I've just read a few posts where people say there's not much nutritional value in brine shrimp. I thought it was good. If it's not, why do people feed it to their fish? I alternate between dried flake, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp and frozen krill (fortified with multivitamins). They seem to spit out the krill though, so I don't know if they don't like it, or there's too many hard bits in it. Anything else I should be feeing them? Also, I've just gotten 3 clown loaches.......should I be feeding them fresh veggies? I've heard they like cucumbers. I've seen in the pet stores where they hang a piece of orange in the tank for the fish to nibble. Anybody else do this?
Good food to feed fish
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I agree - variety is key IMHO feeding fish (unless they're highly specialized feeders), and you've got a nice rotation going.
Eric
Eric
^what he said. baby brine shrimp are valuable because when newly hatched they still have their egg sac attached to them. that egg sac is like a nutrition powerhouse. after about 3 days or so it's all used up by the shrimp - converted to exoskeleton and energy.
There's nothing really good for fish in beefheart. If you ever noticed, many flakes are made with fish as the main ingredient. Beef has the wrong kind of fat, not a natural part of their diet.
I never did understand why beefheart is a popular discus food. Schools of wild discus aren't prone to take down cattle, then burrow into the carcass to eat the heart. They do, however, eat smaller fish, much like almost any other fish will if given the opportunity.