What food has nutritional value?

[scrapman]

I keep reading that brine shrimps (that fish love) has no nutritional value.
What food do you recommend that is nutritious and could be given only once a day (to keep the NO3 in check).
Thank you

 

[1journeyman]

What fish are you feeding?
A variety is normally the way to go. You can even make your own foods.

 

[hatessushi]

Beth has a good recipe for fish food at the top of the Disease and Treatment forum. I pretty much followed that recipe and it is fully nutritional and not 98% water like most frozen fish foods are.

 

[reckler]

I use new life spectrum. you can get it right here on swf. all my fish eat it, even the ones that need live food. very good food and was highly recommended to me.
it is called new life spectrum marine fish formula

 

[who dey]

brine = candy bar and mysis shrimp = not a candy bar . What kind of fish are u trying to feed??

 

[xdave]

Limiting the number of feedings per day is not the proper way to control nitrates. It is much less relevant than the amount given per feeding. You should feed no more than your livestock can completely consume in under 3 minutes.

 

[moneyman]

Looted this from cyberspace:
There is a myth floating around that adult artemia are not as good for your fish as newly hatched. There is a tiny bit of truth to this, but it depends on what you are feeding. So whats in it for your fish: Newly hatched artemia are high in fats, about 23% of dry weight. By mid juvenile stage, the fat levels have decreased to about 16 %, and by the time they are pre-adults the fat levels have decreased to about 7%. But, at the same time, the protein content has risen to replace the fat, from about 45% in a newly hatched artemia to about 63% in an adult. Based on this, you should determine what is best for your tank, young fish larvae require a high fat intake for growth and health, while older juveniles and adults need protein for health and reproduction. Also, nauplii are known to be deficient in several essential amino acids, while the adult artemia are rich in all essential amino acids. Adult artemia therefore supply more biomass than nauplii and are more nutritionally complete.