Food for marine fish?

[babyfishy]

i have read that we can use market prawns to feed our marine fishes.

is this possible? do we jus cut into smaller pieces and hand feed the fish?

wat other 'seafood' can we buy to feed the marine fish?

is it better to feed live or frozen brine shrimp?

pls advise, tks alot!

[terryansimon]

I know my fishes eat prawn meat. because they will snatch the meat away from the prata and anemone, which is why I have to feed them with a strainer covering it.

[babyfishy]

thanks, i will try to feed some becos i want to give some variety to their diet, instead of giving only flaked & brine shrimp.

[lightningstrike]

another good variety of food will be pellet food. ocean nutrition formula 1 or 2 juz to get u started.

[marcvelous]

i have read that we can use market prawns to feed our marine fishes.

is this possible? do we jus cut into smaller pieces and hand feed the fish?

wat other 'seafood' can we buy to feed the marine fish?

is it better to feed live or frozen brine shrimp?

pls advise, tks alot!

I have seen people feed market prawn to the fishes by hanging the shrimp on a wire by piercing through the head (the hardest part).

Not very nice to see but is a lazy man's method as you won't have to chop the meat into small small pieces.

Also, if left to hang tere for too long, the prawn may spoil your water parameters.

[cornyfish]

i have read that we can use market prawns to feed our marine fishes.

is this possible? do we jus cut into smaller pieces and hand feed the fish?

wat other 'seafood' can we buy to feed the marine fish?

is it better to feed live or frozen brine shrimp?

pls advise, tks alot!

yup, in fact i think market prawns are one of the favourite foods of marine fishes (at least the carnivorous ones).

Personally i feed my fishes all types of seafood that i can conveniently lay my hands on, and they include market prawns, dory fillet, squid etc.. and my fishes love 'em! Prob because these are their natural food after all. In fact after starting with seafood, my fishes now refuse to eat flakes or pellets.

If you're feeding seafood try to vary the menu as much as possible, but try to avoid giving the oily types of fish (like salmon)... Not only will it dirty your hand but will make the water oily too (or so i believe).

Well, if the books and internet sources are to be believed, brine shrimps are really very poor in nutrients though fishes seem to luurve them.. Seafood will be a much better alternative.

As for maintaining the water quality, always remove any uneaten bits of meat from the tank immediately or your water will start smelling like a drain in no time

Oh, one last note on using fish meat for feeding:

In my experience, fish meat tend to disintegrate very easily in water esp when defrosted. (esp when your fish takes a mouthful of it, chews it into a million pieces then spits it out). Water quality will then suffer greatly. So personally i prefer feeding the more "solid" types of seafood instead, such as sotong and prawns.

[babyfishy]

thanks for the great info!!

[Volitan]

yup, in fact i think market prawns are one of the favourite foods of marine fishes (at least the carnivorous ones).

Do you think my dwarf zebra lion will take market prawns? It's still feeding on live shrimps.

[cornyfish]

Well i think there's no harm trying, think there's a good chance that your lionfish'll take it..

[pisces]

Hasn't anyone tried sea weed (Nori) I read somewhere sea weed's good for the fish.

[limbssg]

These are the foods for marine fishes:

http://www.hikariusa.com/frozen_items.htm

Pellets, mysis shrimp, brine shrimps are more commonly available and don't dirty the water.

[Ekia]

Hasn't anyone tried sea weed (Nori) I read somewhere sea weed's good for the fish.

most ppl feed nori to their tangs... and its cheap.. $1 for a packet

[Kalib]

Red Bamboo Macroalgae makes good food for herviorous fish like Tangs.

I even tried feeding those sarong worms for fishing for my fishes, they love it too.