CAN I FEED THIS? to my fish

[NanoPerson67]

hi guys. well i recently bought ocean nutrition formula one pellets for my tank and they my chromis are not eating them and its been 2 weeks.. they barely eat. i use to feed these little dried pieces of shrimp i have a pic. i fed it to my firefish which lived for a month and a half. and i saw his mouth started getting grey and puffing up. he eventually died of cottonmouth. could it have been because of these shrimp because my chromis's are not eating and if my firefish didnt die because of the dried shrimp then i think i should feed it to my chromis because if they dont eat eventually theyll die.. heres how to shrimp look

 

[Mikei70]

Are you soaking them before you feed the fish?

Might not hurt to add some vitamins to the soak water.

 

[NanoPerson67]

Are you soaking them before you feed the fish?

Might not hurt to add some vitamins to the soak water.

well at first it didnt, but then i noticed it was too dry so i did soak them... how long do i need to soak? and what kind of vitamins do i need to add? i am planning on feeding these to my 2 chromis fish.

 

[Mikei70]

well at first it didnt, but then i noticed it was too dry so i did soak them... how long do i need to soak? and what kind of vitamins do i need to add? i am planning on feeding these to my 2 chromis fish.

Just soak them until they sink.

I'd add something like Vita-Chem. Probably unnecessary, but can't hurt.

Chromis' are pretty tough.

 

[NanoPerson67]

Are you soaking them before you feed the fish?

Might not hurt to add some vitamins to the soak water.

by soak you mean just letting them sit in fresh r/o water rite?? sorry im kind of a nooby.. i never added anything to the water they were soaking in.

 

[NanoPerson67]

Just soak them until they sink.

I'd add something like Vita-Chem. Probably unnecessary, but can't hurt.

Chromis' are pretty tough.

k ill soak them until they sink.. ill also probably crush them too and make em small pieces so the chromis fish can fit it into their mouths.. they havent eaten in forever..

 

[NanoPerson67]

also if i add to much can the food cause ammonia??

 

[Mikei70]

by soak you mean just letting them sit in fresh r/o water rite?? sorry im kind of a nooby.. i never added anything to the water they were soaking in.

RO or even tank water is fine.

 

[Mikei70]

also if i add to much can the food cause ammonia??

Yes-- that's true of any food.

 

[bizzarro]

Is that that shrimp meant for human or fish consumption? Looks kind of pale for fish food grade.

 

[NYreefNoob]

looks like the large freeze dried stuff, better off buying a pack of mysis frozen

 

[NanoPerson67]

looks like the large freeze dried stuff, better off buying a pack of mysis frozen

ok i will buy it. can u send me a link on how it looks? i will get it while i add my clean up crew. i also did feed it to them already so i guess no harm done so far? i dont see any changes to the tank.

 

[NanoPerson67]

well actually the fish didnt even eat it because their so stressed out. the pieces are just on the rocks.

 

[tentacles]

Are those supposed to be snacks for humans? If so, you should probably avoid putting them in your tank, they may have added spices and whatnot.

 

[NanoPerson67]

Are those supposed to be snacks for humans? If so, you should probably avoid putting them in your tank, they may have added spices and whatnot.

o no they dont have anything added at all. i smelled them already. they can be used for cooking, but their's no anything special in them. i put them in tank already for damseles but they did not eat them. i am going to buy frozen mysis shrimp. also my firefish i think got cottonmouth because of it but not sure. they might be dirty because some was used for cooking, but i did soak them in fresh r/o first. i am going to exchange my food from petco and get frozen mysis from my lfs.

 

[Mikei70]

I was operating under the assumption that it was freeze dried krill or something similar.

As a general rule, don't feed people food to fish.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Nano- this is what frozen mysis looks like that you should be using. Again I have a pack I could give you if youd like itll give you well over a months feedings with only a few fish. Itll give you some time to save up a little cash for other stuff you need.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...pj_EW&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=45&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0

 

[reefs4life]

If you really want to use human food get a bag of cocktail shrimp, that's what I used to feed my anemones for a long time but I ended up doing a big order with Jehmco so I got myself two blocks of silversides. If you want something your fish can eat, since you're already using ocean nutrition, use ocean nutrition formula one flakes, my fish love them, even my blue throat triggers go nuts for it. I also feed new life spectrum 1mm pellets and everyone in my tank loves those. My personal feeding includes Ocean Nutrion Formula One Flakes, New Life Spectrum 1mm Marine Pellets, Frozen Mysis, Frozen Plankton and Frozen Silversides (for anemones).

 

[tentacles]

o no they dont have anything added at all. i smelled them already. they can be used for cooking, but their's no anything special in them.

I meant more like....reading a label, not smelling them. Generally, you want to keep your kitchen things and tank things separate.

 

[NanoPerson67]

I meant more like....reading a label, not smelling them. Generally, you want to keep your kitchen things and tank things separate.

ya it's just kept in a plastic bag inside a glass bottle. no brand or anything. i think it's imported from asia. theres no labels. either way i am going to buy frozen mysis shrimp.