Aquatics - Health and Feeding 0.0 / 5 ? OtherAnimal ManagementOtherOther Created by: Becky_BerryCreated on: 05-01-21 10:42 Food Types: Dry Foods wide variety available e.g., flake, pellets, tablets, powders freeze dried available in different sizes and concentrations can be specifically designed for fish species or need colour enhancers Advantages lots of variety specially designed long shelf life low moisture be taken by most species good for water quality Disadvantages easy to overfeed, very nutrient rich used to be not very good, but has improved expensive, if you pay for quality if not stored correctly stock will be ruined 1 of 15 Food Types: Fresh/Frozen Foods can be brought in fresh or defrosted chopped into a variety of sizes are often of 'human quality' large variety if willing to shop around Advantages variety, especially if by the coast easy to cut to correct size most enjoyed by fish can put treatments inside natural diet Disadvantages if not used quickly, can be wasted some nutritional value can be lost during thawing if not done correctly disease issues water quality problems 2 of 15 Food Types: Live Food only invertebrates, except in special cases (AWA 2006) thought they cannot feel pain due to not having a central nervous system "a person commits an offence if an act of his, or a failure of his to act, causes an animal to suffer" often is zooplankton and crustaceans Advantages important component of wild diet high nutritional value if gut loading movement can stimulate feeding response some animals will only take live food Disadvantages may need to be cultivated can be expensive to buy in and not always available disease potential controversial time consuming 3 of 15 Food Types: Live Food - Rotifers Rotifers 4 of 15 Food Types: Live Food - Artemia and Copepod Artemia Copepod 5 of 15 Food Types: Live Food Part 2 midge larvae and bloodworms are naturally found in stagnant ditches, ponds and can even be found in old buckets high risk of disease transmission, must be thoroughly rinsed very nutritious commonly fed frozen tubifex worms and blackworms are popular with fish but carry a high risk of disease as they are collected from sewage outlets seen as the 'best' and 'worst' food by aquarists depending on their experience can be fed in freeze dried blocks copepod a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat all often sold in frozen blocks other live foods: earthworms, maggots, fruit flies, crickets, snails and prawns, mussels and crabs 6 of 15 Other Considerations water soluble vitamins colour enhancers appetite stimulators immune system boosters 7 of 15 Feeding Fish in Aquariums: Things to think about water quality overweight fish waste of money algae blooms lack of condition less chance of breeding death 8 of 15 Feeding Fish in Aquariums: Tips for feeding in Cap diet items should be able to be eaten at the fish's natural water column position should be the correct size for their mouths should be of good quality and fresh should be the correct food type for carnivores, herbivores and omnivores a variety of food just because an animal will eat something doesn't mean it should 9 of 15 Feeding Methods: Scatter Feeding spreading feed around the animal's aquarium use for filter feeders, scavengers etc. could use live foods or dry foods Advantage enriching Disadvantage food could drift to the bottom of the tank before it is eaten by the fish in the top and middle sections 10 of 15 Feeding Methods: Automatic Feeding food is fed automatically through a piece of technology would probably only work effectively for dried food such as pellets most pictures used to advertise show pellets Advantages if you are busy it can feed your fish Disadvantages can cause people to neglect their aquariums need to replace food every few weeks (if you forget the fish won't be able to eat) automatic feeders drop the water and food may go into the overflow 11 of 15 Feeding Methods: Drip Feeding used to feed items such as krill for whale sharks 12 of 15 Feeding Methods: Hand Feeding when the fish is fed by hand Advantages can make sure every fish gets fed, or if a certain fish needs specific supplements Disadvantages time consuming have to keep that piece of food away from other fish that have already eaten/don't need the medicaton within the fish 13 of 15 Fish Health: Overfeeding obesity bloat stress indirect disease such as Fin Rot lack of breeding shortened life poor water quality algae or snails death 14 of 15 Fish Health: Underfeeding malnutrition lack of condition stress indirect diseases death 15 of 15
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