#Aquadine aquarium fish food update

Proper dietary selection also is determined on the eating times and habits of fish. To maintain healthy fish, it is essential to choose the right aquarium fish food.

For example, juveniles require more protein and the carnivore is not properly cared for when mostly feeding greens. You’ll know when its ready for feeding time when almost all the liquid is gone.The nutritional requirements of aquarium fish vary greatly depending on species, as well as age. This allows the pellets to absorb all the added nutrients before feeding it to your fish.

With all these supplements added to the fish food, stir it all up and let it sit for about 20-30 minutes. I add 1 capful of zoo-plankton to my concoction of supplements. Zoo plankton is typically used in salt water reef tanks to aid in coral growth and coloration.īut zoo-plankton also provides a boost in natural melanin production which bring out the awesome color of fish that have high pigmentation…In other words it’ll help get your African cichlids color to pop!! Here’s a great video of what my guys look like – African Cichlid Show Tank The last supplement I use is called Zoo-plankton by Seachem. Seachem Zoo Plankton Seachem Zoo Plankton Vitachem is super concentrated at 1 drop per gallon of tank water. These amino acids will ensure healthy fish overall and also helps in fin regrowth as well. Vitachem from Boyd Enterprise is basically a multi vitamin like we would take a multi vitamin for ourselves everyday.Īnd it has many of the amino acids missing from commercial pellet foods. Northfin food has a great amount of amino acids but it’s missing some important ones.

#Aquadine aquarium fish food update

There’s been an update to the Supplement mix regarding Vitality, Read More Here! Vitachem Vitachem I add 1 capful of vitality to my pellets. You will notice amazing regrowth of fins damaged by fighting and aggression problems in your tank by adding this supplement daily. It helps your fish recover from illness as well as body and fin damage. Vitamin C is by far the most important vitamin for your fish. A very important vitamin that gets destroyed during commercial fish food processing is Vitamin C. Next supplement is Vitality, also by Seachem. I add 1 capful of garlic guard to my pellets. You can also use pure crushed garlic and get the same benefits. I make sure I never run out of garlic guard and never miss a feeding without it. Especially when it comes to disease and parasite resistance. Garlic contains Allicin which has a huge impact on fish health. Now most of us that have been in the hobby for a while already know about garlic guard and know that it’s a flavor enhancer for fish, and it can get fish that don’t want to eat, to eat.īut there’s more to garlic guard than that.

😊 The Supplements Seachem Garlic Guard Seachem Garlic Guardįirst product I want to share is called Garlic Guard from Seachem. I occasionally give them some frozen krill as a treat once a week also, I love to spoil these guys. You want to make sure you only feed as much as they can eat in about a minute, any more than that and you’ll have plenty of problems that come with over feeding, like cloudy water and ammonia spikes.īTW, I use all 3 variations of Northfin, the Cichlid formula, the Veggie formula, and the Krill formula just to give my guys some variety. With about 30 fish in my tank give or take, I start with 1 heaping teaspoon of Northfin pellets. What this article will be about is the supplements I use to add to this great food that will replace those missing nutrients and enhance your fishes health, growth, color, longevity of life and overall happiness, which is what we all want for our fish right !! As good as Northfin is its still a processed food that loses many vitamins, minerals, and amino acids when produced due to the drying and heating process of the pellets. You can do some research on Northfin or ask around online in Facebook groups or forums and I guarantee you’ll hear and read the same things over and over, that Northfin is an awesome choice of aquarium fish food.īut this article isn’t about Northfin, its about everything that Northfin, and every other commercial fish food, is missing and what we should be supplementing. I’ve done my own research and I’ve experimented with what my African Cichlids like and what they do best on and I landed with Northfin. There is tons and tons of information out there testing and comparing fish foods. It’s not about which brand of fish food is the best. So let me start by stating what this article isn’t about.