Food
THERE AEE major differences between the foods
whicli various fishes will eat. Some fishes thrive on dry
meals or pelleted foods while others require fresh
meat or even Hve food. In the following discussion we
will deal with the source, use, and characteristics of
representative foods.
Prepared Foods
Prepared foods are compounded from high protein, botanical meals supplemented with meat scraps,
minerals, and torula yeast or distillers dry solubles.
For small, surface-feeding forms such as the goldfish,
golden shiner, zebra fish and guppy, the mixture is
ground to a fine powder to promote floatability. For
larger surface-feeding fishes, such as trout and to a
lesser extent the cichfids, compounded foods are available in a pellet form which floats.
For bottom-feeders, such as catfish and bullheads.