Than to feed fishes

It is difficult to give an unambiguous answer to this question, since each species of aquarium fish needs a certain feed. By the nature of nutrition of all fish can be divided into three groups: herbivorous, carnivorous and carnivorous. Vegetable fishes eat aquatic plants,animal-eating - invertebrates, predatory - invertebrates and other fish. This is a fairly conventional classification, and most aquarium fish are generally omnivorous.

Also Aquarium fish differ in the way they eat. Most fish feed in the middle layerswater, but some prefer to collect food from the bottom or even dig it out of the ground, and some fish species take food mainly from the surface of the water. All these nuances need to be taken into account when choosing a diet for your fish.

Fish food should contain all the substances necessary for normal life activity: fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals. Feeding fish can be two kinds of food - ready and alive. Many aquarists prefer ready-made artificial feed, as they are easier to store.

but Fish necessarily need a live feed. If you feed the fish only with ready food, thiswill be enough to maintain their livelihood, but for normal reproduction in their diet must be present live food. By the way, he can be both alive in the literal sense of the word, and frozen.

Ready dry food is available in the form of powder, flakes, tablets or pellets (pellets). Usually, flakes are fed with fish, which take foodfrom the surface, powder - fry, tablets - bottom fish. It is important to remember that the size of the fodder must match the size of the fish. The same applies to live food: for example, a pipe man and bloodworm fish are usually cut into small pieces.

It is very important to feed the fish diversely. You can not always give them the same food,The food should be alternated. Note that live food is much more useful in raw form than in cooked. Live food should be purchased at a pet store, it is not worth it to collect it yourself in nearby water bodies, if you do not want your fish to get sick.

Before feeding fish with live food, it must be washed in running water, the temperature of which is close to the aquarium water. Frozen food should be fed to fish immediately after thawing. Before you give dry food, make sure it's quality: it should not be stuck together. Keep it in a tightly closed container. Do not allow water to enter the food. Do not feed the fish with an expired food.

How often to feed the fish? Adult fishes are usually fed one or two times inday, fry - as often as possible. Live food is given several times a day in small portions. Feed the fish always at the same time, and put the food should be in the usual place. Once a week it is useful to arrange a hungry day for the fish - hunger has a beneficial effect on the biochemical processes in the body and activates the sexual activity of fish.

How much food do they give to the fish? The answer to this question you will get practicalby way of. Ideally, the fish should completely eat the food for five minutes. The remains of the feed (if any) must be removed from the aquarium, as they can cause contamination of the aquarium and spoil the water. Remember that it is better to overfeed than overfeed. A small hunger strike of the fish to move in a state, but their obesity is likely to kill.

If you've never had aquarium fish before, it's best for the beginning to get unpretentious in feeding of fishes and ask the seller in detail how and how to feed them.