What food would be best?

[$eaba$$]

Hi,

In my 20 gallon I have a six-line wrasse and 2 blue/green chromis right now. I was just wondering what would be the best food for these guys? Right now, I am just feeding them a combination of brine shrimp, and a bit of blood worms left over from my freshwater tank. Will these guys most likely accept any type of flake food, and if so, which kind would you suggest?

Thanks!

 

[brackeeper75]

Brine Shrimp generally has no real nutritional value. Try a variety of things. Flake, frozen cubes, myisis, brine on occasion, are always good. You can also chop up frozen non-cooked stuff from the fish market... squid shrimp clams oyster and what not. Make sure you rinse any frozen foods. That stuff that they are packed in does a really good job at raising your nitrates very fast.

 

[mcsassy]

Ya. Make your own food. They sell seafood medleys at some places and if you get a quarter pound of that and throw it in the food processor it should make a good sized zip lock bag...throw is some garlic too if you'd like. All the fish go nuts for it.

 

[skippy2]

Like already said, there is no nutrition in brine shrimp. Bloodworms also aren't any good for sw. fish.
If you do make up the seafood medly (which is a very good idea) add some garlic extreme and some selcon to it.

 

[$eaba$$]

Honestly, I don't think I'm going to make a sea-food medley, just to let you know. IMO it would be a bit overkill for my tank, as I only have 3 beginner saltwater fish. But, in addition to brine shrimp, what could I feed my fish that would be more nutritionally valuable, in addition to the brine shrimp, such as flakes, or other frozen foods? Oh, and this seems an obvious question, but I'm not 100% sure, but will feeding the fish several times daily instead of feeding maybe once daily help the fish to grow faster?

Thanks!

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Mine get a staple diet of Ocean Nutrition 'Prime Reef' and 'Formula 2' flakes, Cyclop-Eeze flakes, Tetra Micro Crabs (Cyclop-Eeze granules) and occasionally get frozen blood-worms (Lawnmower Blenny goes nuts over it), brine shrimp, ocean plankton and krill.

 

[cav]

Any flake/pellet from the Ocean Nutrition or New Era range

 

[Ace25]

Rod's Food anyone?

Ingredients: Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Brine, Krill, Mysis, Grouper (or perch), Red Nori, green Nori, Broccoli, carrot, Frozen red plankton, Golden pearl (7 sizes), DTs Oyster eggs, Selco, Fresh hatched brine, Freshly harvested rotifers.

 

[BToast]

I would use the flake, and mix in a bit of frozen mysis from time to time. My sixline loves both.

 

[BToast]

Ya, mine like Rod's too Ace, but I'm not always willing to spring for it.