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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 13, 2010 15:29:23 GMT -5
I thought of something that may be a way to vary my fish's diet more. I have many tropical fish foods and many foods reserved for goldfish but I never feed the goldfish food to my tropical fish or vice versa. I am wondering if feeding them each other's foods (say only once a week) would help them nutritionally provided it suits their dietary requirements like I wouldn't for example feed my goldfish a betta food high in protein and animal matter, but perhaps something I feed my guppies that is higher in fiber/plant matter.
Would this work?
Thanks. Renee
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Post by Carl on Feb 14, 2010 16:26:11 GMT -5
Guppies do well from my experience with an omnivorous diet, this includes high quality plant/vegetable mater and algae (especially spirulina), Brine Shrimp, Fish Meal, even occasional worms can round out their diet. As for Betters and other more carnivorous fish, many often miss the importance that in the wild, many of these fish also receive the nutrition of what they eat has in its gut" (whether worm, or other fish), and often many carnivorous "diets in captivity miss this. This is where many of the quality Betta Diets come in or if your bettas is "fussy", utilizing products such as Hikari's "Spirulina Enhanced Brine Shrimp" is also beneficial. Carl
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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 14, 2010 16:49:54 GMT -5
Thanks Carl. I thought guppies liked animal matter in their diet but much more plant matter. I stand corrected. What I meant with my question is would it be ok to feed guppies goldfish food and goldfish tropical fish food once a week to vary their diet more. Sorry if I worded that poorly.
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Post by Carl on Feb 14, 2010 17:07:14 GMT -5
Thanks Carl. I thought guppies liked animal matter in their diet but much more plant matter. I stand corrected. What I meant with my question is would it be ok to feed guppies goldfish food and goldfish tropical fish food once a week to vary their diet more. Sorry if I worded that poorly. I am not sure I corrected anything you said, i was just pointing out that a guppy is generally omnivorous. As for the second question, I would say no. The only cross feeding would be with a Spirulina based food and the occasional Brine Shrimp or other similar protein source for the goldfish. The Goldfish diet would provide no benefit to your guppies that I can think of. Carl
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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 14, 2010 17:09:46 GMT -5
I got my answer then. Thanks for letting me know.
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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 21, 2010 12:45:21 GMT -5
Note: I am adding on a question to this thread so I don't make another for a similar question.
As some of you know I'm sure, a few of my goldfish are underweight. I bought them Omega One pellets that includes whole salmon, whole herring, whole salmon, and fresh kelp as well as a bunch of other ingredients. But it is mostly meat based and is says it is high in protein (which I know is not necessarily good for goldfish).
But my goldfish (particularly the ones that are skinny) are having an easy time eating it. However, I still hope they'll gain weight on it and benefit from it even though it is high in protein. I also supplement their food with Spirulina every day, ocassional algae wafers, and a couple other goldfish foods.
This said, will the protein based food benefit them considering goldfish are omnivores but prefer more plant matter?
Thanks.
Renee
EDIT: I checked the protein content. It is 33%.
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Post by Carl on Feb 21, 2010 15:06:30 GMT -5
Which Omega product are you feeding. One point is that not all "high protein" sources are created equal; a comparison at pet food convention seminar pointed out that many pet foods utilize poor quality protein sources and that one can actually meet veterinary requirements as far nutrition levels of protein with leather shoes, but the obvious point was that while this may be true, the protein would be very difficult to digest. Back to the subject at hand, Omega is one of the better brands of fish food you can buy and I know for a fact that they utilize only the best sources for their ingredients, so with the protein percentage you stated along with the supplementing of the Spirulina Flake I would say you are likely doing well. Also see: Fish NutritionCarl
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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 21, 2010 15:12:50 GMT -5
Good. Here's a link to the food I'm feeding. www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753177&utm_source=googleproduct&utm_campaign=5103298&utm_medium=cse&mr:trackingCode=26E62C64-C881-DE11-B712-001422107090&mr:referralID=NAHere are the ingredients and other nutritional facts from the page. Ingredients: Whole Salmon, Cod, Halibut, Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Whole Kelp, Spirulina, Soy Flour, Astaxanthin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Natural and Artificial Colors, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Biotin, Inositol, Tocopherol (Preservative), Ethoxyquin (Preservative). Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein (min.) 35% Crude Fat (min.) 9% Crude Fiber (max.) 2% Moisture (max.) 8.5% Ash (max.) 8% Phosphorus (min.) 0.5% Omega 3 (min.) 1% Omega 6 (min.) 0.5%
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Post by Carl on Feb 21, 2010 15:21:33 GMT -5
Your link does not work. If it is Omega Goldfish Diet, which the ingredients indicate, this is fine. Omega Goldfish along with Hikari, Aqueon, HBH, Sanyu are among the better goldfish diets. Carl
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Post by goldenpuon on Feb 21, 2010 15:34:35 GMT -5
Oops. Looks like part of the code was somehow cut off. And yes, it is the Omega Goldfish Diet. Looks like I'll be fine then. Thank you for the help.
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