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	Quick question about feeding
Cloudy4255 Small Fry Posts: 3 Votes: 1 Registered: 19-Sep-2005	Is it ok to feed spirulina to carnivorous fish? I have angelfish and dwarf gouramis in my 30 gallon set up and feed them New Life Spectrum Community Fish Formula as well as blood worms one to two times a week. I was just wondering about throwing some spirulina flakes into their diet occasionally but am not sure if I should. Thanks for any input!
Posted 20-Jul-2007 05:35
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Sure! Depending on the food you are feeding, you could find that it has a large chunk of veggie or cereal matter anyway. I'm pretty sure that NLS foods have various algae meals and garlic in their community formulas anyway I wouldn't make spirulina a staple for either of those species (although I suspect they might do OK on it as many spirulina foods have a suprisingly large portion of fish meal for some reason), but it wouldn't be a problem for them to use it to break up their feeding routine. Have a read of your labels and see what ingredients are in the processed foods For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 20-Jul-2007 08:56
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I feed Tropical Spirulina to all my fish & they all like it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 20-Jul-2007 13:01
Cloudy4255 Small Fry Posts: 3 Votes: 1 Registered: 19-Sep-2005	Thanks so much for the help. I thought that it should be ok but I really wanted to double check first. I tried feeding the spirulina flakes this morning after reading your posts and the gouramis LOVED it but the angels not so much. They ate a couple flakes quickly then spit them back out again and wouldn't touch anymore Anyway...thanks again!
Posted 20-Jul-2007 23:36
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	With any good feeding program it must be varied if you look in My Profile you will see that I have tried many different foods over the years. I do not like using any live foods (unless you breed it your self) as you have no control of where it comes from and what it can bring into the tank. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 21-Jul-2007 03:34
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Even my Angel don't like the Spirulina Flakes much, but i think it's because, he's used to Live Mosquito Larvae & Bloodworms, that i have in some still water. He's really spoilt....... http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 21-Jul-2007 13:56
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Spirulina algae have a pretty high protein content anyway, so it's not likely to hurt them. Fish that will only go for live, moving food aren't likely to take it, but anything else should be fine as long as it's not the only component of their diet. ><>
Posted 21-Jul-2007 19:09


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