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Foods and Feeding
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Dry foods are extremely expensive compared to otherc0hrm0dities, à figure of £l-0,000 per
ton being a typical cost for a product
packaged in small tabs. Thus even in the small quantities sold to
aquarists the cost can be prohibitive if a large number of fish are
kept. lt is doubtful whether any commercial 'fisheries or public
aquaria use fishfood as the aquarist buys it, even though it can be
bought
more
cheaply. The aquarist’s best approach is to
regard all commercial dry foods as stop—gapsfor emergency use and
perhaps as a provider of roughage to assist the fishes’ digestive pro;
'
cesses if other foods which perform this function, such as daphnia, "
are not available. Certainly any good aquéirist Should never need to
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use dry food as the basis of his fishes’ diet. Many prepared_foods are
sold as being espeCially for coldwater
.
.
.
or tropical . .. _.
or marine
fish. While there may be some slight benefitto be gained by a particular type of fish from one particular formula, most formulae Will
be eaten by any fish which takes dry food. The thrifty aquarist can
thus edonomise for instance by using goldfish foods for other fishes,
as these are usually cheaper, although it must be said that the commonly Sold biscuit meal is not even recommended for goldfish.
fish of course Will simply not take prepared food in any
'
format all and these must be fed in other ways even at somein.
to the aquarist.
of them can be'trained to take '
fresh meat, but many will only eatliV'eçreatures. It must never be
_
imagined that when a fish eats ”dry. foods because nothing else is ever
offered to
this food is
for its needs. Many people '
;
who keep community aquaria provide only one brand of
food
_
andfeed only this to every fish “in their care, regardless.çif species
or size *or any other factor. Thisattitude is only to be deplored and f
either ignorance or a complete lack of consideration for the
'
requirements of the fishe's.
.
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Foods and Feeding
-
‘
‘
,
Dry foods are extremely expensive compared to otherc0hrm0dities, à figure of £l-0,000 per
ton being a typical cost for a product
packaged in small tabs. Thus even in the small quantities sold to
aquarists the cost can be prohibitive if a large number of fish are
kept. lt is doubtful whether any commercial 'fisheries or public
aquaria use fishfood as the aquarist buys it, even though it can be
bought
more
cheaply. The aquarist’s best approach is to
regard all commercial dry foods as stop—gapsfor emergency use and
perhaps as a provider of roughage to assist the fishes’ digestive pro;
'
cesses if other foods which perform this function, such as daphnia, "
are not available. Certainly any good aquéirist Should never need to
’
use dry food as the basis of his fishes’ diet. Many prepared_foods are
sold as being espeCially for coldwater
.
.
.
or tropical . .. _.
or marine
fish. While there may be some slight benefitto be gained by a particular type of fish from one particular formula, most formulae Will
be eaten by any fish which takes dry food. The thrifty aquarist can
thus edonomise for instance by using goldfish foods for other fishes,
as these are usually cheaper, although it must be said that the commonly Sold biscuit meal is not even recommended for goldfish.
fish of course Will simply not take prepared food in any
'
format all and these must be fed in other ways even at somein.
to the aquarist.
of them can be'trained to take '
fresh meat, but many will only eatliV'eçreatures. It must never be
_
imagined that when a fish eats ”dry. foods because nothing else is ever
offered to
this food is
for its needs. Many people '
;
who keep community aquaria provide only one brand of
food
_
andfeed only this to every fish “in their care, regardless.çif species
or size *or any other factor. Thisattitude is only to be deplored and f
either ignorance or a complete lack of consideration for the
'
requirements of the fishe's.
.
_
‘
_
=
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