Feeding fish articles

FISH FOOD, FOR DUMMIES by Grant Gussie
Summary: A comprehensive discussion of fish foods: flake foods (with recommended brands), freeze-dried foods, feeding (How much? Bottom feeders?), home made foods (beef heart/whole fish), vegetable diets (plecos, mbunas), commercial frozen foods, purchased live foods (feeders/tubifex/black worms), cultured live foods (compost worms/white worms/wingless fruit flies/brine shrimp/microworms/infusoria), collected live foods (mosquito larvae/fairy shrimps/daphnia/fresh-water shrimps. Hydra).

new HAND FEEDING YOUR FISH by Nathan D'Addio
Summary: Nathan explains his rationale for hand feeding fish and offers up some tips.

FRESH FROM THE FRIDGE by Nathan D'Addio
Summary: Nathan shares some practical fish food suggestions based on items commonly found in a fridge.

FEEDING FISH by George Herrman
Summary: Beginners' guide to feeding community fish. How much and how often. What do do when you go away.

FEEDING FISH by Dr. Adrian Lawler
Summary: Written for the guidance of staff at a public aquarium, these notes on how to feed fish also apply to aquariums at home.

ON OPTIMIZING GROWTH OF FISHES by Robert Fenner
Summary: The factors affecting fish growth - some may be manipulated, others not. Some of the pitfalls of "pushing growth."

ENERGY IS FINITE - ESPECIALLY WITH FRY by Terry Ranson
Summary: Food for thought? Terry has observed that fry that are forced to swim in tanks with strong filter currents grow slower than those in calmer tanks.

FOODS FOR THOUGHT by Ron Brown
Summary: Over the years, Ron fed to his fish many commonplace things that he found in his kitchen and garden, including worms, peas, cheese and egg yolk. He tells how he used them..

BEEF HEART RECIPE by Bill Stone
Summary: Bill details how to make beef heart fish food at home. He feeds this to most of his fish. After reading this article several of our club members made the recipe.

JIM'S BEEF HEART RECIPE by Jim Foreman
Summary: Jim makes his beef heart mostly for discus. He adds more ingredients than usual, but each for a specific purpose.

THE EVOLUTION OF PASTE FOODS by Charles Drew
Summary: During the fifty years Charles has been making paste food he has tried basing it on beef liver and turkey heart, but has settled on beef heart. He discusses formulations and describes his production method.

"FISH JELL-O" by Frank M. Greco
Summary: Recipe and instructions for a home-made gel diet, which can be tweaked as needed (more veggies, more meat) depending on the species being fed.

RAISING AND GROWING LARGE BRINE SHRIMP by Bill "Pegasus NZ"
Summary: How to build a brine shrimp hatchery, and how to feed and grow the shrimps.

GROWING ADULT BRINE SHRIMP by William Berg
Summary: How to grow brine shrimp to adult size as food for larger fish. If well cared for they will live as long as three months and will spawn in an aquarium.

BRINE SHRIMP HATCHERY by Loh Kwek Leong
Summary: How to make a simple plastic bottle brine shrimp hatchery, in pictures.

THE CHEAPEST, SIMPLEST BRINE SHRIMP HATCHER by Milton Toal
Summary: How to make and operate a brine shrimp hatcher using a plastic soft drink bottle.

KEEPING EARTHWORMS & GETTING BETTER COMPOST by Dwayne Tiede
Summary: For his garden compost, Dwayne bought 1lb (1000) red wiggler worms from a vermiculture supplier. Together with the white worms that showed up of their own accord, he has a steady supply of live fish food.

LIVE FOODS: EARTHWORMS by Dave Ball
Summary: A detailed article about how to culture earthworms - a very cheap, low maintenance, high protein fish food.

THE SPOOKY LOOKING GLASS WORM by Majid Ali
Summary: Glass worms are actually larvae of the gnat mosquito. They may be fed to add variety to the diets of your fish.

THE IDEAL WORM CULTURE by Chase Klinesteker
Summary: Grindal worms and red worms can be cultured in one container together, thus providing live food for different sizes of fish.

LIVE FOODS: GRASSHOPPERS AND CRICKETS by Dave Ball
Summary: Grasshoppers can be caught; crickets can be bought cheaply by mail order. They are both excellent foods that help keep fish in their best condition.

LETTUCE HAVE INFUSORIA by Deborah and Randy Ralph
Summary: How to culture infusoria, using lettuce in a bucket of aged water.

COLOR ENHANCING FOODS COMPARISON by Christian B. Homrich Jr.
Summary: Christian experimented by housing groups of Metriaclima esthrae fry in six identical tanks and feeding them six different commercial flakes and pellets. He reports on the varying colors and sizes that resulted.

RAISING MEALWORMS FOR ANIMAL FOOD by Dr. Adrian Lawler
Summary: Yellow mealworm larvae or adults serve as food for fish, reptiles, birds and other animals. They are relatively easy to raise, as detailed here. Includes a unique list of "problems" learned from long experience.

MICROWORMS by Don Smith
Summary: Microworms are easy to cultivate and are excellent live food for small fish or growing fry.

CULTURING MICROWORMS by John Sipes and Mark Weierman
Summary: Another article on this useful live food for fry and small fish.

MOSQUITO LARVAE; AN ALTERNATIVE TO BRINE SHRIMP by Terry Ranson
Summary: Terry harvested mosquito larvae from his own backyard, and used them to feed cichlid fry with excellent results.

A CONTROLLABLE AND SAFER WAY TO RAISE MOSQUITOES
by Scott Davis
Summary: Mosquito larvae are useful live food and can easily be cultured, but be aware of local ordinances and don't upset the neighbors!

WATER THE MOSQUITOES TO HELP CONTROL by Dr. Adrian Lawler
Summary: A new procedure for mosquito control. By providing prime laying areas, then destroying the larvae, we make the mosquito females waste their eggs. This will lead to fewer mosquitoes and fewer infected people and animals, without the dangers of possibly harming ourselves and the environment with pesticides. Details of one example of this technique are presented. (Mass rearing of mosquito larvae for fish food is discussed).

LIVE FOOD FOR FRY - FREE AND DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR
by Milton Toal
Summary: Rafts of mosquito eggs can be collected from a baited bucket placed outdoors. Let them hatch right in your tanks to provide live food for the tiniest fry.

CATCHING LIVE FOOD FROM PONDS by Gerald Hustafa
Summary: Organisms to look for, and how to deal with them.

new CULTURING REDWORMS FOR FISH FOOD by Joseph S.
Summary: Joseph keeps killifish and requires lots of live foods. Culturing of redworms is an easy and inexpensive way to provide live food for all insectivorous and carnivorous fish.

DWARF AFRICAN REDWORMS by Randy Ison
Summary: How to culture these fairly large worms from Africa.

VEGGIES FOR YOUR FISH by Charles Drew
Summary: Fresh cooked high fibre vegetables benefit the digestive systems of many fish.

Enchytraeus albidus - OR WHITE WORMS TO YOU AND ME by Gerry Hawksby
Summary: Another description of how to culture white worms, and a discussion of the advantages of feeding live foods to young fish.

WHITE WORMS - A GREAT SUPPLEMENTAL LIVE FOOD by Jack Heller
Summary: How to culture white worms: the container, the raising medium, the food, and the temperature.

WINGLESS FRUIT FLIES by Charles Drew
Summary: After researching on the Internet, Charles came up with his own recipe for a culture medium in which this useful food can be raised.