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What Squids Eat in the Food Chain
Squid are carnivorous marine cephalopods. Their size varies from a few inches to over 30 feet. A squid's position in the food chain is determined by its size. The smaller the squid the lower its...
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Foods for Omnivore Fish
Fish require the correct diet in order to provide energy, resist disease and to allow for growth. Omnivorous fish species feed on a combination of aquatic plant materials and flesh. These fish have a...
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How to Catch Mosquito Larvae
Mosquito larvae can provide essential nutrients when used as food for fish. Methods for gathering larvae can include collecting them in the field, or rearing your own larvae. Known as wigglers, it can...
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How to Make Fish Food Without Seafood
Making your own fish food is a good way to control the diet of your fish, and can be a great way to save money over time. Most fish foods include some form of seafood as an ingredient, but this can...
View ArticleHow to Feed an Orange Diamond Goby
The orange diamond sleeper Goby spends its day sifting through the aquarium substrate in search of food items. This attractive fish has a double row of diamond-shaped orange spots, over a pale...
View ArticleWhat Do Gourami Fry Eat?
Fish fry of any tropical species are very small. They need specialized foods as soon as they are able to swim and eat freely on their own. For gourami, this means after about three days, the egg sac...
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How to Feed a Piranha
Piranhas subsist on a meaty diet in the wild. Their food can include rodents, insects, fish and crustaceans. When you keep piranhas as pets, sticking as closely as possible to their natural diet will...
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What Vegetables Do Crayfish Eat?
Crayfish are small arthropods that resemble mini lobsters. They live in many different aquatic locations including streams, ponds, swamps and marshes. They are a popular delicacy in some areas and also...
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How to Breed Mosquito Larvae
Mosquitoes can be one of the most annoying pests when outdoors; their painful and itchy bites are bothersome, yet their larva can be very useful for fish owners. Mosquito larvae is a completely...
View ArticleHow to Feed Dwarf Angel Fish
Dwarf angelfish make spectacular and interesting additions to a marine aquarium. These little fish are territorial, however, and unless the aquarist is fortunate enough to obtain a mated pair, only a...
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How to Feed Duckweed to Tilapia
Duckweed is the common name for plants of the genus Lemna. It is a floating plant found in fresh waters in most temperate and tropical locales in the world. Aquarium hobbyists know it by another word:...
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Ways to Accelerate Fish Growth
A number of factors determine the growth rate of fish, particularly of those in aquariums and ponds. Select factors, such as the species of fish, will always remain constant and cannot be influenced....
View ArticleHow to Store Fish Food
Fish food is very important to the overall health of fish and should be stored in a proper way to ensure it keeps its nutrients. Just as with human food, fish food can grow bacteria, mold and fungus...
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Feeding Habits of Tuna Fish
Tuna are opportunistic eaters that adapt to the food available in its current environment. Although there are many types, four of the most common species of tuna include Bluefin, Yellowfin, Albacore...
View ArticleGood Foods for Oscar Fish
Oscars are predator fish that inhabit rivers and tributaries in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Oscars quickly develop personalities in the aquarium and are sought after by both novice and...
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Which Foods Does a Seahorse Eat?
The seahorse is a fish found in shallow, tropical waters. It is the only animal in the world in which the males bear unborn babies. An adult can grow up to 14 inches in length, and the animals live in...
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Vegetables for Algae Eaters
Many aquarium hobbyists introduce algae eaters, such as plecos and catfish, into their aquariums to help control the growth of algae. While algae eaters subsist mainly on algae and decaying plant...
View ArticleHow to Feed a Swordtail Fish
The male swordtail fish has a long fin protruding from it that looks similar to a sword. These fins make swordtails easily distinguishable from other fish in an aquarium. These fish come in a number of...
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How to Make Your Own Tropical Fish Food
Tropical fish do not all have the same nutritional needs. Fish require a varied diet to ensure proper nutrition. Predator fish also eat algae and plant matter, making it important that aquariums...
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Kinds of Algae Eaters
Algae are simple organisms that create their own food via photosynthesis and thrive in many tanks. Although beneficial in small quantities, algae have the potential to ruin the aesthetics and...
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Snack Foods for Pufferfish
Pufferfish belong to the Tetraodontidae family and require a meat-based diet to remain healthy. Unlike other species of pet fish, puffers do not eat commercial flake or pellet food. Their staple diet...
View ArticleHow to Feed Hagfish
The hagfish is a carnivorous Atlantic eel-like scavenger that feeds on a few types of prey. One of its preferred foods is already-dead fish. Another favored food is small hermit crabs. Hagfish also eat...
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DIY Automatic Fish Feeder
One of the most important aspects of keeping aquarium fish happy and healthy is to feed them a varied and nutritious diet. If you work during the day or frequently are away from home, it's difficult to...
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Food to Feed Oscars
Oscars are carnivorous cichlid fish, and require a varied diet of meaty foods in addition to a staple commercial fish food. Cichlid pellets provide all the necessary vitamins and minerals that oscar...
View ArticleHow to Feed Paradise Fish
Paradise fish, also known as Macropodus opercularis, were one of the first types of tropical fish to be kept in aquariums. Originating from Asia, paradise fish are very versatile and can be kept in...
View ArticleHow to Raise Copepods for the Home Aquarium
Copepods are tiny crustaceans that form a significant part of the zooplankton in the oceans. Copepods also form an important food source for numerous fish and invertebrates, including many animals you...
View ArticleHow to Feed Fish Mealworms
Mealworms are not actually worms. They're the larva of a beetle, Tenibrio molitor. The larva are about an inch long and yellowish brown in color. The adult beetles are also about an inch long but they...
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What Type of Animal Is a Sea Monkey?
Sea monkeys are a market name for the Artemia saline brine shrimp. Their biology, adaptation and nutrient value make them a marketing marvel. The sea monkeys eggs can lie dormant for years until...
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Signs of Overfeeding Goldfish
Goldfish are a common cold water and freshwater fish. The fish come in an array of colors, including red, brown, black, yellow and orange. If looked after properly, it can live for up to 20 years. A...
View ArticleHow to Use Salmon Roe As Aquarium Food
While salmon roe, also known as salmon eggs, is often seen as a delicacy due to its price tag, it is often cheaper than caviar. The roe is produced commercially by gathering female salmon before they...
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How to Feed Starfish
Marine scientists now refer to starfish as sea stars, because they're actually echinoderms, not fish. There are more than 2,000 varieties of sea stars. While most species have 5 arms, other sea star...
View ArticleHow to Clean Blackworms
Blackworms are small aquatic worms used for feeding aquarium fish. They are eaten with relish by a wide variety of tank inhabitants, and can even live for a time in tank substrate. Most aquarium...
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Koi Diets
Feeding your koi a balanced, good quality, varied diet is a vital step towards maintaining their health and well being. Taking the time for hand feeding creates a bond of trust and is a relaxing way to...
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How to Make Fish Food to Feed Tilapia
Tilapia are plant eaters and usually feed off algae that they filter from the water by using tiny combs inside their gills or duckweed they find on the surface of the water. Duckweed can be combined...
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How to Feed Earthworms to Fish
Earthworms are an inexpensive food for carnivorous and omnivorous fish. You can find earthworms in your back yard, purchase them from a pet store or breed them yourself. Most fish will eat earthworms...
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Catfish Feed Ingredients
Catfish feed is comprised of a mixture of feedstuffs, because no single feed ingredient can provide all of the necessary nutrients for optimal growth and development. Essential nutrients for catfish...
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How to Feed a Pleco Catfish
When keeping tropical fish, a variety of species adds balance and interest to your tank. Bottom feeders such as Plecostomus catfish, or plecos, also serve a practical purpose, as many of them also eat...
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How to Feed Fish Spirulina
Spirulina algae is known for its positive probiotic health effects in animals, humans and fish alike. In nature, spirulina exists only in volcanic lakes where the water is warm and the alkaline levels...
View ArticleHow to Feed Freshwater Perch Fish
The perch has long been a favorite recreational and sporting fish. The freshwater white and yellow varieties are perhaps the two best-known of the species in America. Both are known for their...
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How to Feed Catfish
Catfish are fish with long facial protrusions that resemble the whiskers of a feline. They are often raised to big-enough sizes to be eaten by humans, or they are just placed in tanks with other fish...
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How to Feed Phytoplankton to Reef Aquariums
Phytoplankton are one feeding option for a reef aquarium. Some hobby aquarists feed phytoplankton regularly and some hobby aquarists feed phytoplankton only when they have certain aquarium species....
View ArticleHow to Raise Molly Fish for Food
Some fish thrive on live food, and will reject non-living food. In fact, some fish, called obligate piscivores will refuse all food aside from smaller fish. Raising mollies (Poecilia spp.) provides a...
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How to Breed Ocean Hermit Crabs
Hermit crabs are crustaceans that exist primarily in intertidal zones, such as tide pools. They typically live in the vacant shells of sea snails and are harmless creatures. Breeding hermit crabs in...
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How to Feed Marine Fish
Marine fish differ from many other common pet fish because they live in saltwater. Most of the time, marine fish are caught in the wild, as opposed to freshwater fish, which are often raised in tanks...
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How to Feed Fish Frozen Food
Frozen food is a good alternative to fresh fish food. It often is high in protein and comes in many varieties, including brine shrimp, which is beneficial for fish that are getting ready to breed, and...
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How to Cut Up Cucumbers for a Pleco to Eat
The plecostomus, known popularly as a pleco, is a member of the catfish family. It originates from the Amazon, and aquarium enthusiasts introduce the pleco to their tanks because it uses its large,...
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What Aquarium Plant Food Is High in Manganese and Iron?
Aquariums are delicate ecosystems which lack the natural minerals of a natural habitat. Raising thriving plants in an aquarium requires providing the proper nutrients. Fertilizers come in three forms:...
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How to Feed Frozen Brine Shrimp to Puffers
Puffers are intelligent and attractively marked marine fish. The many species all share an ability to inflate themselves when stressed. Puffers, which are often housed alone because they tend to become...
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How Do I Presoak Krill?
Freeze-dried krill, which is a small saltwater crusacean, is a common food for large fish species such as Oscars. The process of freeze drying helps preserve the nutrients in the krill, so your fish...
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