Food 



THERE AEE major differences between the foods 

 whicli various fishes will eat. Some fishes thrive on dry 

 meals or pelleted foods while others require fresh 

 meat or even Hve food. In the following discussion we 

 will deal with the source, use, and characteristics of 

 representative foods. 



Prepared Foods 



Prepared foods are compounded from high pro- 

 tein, botanical meals supplemented with meat scraps, 

 minerals, and torula yeast or distillers dry solubles. 

 For small, surface-feeding forms such as the goldfish, 

 golden shiner, zebra fish and guppy, the mixture is 

 ground to a fine powder to promote floatability. For 

 larger surface-feeding fishes, such as trout and to a 

 lesser extent the cichfids, compounded foods are avail- 

 able in a pellet form which floats. 

 For bottom-feeders, such as catfish and bullheads. 



