Feeding Fish

How to Feed a Plecostomus Fish

By Summer Banks Banks

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You have filled your tank with some of the most beautiful fish you could find. Your final addition is a Plecostomus. After a few short weeks, you notice your Plec (for short) is dirtying the tank with his droppings. You are overfeeding your ... more »

How to Feed Live Brine Shrimp to your Aquarium Fish

By George Sommers

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Would you like to give your fish a delicious treat while adding a new dimension of interest to your aquarium hobby? Feed 'em live brine shrimp!.. more »

How to Feed Your Fish While Away From Home

By Limowreck

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Got fish? If you're planning a vacation or some time away, you don't have to worry about who will feed your fish. There are many great products to keep your fish fed without you. Some fish can even go weeks without a meal... more »

How to Choose the Right Kind of Pet Food

By eHow Pets Editor

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Species, age, activity level, environment and physiological conditions such as growth, pregnancy or nursing affect the nutritional needs of animals... more »

How to Feed an Oscar Fish

By Summer Banks Banks

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Creating a living fish environment is a soothing and relaxing way to add the element of water to your home. Oscars are a relative of the Piranha and eat just as aggressively. Oscars tend to be a dirty fish by nature. These large fish are quite ... more »

How to Hatch And Harvest Brine Shrimp

By Walkaboutangel

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Newly hatched brine shrimp are a wonderful addition to the diets of the fish and invertebrates in your fresh or salt water aquariums. They are not hard to hatch and harvest at home, but before you invest in a hatchery try this easy method and ... more »

How to Make Homemade Fish Food

By eHow Pets Editor

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If commercial fish flakes are leaving you and your fish bored and live bait isn't your style, it may be time to make your own homemade fish food. All you need are the right ingredients and a bit of time. Don't overfeed and you'll have healthy ... more »

How to Buy Sinking Fish Pellets

By eHow Pets Editor

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When you have an aquarium or a pond you want to be sure you get the right type of food for your fish. You need to check what food your fish will eat. Sinking fish pellets are among the basic foods that many fish will eat. Whether you have ... more »

How to Choose Tropical Fish Food

By Ruby Bayan

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In the wild, fish address their nutritional requirements by feeding from different natural sources. In the aquarium, fish will only be healthy if they are fed in the same manner, and with the same wide range of food choices they enjoy in their ... more »

How to Feed Goldfish

By eHow Pets Editor

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Funny how the simplest procedure - feeding your fish - can be so easily botched. For proper feeding, consider the following... more »

How to Feed Tropical Fish

By Ruby Bayan

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Feeding your fish with nutrients (which are as close, if not identical, to the food they eat in their natural habitat) is crucial to the health of your pets and the success of your fish-keeping hobby. Fortunately, nowadays, you don't have to go ... more »

How to Hand Feed a Fish

By eHow Pets Editor

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Some fish will allow you to hand feed them while others may act wary. However, you can teach almost any fish accept hand feeding. This feeding method will let you monitor exactly how much your pet eats. Be patient. Training a fish to hand feed ... more »

How to Hatch Brine Shrimp

By Tom Morgan

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Brine shrimp are high in nutrition and are an excellent food source for plankton-eating saltwater creatures. Hatching your own brine shrimp and collecting them after hatching is easier if you follow these tricks... more »

How to Make an Oscar Fish Grow Faster

By Summer Banks Banks

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The entire purpose around maintaining a fish aquarium with Oscars is to watch them grow into large carnivorous fish. While these fish grow aggressively on their own, there are tried and true ways to increase an Oscars size more quickly. This easy ... more »

How to Buy Infusoria

By eHow Pets Editor

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Infusoria are microscopic protozoans used to feed newly hatched fish, called fish fry. Most established home aquariums already contain a quantity of infusoria; however, this is often not enough infusoria to feed a large quantity of fish fry. ... more »

How to Feed a Betta Fish

By eHow Pets Editor

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Betta fish are a fun and beautiful pet that can provide enjoyment for all that keep them. Knowing just how to feed them is a very key role in their health and happiness. It may sound simple; yet feeding bettas takes a little skill and knowledge... more »

How to Sell Homemade Fish Food to Pet Stores

By eHow Pets Editor

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Proper diet is important to the survival of fish. Homemade fish food can provide the proper balance of nutrients if you know what vitamins and minerals to include for different species. After you make your fish food you can sell it to pet stores ... more »

How to Buy Floating Fish Pellets

By eHow Pets Editor

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Floating fish pellets are not for all fish-bottom feeders, for instance, require food that sinks to the bottom of the aquarium. For most fish, however, a floating pellet is appealing and can be tailored to meet a variety of health needs. When ... more »

How to Feed Aquarium Fish

By JWSouza

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Once you have a tank set up with fish, feeding them seems easy. But over feeding can cloud the water, produce dangerous levels of ammonia in the water and eventually kill the fish. Learning how to correctly feed your fish is important, especially ... more »

How to Best Feed Your Pet Fish

By Lindaperry

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Though I have only one little Betta fish now, over the years I have had, watched, and raised fish of all kinds. Most likely I have tried every kind of fish food for almost every kind of fish, so that experience must speak for itself. This ... more »

How to Feed Fish In Hot Weather

By johnd2141

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Summertime provides the best time of the year to water garden – and also to be on the alert for high-temperature problems... more »

How to Feed Your Fish During The Cold Winter Months

By johnd2141

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With air and water temperatures dropping in most parts of the country, now is the time to greatly reduce the amount of food you are feeding your fish... more »

How to Hand Feed your Koi

By johnd2141

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One of the most rewarding and entertaining things about having a Koi pond is when your fish finally start eating out of your hand. There is no better way to learn each fishes' personality and temperament than to have them nuzzle your fingers when ... more »

How to Make a hatchery from a plastic 2 liter soda bottle

By PinkLavender

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Do you feel like those other expensive hatcheries don't work the way you want? Then you can use these directions to make your own... more »

How to Take Care Of Lemon Tetras

By johnd2141

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Glassily transparent, the lemon tetra (hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis) could appear to be just a sunbeam flashing through your community tank if not for background elements like plants and driftwood. Another member of the large characin clan, the ... more »

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