Meaty foods

From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer

[edit] Carnivore Favorites for Marine Fishes

From Aquarium Shop

  • Krill (many species and sizes)
  • Blood Worms
  • Black Worms
  • Tubifex Worms
  • White Worms
  • Glass Shrimp
  • Silversides (marine minnowlike fish, frozen)

Seafoods (from fishmonger; chopped or minced)

  • Green Shrimp (table shrimp)
  • Prawns
  • Crabs
  • Scallops
  • Squid

Marine fish flesh:

  • Sole, mahi-mahi, Pacific cod, halibut, pollock, others (preferably white-fleshed).

Not recommended (too oily): salmon, bluefish, mackerel, herring.

Not recommended (unsustainable harvest): shark, swordfish, Chilean Sea Bass, grouper, Bluefin Tuna, Atlantic sole/flounder, others. See [Seafood Watch].