matildanz Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Went into our local pet shop to get some more fish food to find they'd run out of the sinking pellets my clowns love. I was told that it was fine to feed tropicals on goldfish food. She said that was what they often fed their tropicals on. Crazy talk or are a lot of foods very similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8jaggy8 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Thats crazy talk, this is because the goldfish food has a lot more plant matter and not enough protein content in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 It would be OK as long as it was a temporary thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Loaches need a lot of plant matter. Mine eat everything, including pleco tablets and if they dont get enough pleco tablets, they start eating my plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matildanz Posted June 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Loaches need a lot of plant matter. Mine eat everything, including pleco tablets and if they dont get enough pleco tablets, they start eating my plants! That'll explain why they've systematically bitten through most of sword stems over the course of the last couple of hours!! Thugs the lot of them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Don't forget that plant matter also contains protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 goldfish food is generally designed for cold water environments. but in saying that, you will notice little differences in the composition of goldfish food and tropical fish food. tropical fish can also be vege eaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Man up. If all else fails---read the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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