chinese Algae Eater (2.5") 1 Khuli Loach (2") 1 Albino Corydoras (1") 2 Mickey-Mouse Platies (1.5") 55 GALLON 4 Parrot Cichlids (4"-7") 3 Clown Loaches (3") 1 Common Pleco (4") 1 Pictus Catfish (6") 55 GALLON 12 Malawi Mbuna Cichlids (1"-5") 1 Convict Cichlid (2") 1 Common Pleco (3.5")

03-16-2008, 04:19 PM	#10
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 208	I went out and bought the misis shrimp and the blood worms. I see they come in cubes, how much should I give a day to the fish I have in my tank? Half a cube? Full? Do I thaw it? __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 9 Cherry Barbs (6 Female, 3 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 5 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 2 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth

03-16-2008, 04:24 PM	#11
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,293	Don't know about mysis, but I fill up a cup with hot water, plop in a cube of bloodworms, and then pick them out with tweezers and drop them into the tank. I normally only use like, half a cube. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

03-17-2008, 11:51 PM	#12
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 208	I took out the mysis shrimp, put the cube in a container and melted it a tad, took a spoon and dropped it in the tank for the first time. They ate some of it, but never went crazy for it. After a while they kept putting in in their mouth and spitting it out over and over. Some was left over, why is this? Did I put too much in, they don't seem to like it? __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 9 Cherry Barbs (6 Female, 3 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 5 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 2 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth

03-17-2008, 11:53 PM	#13
maples5 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 34 Posts: 2	Hi- I am new and I have a 1 male and 2 female platys that are pregnant. How do I know when the time is near?

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