Feeding Fish

Koi are the Japanese variation of the common carp that derived from the original species in the early 1800s in Japan. These fish exist in a wide range of colors and are often found in water...

Anyone who keeps large predatory fish knows that providing them with live food, rather than the typical pellets and frozen food that large commercial pet stores offer, is ideal in helping to keep...

Years ago, many commercially available and homemade soaps contained a substance called lye. Lye is a caustic chemical that can be added to rendered animal fat in order to create soap. This soap...

Having a koi pond requires patience, large amounts of responsibility, and proper knowledge of how to effectively care for your fish. Koi are much different from having a regular fresh water tank...

Raising and maintaining an aquarium is enjoyable and educational, especially if you are an advanced hobbyist that prefers the more aggressive breed of aquatic fauna. Fish from the cichlid family...

Microworms are a popular livefood source that can easily be cultured at home. Live microworms can be fed to many fish of different sizes including small fish fry, guppies and bettas.

Daphnia Magna are easy to culture at home where they can continue to provide you with a healthy form of live fishfood.

Halibut have a unique diet that can consist of several different fish and formulas. Farm-raised halibut have a very different diet than that of wild halibut. It is important for anyone interested...

Frozen foods for tropical fish contain fresh ingredients that are frozen solid and only thawed when ready to be served. They provide something similar to what fish would eat in their natural habitat.

Raising your own fish is fascinating and rewarding. All baby fish, called fry, look fairly similar before they develop their mature forms later in life. One of the most fascinating parts of...

Many freshwater aquarium fish like live food as a treat. Occasional meals of live foods are essential for maintaining healthy fish. Live foods are also important for bringing tropical fish into...

The question every aquarium owner has asked, "how much and how often should I feed my fish?" Here is the real answer!

Copepods are small, water-dwelling crustaceans. They live in every conceivable part of the ocean, from tide pools to ravines, and also in streams, rivers and lakes. Copepods are small enough that...

At the top of the food chain is the human species- strong and dynamic. At the bottom of the food chain is one of the most abundant and widely consumed sea animals on the planet--krill. The word...

Macropodus Chinensis, or Chinese paradise fish, aren't considered picky eaters. They are omnivores, although they favor a high-protein diet of meaty foods. These colorful relatives of the Betta...

Tuffy Minnows are tiny fish that grow up to 3 inches long and are silver in color. They are also called fathead or blackhead minnows. They get their names from the fact that the heads of the males...

Fish are amazing creatures. Some species actually never stop growing until they perish. In the wild, fish forage for food to survive, which can limit growth due to availability and predation by...

Microfex worms are one of the best live fishfoods available. They breed the fastest out of all of the aquatic worms that are used for live fishfood. Microfex worms are also called dero worms or...

Live fishfood is definitely good for your newborn fry. However, there are times when your supply of live fishfoods may be low. These times are when you will be glad that you took the time to make...

Most people do not like to buy gold fish because you can not pet them like a dog or snuggle with them like a cat. Gold fish, however, can make excellent pets if you know how to take care of it to...

Brine shrimp technically aren't shrimp, but they do make great food for fish, especially fry and carnivorous fish with small mouths, such as sea horses. Although hatched brine shrimp can be bought...

A goldfish is one of the most common pets for people to get, they don't require a lot of care and are generally easy to care for. In this article you can learn how to feed you goldfish pet.

Saltwater fish have different feeding requirements from freshwater fish. Marine fish often maintain their natural wild diet, rather than a largely domesticated diet, like freshwater fish. Properly...

Grindal worms are the perfect live fishfood. They breed very fast and fish eat them up quickly. There are many ways to culture grindal worms. Here I will describe a grindalworm culturing method...

Knowing how and when to feed your saltwater fish is important for their survival. Too much food is as dangerous for them as not having enough--both can cause shortened lifespan or immediate death...

Sucker fish or suckermouth catfish are the common names for bottom-feeding fish such as algae eaters or one of the types of plecostomus fish. They spend a lot of time in the aquarium sticking to...

Bloodworms are the bright red larvae of the Chironomus midge, a non-biting bug that resembles a mosquito. Bloodworms are a high protein treat for your pet fish, but most aquarium owners recommend...

Minnows are kept by some people as bait for fishing, while other people often keep them as pets. There are both freshwater and saltwater minnows and feeding them is an important part of keeping...

Blackworms are a popular live fishfood. They are easy to keep and culture. Aquarium fish will happily eat California blackworms. These worms are fed live to fish of many sizes and...

Blackworms are segmented annelids that readily regenerate their own tissue. This nifty biological trick allows fragments of worm to be cut off and isolated and then used to begin a new worm...

Copepods are a type of crustacean which can live in both fresh and ocean water. The miniscule creatures are an important source of dietary protein for many forms of aquatic life, particularly when...

Microworms are considered the best nutritious food for your fish fry and if done properly, a single batch of culture could provide enough supply to last for more than a week. It is also considered...

Sockeye salmon reside in the Pacific Ocean, from the northern Canadian waters to the eastern coasts of Japan and the western coasts of North and Central America. It is also found in inland waters...

Rockfish are native to the North Pacific Ocean, living in the waters from as far north as Alaska to as far west as Japan. Also known as Pacific red snapper and rock cod, rockfish is a broad...

Catfish and snails are not strictly algae eaters. They will happily snack on algae all day long but they will still need to be fed once or twice a day. These hungry aquatic scavengers will need a...

Sometimes, certain aquariums can accumulate algae faster than others. All fish tanks are different. Here are a few natural and organic ways to control algae in a freshwater aquarium using living...

Grindal worms are a popular live fishfood. Fish such as guppies and bettas will happily spend a few minutes hunting grindals and eating them. When watching your fish react to the sight of a...

Whenever a child asks about a pet, we automatically think Goldfish! you don't have to walk it in the snow, buy pet food by the bulk nor spend hundreds of dollars in vet bills...at least not yet!...

You can't feed all your fish the same foods--some breeds need different nutrients. Sucker fish, known as plecostomus or plecos, are primarily omnivores. Their diet should consist of a diet high in...

If you're going away on vacation and need to give instructions to a pet sitter, or if you simply want to make sure that you're feeding your guppies regularly and correctly, a guppy feeding chart...

Feeding your pet fish a proper healthy diet is crucial to maintaining their health and longevity. Read on to learn how to choose fish food for your pet fish.

Culturing dirtless grindal worms is the easiest way to grow your own live fish food. Why would you want to culture grindal worms in dirt when they don't need dirt to survive? It is so easy to...

Breeder shrimp need a widely varied diet in order to rear large batches of young. Here we will discuss the many things that you can feed to your adult shrimp to get them into tip-top shape and...

Feeding free floating ghost shrimp larvae is cheap and easy. In fact it is almost free! The larval stage in ghost shrimp is short but if the tiny shrimp can't find enough food, then they won't...

Culturing your own live food is one thing. What if you have figured out how to culture live food so well that you have extra cultures on your hands. Well if you don't want to go into business...

Vinegar eels are tiny, non-parasitic, free living nematodes. They feed on even smaller microorganisms that live in and eat apple cider vinegar. Vinegar nematode or Vinegar Eels (Turbatrix aceti)...

Tiny newborn fish fry, eat even tinier live fish foods. Vinegar eels are one of the most popular live fry foods. They are widely available and easy to care for. Vinegar eels live in the water...

Grindal Worms are a perfect choice of live Fishfood. They are similar to white worms but need much warmer living and breeding conditions. This makes them easier to care for than white worms....

For many years, fathead minnows have been used largely as bait or as food for other aquarium fish. Recently, they are beginning to be regarded as aquarium pets themselves. They also go by the name...

Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) were marketed since the 1960s as 'Sea Monkeys.' Well, before that and still today, they're fish food, sorry. :-) I hatch brine shrimp for my Angelfish fry and they...