Looking For Advice (A. Borelli)

[Mike Wise]

Too much work for me.

 

[Ben Rhau]

In truth i read about how fishes are 'picky' but ever dwarf icchild i've owned seem just as content to eat dry food as live food as frozen food. There might be health advantages of one over the other or there might be even more picky fishes out there (i've heard dario dario and some of the more exotic gourami was going to demand live food) but i've not seen it in a dwarf icchild either from west africa or south america.

Yes, most of my fish have taken dry food, but for the picky ones I had to try a number of different dry foods before finding the ones they will accept. Bug bites are definitely on the list. A lot of fish seem to like those. Lately, I've found that higher protein medaka foods (the ones optimized for breeding) are appealing to smaller fish (around an inch) even if they are picky.

I prefer having dry food in the rotation when possible, because they can supplement nutrients that might be missing in frozen or live.