Fish Food Recommendation Chart

     Because of the variety of fish food that is on market, it is good to know what type of food is best for your fishes. There are three categories of fish: herbivore, carnivore and omnivore, consuming both plants and meaty food.  Drs. Foster & Smith created a table for helping us to determine what is best food choice.

FISHES	TYPE	STAPLE DIET	SUPPLEMENTARY DIET
African Cichlids	H / O	O.N. Omni Cichlid Formula Flakes Aquarian Cichlid Pellets	Hikari Cichlid Gold Hikari Sinking Cichlid Gold
Angelfish	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Blood Worms	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Barbs	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Bettas	C	Hikari Betta Bio-Gold Freeze-Dried Blood Worms	Atison's Betta PRO Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Catfish (Juvenile)	H / O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	Hikari Sinking Wafers Freeze-Dried Brine Shrimp
Danios / Minnows	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Discus	C	Azoo Discus Food Jack Wattley Discus Formula Frozen	Freeze-Dried Blood Worms TetraColor Flakes
Fancy Goldfish	O	Hikari Goldfish Pellet Diets Aquarian Tropical Flakes	TetraColor Flakes Goldfish Frozen Diet
Gouramis	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Hatchets	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Livebearers	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Loaches	C / O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food Hikari Sinking Wafers	TetraColor Flakes Freeze-Dried Brine Shrimp
Plecos (Juvenile)	H / O	Hikari Sinking Wafers Frozen Food	Hikari Algae Wafers TetraMin Tablets
Rainbowfish	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Rasboras	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes
Sharks (Juvenile)	O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Frozen Brine Shrimp Plus
New World Cichlids (Juvenile)	C / O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Freeze-Dried Plankton
Tetras	C / O	Aquarian Tropical Flakes Frozen Food	TetraColor Flakes Brine Shrimp Plus Flakes