Nutritional requirement for your fish

[Foo Hong]

The first thing we look at is 'Fat'. Pls note this is not my writeup[ie, copied...kekeke]. Yep for all you out there who like to pump yr betta up like a balloon, read on.....Surely the price of tubifex will fall and adult brine shrimp rise after reading....kekekeke
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FAT - Fish diets should be low in fat. Even meat eating fish (carnivores) require no more than 8 percent in their diet. Plant eaters (herbivores) need no more than 3%. Excessive fat may damage the liver, and can result in disease and early death. Fish have difficulties digesting hard fats, such as those in beef. Saturated fats are particularly harmful, and should be avoided. Polyunsaturated fats such as those in brine shrimp are most digestible, and is useful when conditioning fish for breeding.

[Samuel Phan]

Hehehe ... that will mean that I need to cut back on my tubifex.

Have now try to switch my fishes to Bloodworms and M.Lavae until I find the best pellet food for them to feed on.

Found sea-monkeys a very good food for betta ... but alot more expensive.

[Samuel Phan]

Hehehe ... that will mean that I need to cut back on my tubifex.

Have now try to switch my fishes to Bloodworms and M.Lavae until I find the best pellet food for them to feed on.

Found sea-monkeys a very good food for betta ... but alot more expensive.

[Foo Hong]

kekeke ..... so where is the cheapest adult monkeys sources? This Edwin had one packet in his car that day...quietly!

[Foo Hong]

kekeke ..... so where is the cheapest adult monkeys sources? This Edwin had one packet in his car that day...quietly!

[Foo Hong]

errr...oh.

Can some vets, doctors or dental surgeons elaborate to lay-man like us what the heck is poly-unsaturated fats and HUFA?

[Foo Hong]

errr...oh.

Can some vets, doctors or dental surgeons elaborate to lay-man like us what the heck is poly-unsaturated fats and HUFA?

[Samuel Phan]

I think Vincent got it from Ranchu Palace.

[Samuel Phan]

I think Vincent got it from Ranchu Palace.

[Myron Tay]

I also read somewhere that if you feed your marine fish with freshwater fish (e.g. goldfish), your marine fish would get too fat as freshwater fish tends to contain more fats than marine fish. So, by inference, would brine shrimp (a marine creature) contain not enough fats for our freshwater bettas?

quote:Originally posted by Foo Hong

The first thing we look at is 'Fat'. Pls note this is not my writeup[ie, copied...kekeke]. Yep for all you out there who like to pump yr betta up like a balloon, read on.....Surely the price of tubifex will fall and adult brine shrimp rise after reading....kekekeke
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FAT - Fish diets should be low in fat. Even meat eating fish (carnivores) require no more than 8 percent in their diet. Plant eaters (herbivores) need no more than 3%. Excessive fat may damage the liver, and can result in disease and early death. Fish have difficulties digesting hard fats, such as those in beef. Saturated fats are particularly harmful, and should be avoided. Polyunsaturated fats such as those in brine shrimp are most digestible, and is useful when conditioning fish for breeding.

[Myron Tay]

I also read somewhere that if you feed your marine fish with freshwater fish (e.g. goldfish), your marine fish would get too fat as freshwater fish tends to contain more fats than marine fish. So, by inference, would brine shrimp (a marine creature) contain not enough fats for our freshwater bettas?

quote:Originally posted by Foo Hong

The first thing we look at is 'Fat'. Pls note this is not my writeup[ie, copied...kekeke]. Yep for all you out there who like to pump yr betta up like a balloon, read on.....Surely the price of tubifex will fall and adult brine shrimp rise after reading....kekekeke
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FAT - Fish diets should be low in fat. Even meat eating fish (carnivores) require no more than 8 percent in their diet. Plant eaters (herbivores) need no more than 3%. Excessive fat may damage the liver, and can result in disease and early death. Fish have difficulties digesting hard fats, such as those in beef. Saturated fats are particularly harmful, and should be avoided. Polyunsaturated fats such as those in brine shrimp are most digestible, and is useful when conditioning fish for breeding.

[Foo Hong]

And what is the fat content of adult brine shrimp?

errrhmmmm...where's ranchu palace?

[Foo Hong]

And what is the fat content of adult brine shrimp?

errrhmmmm...where's ranchu palace?

[Sebas]

heres a lift off from a biotech dictionary:
Unsaturated Fat
A fat that contains a carbon-carbon double bond, or a fat containing unsaturated fatty acids; such a fatty acid has double or triple covalent bonds and is thus able to add more atoms. Unsaturated fats are believed to lower blood cholesterol levels and are found at high levels in vegetable oils.

HUFA = Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acid (HUFA)

[Foo Hong]

i KNOW HUFA = Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acid ....KEKEKE

but what is HUFA in terms of this acid thing?

[Sebas]

quote:Originally posted by Foo Hong

i KNOW HUFA = Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acid ....KEKEKE

but what is HUFA in terms of this acid thing?

sorry, havent been a good student in school lately.[xx(]

[kennho]

please read .....

http://www.frankmgreco.com/artemia1.htm

might or might be correct in local supplies.

[Ong Ginyew]

cool website...is tat d homepage?

[Foo Hong]

Yeah cool ! So artemia got fatty acids lah...teo boh?

Actually I previous tried feeding Spirulina powder to bbs and artemia. They turn greenish...kekeke...a adult swimming artemia in orange colour but a green ass is so cool!.....good erh ?

[Ong Ginyew]

wat is spirulina powder?

[Foo Hong]

Spirulina is a seaweed, high in carotenes n such. In short its a colour enhacer used in many fish foods.

Some pellet and flake foods for vegetarian fishes are made with this as one of its components.

[Dr Hsu]

Hmmmm....not a bad idea - give spirulina to artemia then feed your betta - good way of gut loading. Besides pigment, spirulina is also know for it's health benefits, like chlorella.

[Foo Hong]

but its not very cheap tho [eb]

[Ong Ginyew]

so most of the flake foods contain spirulina or some of em only?
wat brand has?

[Ong Ginyew]

sorri ah...got another question....
when i buy a bottle of food, will d label says it contains spirulina? or some other ingredients that r related to spirulina?

[Foo Hong]

yes the good ones will normally state all ingredients.

But if they are made by those that normally make chinese herb products......dont rust them