'
.
Table Foods
.
‘
109 ' ‘
enough green food, "and peas
the
of rectifying
‘
this, After cooking, the transparent shell should'be removed and the
,
,
Whole pea
into the water in one lump to avoid clouding.
All sOrts of meat and fish products are very welcome provided they
are not too tough or greasy and do not disperse easily in the water.
Foods which remain in lumps are best as the fishes will break them
up as they need them and if the food remains uneaten the lump
form retards deterioration. Large unwanted pieces can also be
removed more easily. Examples include boiled liver, bacon, roe, fish, ,
lettuce,—spinach and occasionally cheese. New foods may not be
eagerly on introduction so it is Wise to feed very carefully until the
,
fish become used to thém.lt may pay
to introduce a little With_
_
a
more
familiar f00d’ at first. Commercial pet foods which are not
too Soft or greasy such as cat biscuit lumps and the drier d0g
meats go a lot further for the same cost than most
foods.
"
_
Large fish such as Oscars are often kept in relatively small con_
tainers. A 10—inch fish in a 3-foot aquarium is father like a goldfish !
in a gla’Ss bowl, and so must be fed extremely carefully if
is to be avoided. Most fish of this kind have teeth in their thr0”ats
and when, forinstance, they eat lumps of meat many fine particles
'
are
expelled through their gills and into the water, withobviçiuS_
disadvantages. Experiments have shown that'the way to‘ove‘rcome this ,
difficulty is to use a food Which the fish cannot— ch_ew easily and-there —
_
fore SWallows whole. UnCooked lean bacon performs thisfünctio‘nf
Î
and keeps the environment clean even though the fish
rsre_»Ï
_
CeiVing large ‘quantities of food daily.The absence of maSti‘d‘atioh
not
to have any
effect as long as sensibly SiZ‘ed-p1eces:
'
are provided.
_
_
'
.
roons
…
packed dry fish foods are on the whole well—prepared
_
and quite suitable for use if several points are understood; Their most
"
damaging quality is the easewith which they can pollute theenv1ron—
_
ment,;when'used incorrectly,‘ Due to the methods of
"«
-g-ar…eäzsensitiVe to water and quickly rot kaway _if left in the aquarmm
As mentioned repeatedly in this book, largequantltlesof
uneatenfoodwl ruin any
and mu_ÇhuÇâfç mustthere—
-c f0rebetakenlt is recommended that fishes living marnly»otr dry _; _
foodsbefefourotfçÿ times daily. so
that only a little foodneed
0ftenbetœmuchparticularly in partially pOP ulated aquam
.
Table Foods
.
‘
109 ' ‘
enough green food, "and peas
the
of rectifying
‘
this, After cooking, the transparent shell should'be removed and the
,
,
Whole pea
into the water in one lump to avoid clouding.
All sOrts of meat and fish products are very welcome provided they
are not too tough or greasy and do not disperse easily in the water.
Foods which remain in lumps are best as the fishes will break them
up as they need them and if the food remains uneaten the lump
form retards deterioration. Large unwanted pieces can also be
removed more easily. Examples include boiled liver, bacon, roe, fish, ,
lettuce,—spinach and occasionally cheese. New foods may not be
eagerly on introduction so it is Wise to feed very carefully until the
,
fish become used to thém.lt may pay
to introduce a little With_
_
a
more
familiar f00d’ at first. Commercial pet foods which are not
too Soft or greasy such as cat biscuit lumps and the drier d0g
meats go a lot further for the same cost than most
foods.
"
_
Large fish such as Oscars are often kept in relatively small con_
tainers. A 10—inch fish in a 3-foot aquarium is father like a goldfish !
in a gla’Ss bowl, and so must be fed extremely carefully if
is to be avoided. Most fish of this kind have teeth in their thr0”ats
and when, forinstance, they eat lumps of meat many fine particles
'
are
expelled through their gills and into the water, withobviçiuS_
disadvantages. Experiments have shown that'the way to‘ove‘rcome this ,
difficulty is to use a food Which the fish cannot— ch_ew easily and-there —
_
fore SWallows whole. UnCooked lean bacon performs thisfünctio‘nf
Î
and keeps the environment clean even though the fish
rsre_»Ï
_
CeiVing large ‘quantities of food daily.The absence of maSti‘d‘atioh
not
to have any
effect as long as sensibly SiZ‘ed-p1eces:
'
are provided.
_
_
'
.
roons
…
packed dry fish foods are on the whole well—prepared
_
and quite suitable for use if several points are understood; Their most
"
damaging quality is the easewith which they can pollute theenv1ron—
_
ment,;when'used incorrectly,‘ Due to the methods of
"«
-g-ar…eäzsensitiVe to water and quickly rot kaway _if left in the aquarmm
As mentioned repeatedly in this book, largequantltlesof
uneatenfoodwl ruin any
and mu_ÇhuÇâfç mustthere—
-c f0rebetakenlt is recommended that fishes living marnly»otr dry _; _
foodsbefefourotfçÿ times daily. so
that only a little foodneed
0ftenbetœmuchparticularly in partially pOP ulated aquam