Andy's Fish Den Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I buy a basic tropical flake in bulk through my local club when we have fish food buys a few times a year. I have a couple old food containers that I fill to feed from regularly and then I keep the extra in an airtight container in the freezer until I need to refill the containers. I also feed the Aquarium co-op fry food regularly as well. Foods that I feed occasionally (a few times a week) frozen blood worms, frozen brine, frozen daphnia, live blackworms, repashy soilent green and bottom scratcher. I have a lot of corydoras and plecos so I have foods that sink for them, along with peeled and deveined shrimp I cube up for the plecos that are more carnivorous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 12 hours ago, TheDukeAnumber1 said: Just three foods here, and I do it Irene style, small portions are bottled off and the rest stays in the original container sealed in a bag in the fridge. I feed live baby brine, Xtreme Nano, and Northfin Fry Krill Food. Ah, I really like the glass spice jars you use to contain them! They're dishwasher safe and a lot easier to clean than my plastic fish jars. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 12 hours ago, TheDukeAnumber1 said: Just three foods here, and I do it Irene style, small portions are bottled off and the rest stays in the original container sealed in a bag in the fridge. I feed live baby brine, Xtreme Nano, and Northfin Fry Krill Food. Where did you get these? I want something like this for my gecko food since I’ve broken 3 of the zip lok baggies they normally come in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Irene said: Ah, I really like the glass spice jars you use to contain them! They're dishwasher safe and a lot easier to clean than my plastic fish jars. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 Thanks, it does work out nicely. 2 minutes ago, Steph’s Fish and Plants said: Where did you get these? I want something like this for my gecko food since I’ve broken 3 of the zip lok baggies they normally come in I get them from SKS-bottle. Mine specifically are the "clear french square glass bottles". The square ones site together nicely on the shelf :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 does anyone have a recommendation for 2 Butterfly Hillstream Loaches? We bought Hikari Algea Wafers for them and they are not interested. We tried hiding it from the other fish (mollies and glow tetras) and they didn't eat it. Im just afraid tank algae is not enough. One of them is hiding in the same place and rarely moves from that spot, I was thinking maybe he isn't feeling well from not eating? They are both tiny (1-1.5inches) We feed out other fish: Extreme Krill Flakes, TetraMin Tropical Granules, New Life Spectrum Thera-A, Hikari Micro Pellets and BBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bekah said: does anyone have a recommendation for 2 Butterfly Hillstream Loaches? We bought Hikari Algea Wafers for them and they are not interested. We tried hiding it from the other fish (mollies and glow tetras) and they didn't eat it. Im just afraid tank algae is not enough. One of them is hiding in the same place and rarely moves from that spot, I was thinking maybe he isn't feeling well from not eating? They are both tiny (1-1.5inches) We feed out other fish: Extreme Krill Flakes, TetraMin Tropical Granules, New Life Spectrum Thera-A, Hikari Micro Pellets and BBS. try the bug bites pleco sticks, all of my fish go crazy for them including my loaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, yannachka said: try the bug bites pleco sticks, all of my fish go crazy for them including my loaches. I will give these a try! How do you keep other fish from eating them so they can get a chance? I have never seen them get interested during a feeding time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 @Bekah you’ll need to drop them in after the lights go out. no way to stop fish from eating them though unfortunately, my goldies swallow them up too so i throw a bunch of extras in to make sure my plecos and loaches get enough 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanidguy Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Right now I'm feeding New Life Spectrum Float, Thera A+, and Algae Wafers, Omega One Shrimp Pellets, frozen bloodworms, mysis shrimp, and brine shrimp, and live baby dubia roaches. My CPO and shrimp tank will feedings of Hikari Crab Cuisine and a broken up NLS Algae Wafer. New Life Spectrum is my favorite dry/prepared food I've ever tried, the stuff is ridiculously high quality. I have a bottle of Repashy Community Plus but I haven't remembered to prepare more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataku Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 @varanidguy who's eating the dubias? I could see varanids eating them, sure. I fed them to my beardies, but what fish is getting that treat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanidguy Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Nataku said: @varanidguy who's eating the dubias? I could see varanids eating them, sure. I fed them to my beardies, but what fish is getting that treat? The small newborns my tetras, apisto, and even rainbows will take down. My archers eat plumper nymphs about the size of a medium cricket or a little smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo2o915 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 22 hours ago, Irene said: Ooo, great topic! I'm a fish food hoarder because I like to try out different things and see what works best for my fish. 🙂 My favorite ones right now are probably: Favorite pellet: Hikari Nano - staple part of my community tank's diet that slowly sinks to feed all levels of the tank Favorite gel food: Repashy Soilent Green - normally I'd say Community Plus, but I have a lot of algae eaters and livebearers Favorite fry food: live baby brine shrimp Favorite frozen food: I like them all! But maybe daphnia because I have lots of nano fish and it provides roughage Favorite freeze-dried food: recently I've liked Hikari tubifex worms because they break into smaller particles for nano fish Favorite random food: Hikari Crab Cuisine - increased calcium for my amano shrimp (I prefer other shrimp foods for raising baby shrimp) My refrigerator shelf: My freezer shelf: Am I doing something wrong I added the repashy solient green and put a piece in my tank with my L333 and 8 dwarf chain loaches and no one ate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanidguy Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Leo2o915 said: Am I doing something wrong I added the repashy solient green and put a piece in my tank with my L333 and 8 dwarf chain loaches and no one ate it It may just be the choice of food. Have you tried the Repashy Community Plus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I mostly have live-bearers and feed the following products: Repashy- Soilent Green, Community Blend Hikari- Algae Wafers, Fancy Guppy, Freeze Dried Bloodworms, Crab Cuisine, Sinking Wafers Xtreme- Krill Flakes, Pellets, Sinking Wafers Fluval- Bug Bites (for small fish) Zoo Med- Banquet Blocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanR Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, DaveSamsell said: ...Zoo Med- Banquet Blocks I'm surprised not many more people have these. Do you use the nano or the mini? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, RyanR said: I'm surprised not many more people have these. Do you use the nano or the mini? I use both. Great products. 😊 My snails particularly enjoy them. 🐌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) spirulina powder (for the inverts) xtreme spirulina xtreme krill flakes xtreme shrimp sticks (for the inverts) shrimp king's 5 in 1 pack (for the inverts) bacter ae (for the inverts) repashy soilent green repashy community bug bites tetra granulars color enhancer hikari tubifex worms frozen adult brine shrimp (spirulina fed) (I think san francisco brand) frozen daphnia frozen blood worms frozen mysis shrimp sera o-nip (the new ones) for my african dwarf frogs (which unlike everything else I own, the adf really seem to like it) And during the summer and fall, I use larval form of mosquitos from my bird bath as live food. Adult brine shrimp (live) Baby brine shrimp (live) (trying this out) ... I may have a problem as I only own 5 aquariums ... and I may have recently thrown away 8 types of fish food due to age Edited October 16, 2020 by Ben_RF forgot a few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyLoach Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I got tetra flakes algae wafers shrimp wafers frozen blood worms frozen brine shrimp frozen daphnia and a few other things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RovingGinger Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I mostly use Hikari guppy food, goldfish pellets, Xtreme krill flakes (a lot), vibra bites (a lot), and Co-Op fry food. Also frozen bloodworms and frozen baby brine. Everybody likes either the krill flakes or the vibra bites, so those two get grabbed the most. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Daphnia Blackworms Mosquito larva And it wouldn't be complete without baby brine shrimp, a cone full every 12 hours! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeAnne Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I currently have about seventeen different types of food, but I still don't have the correct one for my newest fish. I'm feeding a very Nice Golden Wonder Killifish, I named Mr. Goldie in a five gallon tank with a Flying-Fox CAE. & 2 five-bar barbs. But I seriously need a small floating pellet or Frozen food for him and the others. Is there a food that is adequate for my fish please? Always, LeAnne M Pruitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigB Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I love buying new foods for the fish/shrimp to try. Always try to buy small amounts since I have so many brands. Three tanks, 2 filled with various community fish and one shrimp only tank. Fluval Bug Bites Tropical Flakes Fluval Bug Bites Tropical small granules. This and the one above are my fish favorite they hit these harder than anything other than live food. Xtreme Krill - like this but I can't find a smaller jar and with only 2 tanks can't use it fast enough so might not get again Hikari freeze dried Daphnia Xtreme Sinking Wafer for the ottos/corys Omega One Shrimp Pellets Omega One Veggie Kelp Pellets. Omega One freeze dried blood worms Repashy Soilent Green a favorite of the ottos but the shrimp love it too Hikari Shrimp Cuisine for the shrimp tank Frozen Brine Shrimp Frozen Blood Worms The special treat, in the summer I occasionally raise Mosquito larvae in a bucket to watch all my fish turn into baby sharks and attack them lol. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodyg3 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) I try not to have too many foods at a time so they will be fed while still fresh. Currently: Tetra Color flakes Xxtreme Krill Flake Frozen blood worms Frozen brine shrimp Cucumber and zucchini slices for my bristlenose pleco I hatch baby brine shrimp when I have fry Edited October 22, 2020 by Woodyg3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycramosa Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Currently what I'm rotating on feeding my crew: Xtreme Krill Flakes Xtreme Community Crave Xtreme Nano Xtreme Cat Scrapers - My bristlenose plecos, their fry, my khuli loaches, and albino corys LOVE it. Tetra Community flakes Omega One freeze dried blood worms Frozen Blood worms Co-op Fry Food Zoo Med Pleco blocks Zoo med shrimp blocks - extra calcium for my snails Hikari betta pellets Fluval Bug Bites shrimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredL Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Does anyone have suggestions on what to do with foods they don't use anymore? Thought about posting them online for free just so they don't go to waste, but not too keen on dealing with strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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