![]() ![]() During peak summer months (July and August), where the average temperatures around the country are above 25C, we may withhold delivery of live and frozen foods. Please note: standard weight postage for this item covers up to 6 bags of mixed live food. I think of flake food as being along the same lines as corn flakes, nice for breakfast once in a while, probably even good for you, get some enriched corn flakes you could probably live on cornflakes alone forever. A bag of tubifex worms typically contains around 200 worms (usually together in a ball). There is so much variety that they can be fed, and I feel by alternating mealstuffs on a constant basis you pretty much guarantee healthier fish, and you know the fish have to appreciate it. I keep my snail infestations under control by crunching them up occasionally as a snack (for the fish, not me ), also feed occasional earthworms and crickets. ![]() They also enjoy cooked salad shrimp, mussels, squid,octopus,cucumbers,canned peas from the grocery store. The annelids are sold frozen, freeze-dried, or live, though this practice is becoming more rare. They are a familiar sight to many aquarium enthusiasts who frequently purchase them as a high-protein food for their favorite fish. I feed most of my fish twice a day, try to vary what I am feeding them, I use flakes,pellets, tablets, algae wafers, freeze dried tubifex, frozen brine shrimp, frozen plankton, frozen bloodworms,frozen silversides, algae sheets. As bloodworms, tubifex worms have a relatively high level of hemoglobin and a characteristic bright red color. Fish should be fed a good variety of foods. Pendragon has probably hit the nail on the head here. ![]()
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