tetra Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 For about a year now, I've been soaking fish food in a small bowl for around 10 minutes. And everyone seems to be eating well, but then I thought to my self, is it really necessary to soak it? I have Fluval Bug Bites and the granules are pretty hard. I also have Tetra Color Crisp and I thought it might be too hard to chew for the danios. I tried feeding them flakes (without soaking them) and they all ate it pretty well with no issues. I know its safe to feed them flakes dry but are the bug bites and crisp gonna cause them to bloat, and are they gonna be able to chew them? Thanks in advance. For a bit now, I've noticed every time I feed my fish, one of the rainbowfish swims to swim to the bottom of the tank, looking through the sand for food, but then after starts shimmying (just barely) then a few minutes later, swims to the top again and start acting normal. Is it alright, Is it something I have to worry about? Thanks for all answers. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 40ppm Ph 7.6 Kh 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllFishNoBrakes Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I’ve never soaked my flakes/pellets/granules/Vibra Bites/wafers and haven’t seen any issues. Just me though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I've fed a wide variety of fish food, and the only kind I soak is frozen food. I know the directions say to put the cubes in straight from the freezer, but when I do that the fish nibble on them until they sink, and the they often seem to lose track of them in the plants. I soak them until they thaw completely, and then put them in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBandit05 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I feed Fluval bug bites to all my fish (harlequin rasboras, candy cane tetras, GBR, betta) and the very small rasboras have no problems with the granuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I completely thaw frozen food, or the larger fish will grab all of it. I've never soaked flake food. It goes soft very fast. Your rainbow is probably just grazing for bits of food that has sunk to the bottom. My barbs do this daily, resembling cattle grazing in a field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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