fed properly and properly nourished

[leebca]

FED PROPERLY - PROPERLY NOURISHED

I used these words in various posts and, in the future, the words will appear as a link to this post. It’s to explain what I mean.

Many hobbyists misunderstand what it means when it is written that their fish must be fed properly and receive the proper nutrition. When I ask them about this, the most response is that their, ‘Fish eats a lot’ or that their, ‘Fish is eating.’ The two responses have nothing to do with the concept of being fed properly or getting the proper nutrition.

It doesn’t matter how much a fish is eating. If it’s the wrong food, the food is not providing enough of or the right kinds of nutrition and the fish is not being properly fed.

Feeding properly means the fish is being fed the right kinds of food and in the right amount. You first determine through the Internet or literature what kind of fish you have: Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore. Then you provide the sea foods the fish depends upon, and you provide that in the correct quantity. Add vitamin and fat supplements to these foods and the fish is then getting the proper nutrition and is being fed properly.

I wrote this very long post on fish nutrition to provide background and the information you need, once you determine what kind of fish you have: Feeding Marine Fish and Fish Nutrition. If you skip down the post you’ll find comments about specific kinds of foods to use and to avoid, with clear reasoning given. Especially note this post if your fish is a herbivore or omnivore: How To Feed Macro Alage to Marine Fishes

All the following are examples of a fish NOT being fed properly and/or NOT properly nourished:
“My fish eats a lot and I feed it pellets and/or flake foods”
“My fish is eating brine shrimp”
“My fish is eating mysis and brine shrimp”
“I feed my fish [insert any land product name]”
“My Tang (over 3") won’t eat marine algae”
“I feed my fish only gut loaded brine shrimp”
“I feed my fish only [any one kind of food]”

A properly nourished fish includes vitamin and fat supplements in their diet, along with the best and proper natural foods for them with variety. The best foods are alive and the best prepared foods you can purchase are frozen.

There are many posts in the list of links which have to do with food, feeding, and nutrition. Please read them!
Table/Contents - Link List

[bchuck]

I have had quite a dilemma with what to feed my fish for the past year since i have had quite a few problems with feeding natural food. for one my fishes seem not to like some of them and they dont eat thema t all or they end up dying after being fed natural foods so i have tried feeding my foshes with artificial foods though my friend who are more probably more experienced tellss me that natural food is the way to go since it brings all the nutrients my fish need. I guess I just ended up buying from one trusted source since they tell me that some fish supply stores probably give me bad quality natural fish foods so my fishes either doesn't eat them or get poisoned or something. It took a ehile for me to find a good supplier in our area but so far things have been going well. looking forward to more fish breeds in the future!

[leebca]

Keep making an effort to feed your marine fishes, sea foods.