Does Food Quality Actually Matter To Your Fish?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2023
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There's a lot of debate over what is the best fish food, but in reality, the quality of the food is not as important. Fish farms regularly feed cheaper foods to their fish and still raise healthy and beautiful fish. Cory talks about how the variety and quantity of food may be more important in the long run, and how he sets a schedule for making sure his fish get different foods each day.
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I'm looking for a rarer apisto to breed and sell to the lfs local community etc I don't like run of the mill common fish cuz they are everywhere any recommendations on a good species of apisto that I should breed I was thinking 1 tank for breeding kribs 1 for breeding apistos and was considering the dwarf parrot fish those blue ones that are supposedly a convict parrot hybrid or a Balloon body convict not sure if they are a good idea idk if I'd just get stuck with those
Will Easy Green be what I need if I'm growing java fern and annubias glued to rock??
@@twotales7337 you can use it but in my experience epiphyte plants and especially Java fern need LOADS of potassium so supplement with something like Flourish potassium more than easy green
Perfect point. Variety is king. Not only for food, but for microorganism, for snails, for bacterias, for plants.
Even though i work for a fish food company, we still recommend feeding other foods for this exact reason. What we may not have in a particular item, somebody else’s flake or pellet might have. Each species is different and its impossible to make a food for every single species out there.
This is also why I've been stocking up on different fish foods lately before setting up my new Juwel Rio 240. I've got some Hikari sachets, some from Sera and I also got a couple of small bottles of Dr. Bassleer since I've heard pretty good things about the foods he's designed. I can also hatch some brine shrimp and there are several places around here where I can get frozen and live foods.
Another great tip can be putting servings of food in pill boxes when you're on holiday and others feed the fish for you.
My LFS gave away some decent quality food to me in the past with some of my purchases. I ended up having quite a few different kinds of food (and blood worms as occasional treats) that I needed to use up. I would alternate between them and my fishes ended up looking as healthy as ever. Made me realize how impactful variety is.
Watching the Archers spit would absolutely never get old.
For water quality and plants and to fend off algae, quality foods work well for me. I do feed a variety of foods , rotating through ~4 different foods. I do have a small collection of tanks so cost isn't too bad for me (3 tanks in total). 🙃
I really like Repashy. It's deceptively convenient. Yes, you need to prepare it, but then you cube it and stick it in the fridge or freezer for two weeks to two months. Very easy, and you can get a huge variety. I also feed pellets, Sera spirulina tablets, and krill flakes - my apistogrammas are constantly spawning on prepared foods alone.
Cory, I purchased a really neat little item that you showcased quite awhile ago . It's a little siphon starter for low tanks called Boxtech BT-600. It works great, but the gray ribbed bulb that you squeeze has gotten clogged and I can't figure out how to remove it to get out the clog. In your video you said you used this product, so I thought maybe you knew a way to unclog it.
I've listened whole heartedly to everyone who said feed a variety. I haven't fed live as I haven't found a good local source yet. But I notice that my fish are active and their colors are vibrant
I feed the crested geckos' leftover :D I put into something else time to time, dry salmon, dry daphnia, flakes or other kind of fishfood, sometimes skip the geckofood. They studently started to breed :DD
I love these honest reaction and opinions of yours! The previous video of the filters also made my day! The hobby really need this kind of critical (and valid) words, thank you so much!
I always look at new foods or different kinds of foods every time I go too the pet store just so I can find what my fish like most but also too see what all they will eat and what makes them grow bigger stuff like that.
I try to do something different each day (I only have one tank) but sometimes I'm in a hurry and don't want to forget to feed them at all so I just grab the flake food I have sitting nearby. They only get fed once a day because the lights are off when I leave and only on for a few hours after I get home
I always look at the ingredient list. I saw a tank once where fish got only the cheapest of flake food and the tank was covered in tons of fishpoo. This was probably due to the amount of fillers in the flakes. But i definitly agree with you in this video!
What a refreshing take on the hobby. So often hobbyists and retailers want to push the latest greatest and best of everything. If you only have java moss you don't need the best lighting system and CO2 injection. Add in the fact that many fish are omnivorous and scavengers and you know they're not getting the highest quality food in the wild either. You get what you pay for it doesn't always work out
Omega One, NLS, etc. the high end brands I have never seen break into koi food effectively. Instead the tried and true meal heavy feeds are still dominant. And they work great while not costing two arms and a leg. If it made a big difference, I'm sure some competitive breeders would have switched already.
Nice quality video of fish in this one! 👍 I feed a variety of brands, types, and textures of food. I do have to say you've got me curious, since you mentioned it, what it'd be like to eat a foot of cheesecake 😛
Hiya Cory, I remember when you advocated feeding fish once a day. Have you changed your thinking on that subject?
I bought some small pellet food for my guppies and Betta. Wasn't the best food but I always buy bananas and get a lot of fruit flies, so I easily catch them and feed the betta and guppies. Adding those flies really made the color in the fish pop.
Good morning, I love your videos, can you tell me where to buy the artemia hatchers you use?
Although I think variety is important, I also think it is important to let food not get too old, which means you may need to find a balance between having not too many food around opened and variety, if you have not too many fish to feed😉
Hi Cory, is it OK to float frozen brine shrimp in the aquarium or should it be thawed out first?
You need to watch for vitamins in case of cichlids and similar fish. Too much dry food and they start showing symptoms. I add some liquid vitamins in a recommended preventive dose when feeding flakes or pellets.
I’ve just been making my own fish foods with different, fresh veggies and frozen foods for protein. ☺️👌🏻
They love it!
I used to have saltwater tanks, but am getting back into the hobby with freshwater. One of my tanks is an old JBJ 12g nano. Does all the coraline and coral need to be scraped off the sump area for freshwater fish? Or will that raise the Kh too much? What about removing the sump altogether? It's on there with silicone. But the back of the tank is plastic and siliconed to the front glass. If anyone knows anything, let me know. Thanks.
Omg you have to make a t-shirt lol. I feed a thing and a thing happen lol Love it!!!
Variety, variety, and then variety! Doesn't have to be 10 or 20 food items. Otherwise, Cory summed it up perfectly. I tried doing the high end frozen food and the like. But sticking to just one item messes up their system and causes bloat, swim bladder, lack of appetite, etc. I mix it up between frozen and dry. And I also use the left over "food dust" from my turtle food, krill, and other things and use that to feed to my fish as part of their varied diet. Saves money too! Just mix it up.
I purchased a 55 gallon corner cylinder tank. I'm interested in setting my tank with schooling fish. What kinds do you suggest and how many?
"Don't believe me, I'm trying to sell ya crap!" What a gem.
I didnt use to feed frozen food at all. Till about oh 6 mo ago or so... the fish Love it, so that got added in..now I'm thinking 🤔 about trying LBB...just haven't broken there yet. Lol
can fish assimilate so called 'food' properly? does it leave undesireable effects in the aquarium? pretty much all you have to worry about. I do a mix of off the shelf very affordable foods mixed with some stuff I get from the grocery store and some of my own supplements that I've adapted to nutrient density into the food for the fishies. Water quality is still probably most important ..that's why I mention the undesireable affect some foods could potentially bring.
Thanks!
I feed my fish once a day. Either flakes, frozen bloodworms or shrimps. I do a combination sometimes. They survive if im out of town for a few days.
I feed my fish, chicken, boiled egg or chicken. Also tinned tuna, beside all the usual stuff.
Not every fish need to be fed Is multiple times a day.Only the grazers or very young juvenile fish.
I bought a bottle of Repashy without checking the expiration date, it's 2 months past the best by date. Should I throw it out?
Hahaha last line was funny as.
Everything said was true for me.
Live, gel, dry and frozen in the diet has done the best for almost all my fish.
Except convicts... there isnt a food they cant grow, thrive and breed eating lol
I'd love to see Cory and Dan (Dansfish) Collab. Either of them visiting the other. Just an idea :)
Bare minimum, I do 1 frozen and 1 live meal a week. I rotate the other days between different dry foods like flake, pellet, and freeze dried options. I feed twice a day, when the lights come on and when the lights go off.
Common sense approach to feeding, I can get behind that! Thanks
Agreed
Came for the info, stayed for the b roll
So last night we were eating some walleye and crappie and I decided to see if the my angles and mollies would eat any and boy they did. Used raw clean fish. Any concerns I should have doing this
Yes parasites should atleast freeze it first
They had been frozen
@zachburger7126 well I would think you should be fine then
Everything seems alright so far. They have acted normal today
Ammonia careful
YES!
Lovely
What do you feed your shrimp?
Xtreme shrimpee sinking sticks! www.aquariumcoop.com/products/xtreme-shrimpee-sinking-sticks
I feed extreme krill flakes, cichlid pewee and a frozen food carnivore blend ❤
I feed my fish a big variety. High quality dry fake, live brine shrimp, a mixture of freeze dried blood worms and daphnia. Alternating every day 😊😊😊
I feed a mixture of seven different foods from four different companies.
I try to keep at least 3 different types of food and feed something different daily..
Whats The fish at 7:46
Aspidoras
Pretty sure that is the chonkiest pea puffer I've ever seen.
A right little chunk!
"don't believe me, I'm trying to sell you crap"
I think knowing what to feed your fish should come down to what types of food your fish would normally find in the wild.
It seems that the fishes in the video are being overfed.
Yes it does matter fresh food is the best fish love it more , live brine is very fresh it's live, my fish give birth large numbers cause I feed them heaps and fresh
I would personally be careful using pea protein very high estrogen density - like many 'pea / pod / nut / seed' products when raw they can be toxic when elevated beyond normal / cut down offspring (maybe wanted effect) . But obviously results may vary and I don't know the labelled density on the product you use.
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This video is gonna make some people mad. There are people in this hobby who really believe that more money = more better.
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I have come across just plainly bad fish food. After one food every single time the aquarium just smelled like a rotten fish for the whole day. Another food smells like wheat flour and nothing else. Why? Is that most of the content? I can feed my fish with bread myself. Besides, some fish would constipate after that food.
Any of it free of preservatives and colourants i only feed my cats natural food free of cancerous health detrimental junk food.
Im on a quest to care for my fish in equal manner to my cats but all dry flake and pellets are full of preservatives and colourants from the labels in shops.
I saw someone say fish foods start to leach nutrients into the atmosphere once they’re opened, so you want to toss them after like 30 days. I might go 45 with this big a variety, cuz hopefully not all the foods are opened at the same time, so there’s always something freshly opened in the mix.
Cory has a video about that. If I remember correctly, he said never buy a big bag of fish food, rather the smaller bag because of use by date.