Category:Live Food

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This page lists the range of live food often fed to aquarium animals.

Live foods are foods that, as their name implies, are still alive. They are excellent for conditioning fish into breeding condition.

[edit] Brine Shrimp

Brine shrimp are probably the most popular live food. They originate in extremely saline conditions, such as the Great Salt Lake of Utah. The male has two large claspers that are used to hang on to females when mating. They feed off of micro-organisms, but can be fed food commercially sold for them.

[edit] Vinegar Eels

Nematodes used as fry food, raised in extremely acidic conditions, usually a condition of 50% water and 50% apple cider vinegar. Usually, to feed them, small bits of apple can be used.

[edit] Blood Worm

Bloodworm is a common live larvae insect feed to fish and amphibians.

[edit] Black Worm

Black Worm is less commonly seen than the above Bloodworm, and should be fed live to fish with caution as Blackworm can harbour diseases or parasites that can be passed on to your fish. When buying a batch of Black Worm they should be examined carefully as Leeches can hitch a ride and look quite similar, Leeches can kill fish.

[edit] White Worm

etc.

[edit] Feeder Fish

Feeder fish are low cost live fish, usually Goldfish, Rosy Reds or Guppies, fed to animals such as large predatory fish, frogs, turtles, and other predatory aquatic or semi-aquatic animals. If you must feed your pet feeder fish it's best to rear your own, store bought feeder fish are often badly bred and may be carrying diseases.

• Feeding live fish to another pet is illegal or disapproved of in some countries. Please check your country status.

[edit] Allowed or Approved of

United States of America (can someone verify if it's all states)

[edit] Not Allowed or Disapproved of

Great Britain, Ireland

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