What to feed

[whodini6]

I just have a feeding question and what to feed. I am looking at getting into an agressive tank and i want to know what i should feed the fish. This is the list of fish i want to get: Zebra Lionfish, Pearlscale Butterfly, Niger Trigger, Porcupine Puffer and a Snowflake eel. What is the best food for these guys.

 

[maddog0118]

i feed shrimp and and pellets

 

[whodini6]

Just feeder shrimp or what?

 

[rad]

krill, silversides, squid, clams on the half shell, clam strips, large plankton, PE mysis, brine shrimp... most of your fish are large so they will like the first 4 are for everything but the butterfly. the butterfly will like the mysis, large plankton and clam strips. the puffer and trigger will like clams on the half shell since the shell they bite will file their beak down preventing overgrowth. hell Id even throw some nori in there to see if anyone eats it. the triggers usually do if no one else will. but most importantly: variety. you got to buy alot of food anyway, so buy different kinds.

 

[whodini6]

All the different kinds of clams and what not can i just go to the local fish market and buy?

 

[rad]

just go to a fish store and if its any sort of decent store it will have these items in its freezer.

 

[whodini6]

Ok i gotcha. thanks for the info on this stuff.

 

[cedarreef]

just do NOT feed them live/dead goldfish. they will get increadingly agressive, and the fatty content is not good for them at all. My triggers and lion used to love silversides, squid, clams, scallops, and brine shrimp. You can get all this at a local fish market for relatively cheap. No need to go to an aquarium store.