| A balanced diet for your aquarium fish is essential to | | | | Freeze-dried foods |
| thier survival. Most of the commercially available dry | | | | You will also find freeze-dried foods available in |
| fish foods are almost always unbalanced. In many | | | | aquarium stores. They are favorite foods for |
| cases, the vitamin content will gradually decline at | | | | aquarium fish. They have single animal-ingredient like |
| room temperature and since majority of the dry | | | | mosquito larvae, blood worms and Tubifex worm |
| food for tropical fish commonly used will only keep | | | | each. Aquarist should note that freeze-foods are not |
| for about three months, it is always advisable to buy | | | | in themselves complete diet but they can be combine |
| fish-feeds in many small packs rather than in one | | | | to flake food or other type of freeze-dried foods. |
| large pack. | | | | We shall discuss more about Tubifex as a popular |
| The feed could preferably be kept absolutely dry in a | | | | freeze-dried food. |
| refrigerator. However, all fish appreciate a change of | | | | TUBIFEX - This is a traditional favorite food relished |
| diet and will thank you for your consideration with | | | | by most fishes. They are small red worms that live |
| more interesting behavior, better colours, and greater | | | | at the bottom of streams and rivers particularly |
| readiness to breed and better general well -being. | | | | where large amounts of organic matter are present. |
| This change of diet should be supplemented with live | | | | Therefore, it is difficult for the aquarist to collect |
| food; majority of which now come in irradiated | | | | them life from their habitat. It is therefore preferable |
| freeze dried forms to make sure that they are | | | | to buy Tubifex from pet shops where they are |
| disease free. | | | | already clean, freeze-dried and concentrated into |
| I will mention a few that could be found handy in | | | | cube forms. |
| some major aquarium shops and I will group them | | | | From personal experience, Tubifex tubes could |
| into two. And they are flake foods and freeze-dried | | | | probably be the most exciting feed to use for fishes. |
| foods | | | | The cube can be stuck to the front inside wall of the |
| Flake foods | | | | aquarium. The fishes in the tank will immediately |
| Most popular and highly recommended brands are | | | | come forward and bit off pieces of worms excitedly |
| AquarianÂ(R), TetraÂ(R), and | | | | until satisfied. |
| WardleyÂ(R). They are varying in cost and | | | | You need not bother to remove the rest worms |
| quality. Wardley is the least expensive among the | | | | since they seldom pollute and in most case fishes |
| three. However, the Aquarian and Tetra are richer in | | | | return to the feed for further fill. |
| specialty flakes compare to Wardley. | | | | |