WHAT FOODS TO GIVE

ONCE IT WAS A POINT OF HONOR FOR AQUARISTS TO FEED THEIR FISH WITH FOODS THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAD CAUGHT OUTDOORS.ON WALKS THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE,THE LANDING NET WAS ALWAYS BROUGHT ALONG TO FISH INSECT LARVAE,WATER FLEAS,AND WORMS FROM THE NEAREST MARSHY POOL OR CREEK.THAT IS HARDLY POSSIBLE TODAY.FIRST,BODIES OF WATER ARE GROWING INCREASEINGLY SCARCE,AND THOSE STILL IN EXISTANCE ARE OFTEN BADLY POLLUTED.THE DANGER OF BRINGING PATHOGNIC ORGANISMS INTO THE AQUARIUM BY THIS FEEDING METHORD IS SIMPLY TO GREAT.SECOND,ONE CAN EASILY RUN AFOUL OF THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAWS,BECAUSE MANY ANIMALS AND THEIR LARAE ARE PROTECTED BY LAW,AND IN CATCHING WATER FLEAS ONE CAN TELL ALL TO EASILY GET A COUPLE OF TADPOLES IN THE NET.USING FOODS OFFERED IN PET STORES,YOU CAN READILY PUT TOGETHER VARIED MENUS FOR YOUR PETS.

DRY FOOD:DRY FOOD IS AVAILABLE IN THE FORM OF FLAKES,TABLETS,OR GRANULATED PELLETS.IT CONTAINS ALL THE VITAL NUTRIENTS IN SUFFCIENT QUANTITY,AS WELL AS AMPLE ROUGHAGE(TO STIMULATE BOWEL FUNCTION).DRY FOOD REPRESENTS YOUR FISHES''MEAT AND POTATOES".

FLAKE FOOD:COMES IN VARIOUS SIZES.FRY AND SMALL SPEICES GET THE SMALL FLAKES,LARGE FISH EAT THE BIG ONES,AND ALL FISH WILL ECCEPT THE MEDIUM-SIZE FLAKES.IN SELECTING FLAKE FOOD KEEP IN MIND THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR PETS.SPECIES THAT PREFER A VEGATARIAN DIET NEED FLAKES WITH A LARGE PRECENTAGE OF "GREEN STUFF".


FODD TABLETS;ARE USED FOR FISH THAT FEED ON THE BOTTOM;SIMPLY LET THEM DROP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK.THERE ARE ALSO TABLETS THAT CAN BE STUCK TO THE AQUARIUM PANE,WHERE THEY ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO ALL FISH.