Feed your fish. They are hungry. That may sound obvious, but most fish in captivity are starving to death because we are so fixated on water parameters. It’s fine to worry about water parameters, but you still need to feed your fish. Yes, water parameters are important and it’s fine to worry about them, but if you want to keep fish along with your corals, they need to eat correctly. You can deal with the corals later.
They’re fish, not iguanas!
Most of us are spending so much time trying to keep those colorful corals that we forget about our fish. If your fish are not spawning or looking like they want to spawn, they are hungry or not getting the correct food. Flakes, pellets, and lettuce are not the correct food unless you have an iguana. Iguana’s love lettuce and maybe flakes, but I am speculating.
集体者和驼鹿
喂鱼后，再次喂食它们，因为在海中，鱼整天吃饭，或者至少它们会尝试。我知道我们大多数人都可以坐下一顿意大利面，肉丸，马苏里拉奶酪，漂亮的硬皮面包，也许还有一两杯啤酒，这将使我们充满几个小时。我还意识到有些人每天可以吃四到五次。这些人没有镜子……或秤。但是，除非是某种类型的石斑鱼，否则大多数鱼类没有可以存储大量食物的胃类型。分组者可以吃一个驼鹿（一个小），并且可以持续一个星期，直到另一个驼鹿出现为止 - 尽管他们有时确实会遇到这些鹿角！
[Editor’s note: Please don’t feed moose…mooses?…to your grouper! Keep in mind that PaulB sent this disturbing post from his padded cell at the institution, where he’s not allowed sharp objects.]
除了小组外，大多数鱼每天都需要几次进食，但是如果我们正确喂食它们，它们每天都可以在一顿饭中相处。但是，如果他们只吃一顿饭，那就做一顿饭。忘记愚蠢的水参数并喂鱼。如果参数被拧紧，请更换水或吸收高尔夫球。首先考虑将营养放入您的鱼中，然后，如果您有时间，请担心水质，因为大多数鱼都无法阅读测试套件。我什至没有测试套件，但这就是我。
Underfed fish get sick!
如果您的鱼生病或展示了斑点，它们就不会得到很好的喂食。好的，除非您保留鱼的时间比我拥有的时间更长（如果有的话，您也可能认识诺亚，因为他和我一起从Ark下方刮擦了藤壶）。正确喂养的鱼不会生病 - 贝，也许偶尔头痛或“牛皮癣的心碎”，但仅此而已。产卵鱼类的免疫系统是如此强大，以至于它将排斥和杀死寄生虫，漏斗，比目鱼和几乎所有其他物体。不相信我吗？反正喂鱼。
汤销售系统
Do you quarantine? Okay, that’s up to you, but even if you do, you still want your fish to be immune from just about all illnesses just in case your quarantining procedures were designed by Soupy Sales. Don’t know who he is? Google him.
There is a reason I have never posted on any disease forums. Well, I did have that shoulder operation, but I am talking about fish disease forums. My fish don’t get sick. No, never. I don’t mean in the last six weeks or even six years. I am talking decades. A decade is ten years. I do have some medications that I have not used in many years. The label on one reads, “Keep in a cool chariot.” That’s how old they are. I also have a hospital tank. It was made out of the right front fender of a 1955 Oldsmobile, and that was the last time I needed it. One of my fish was sick, but he got over his headache the next day.
黑虫，蛤和更多的驼鹿（Moosen？Meese？）
我的鱼如何永远不会生病？因为我经常正确地喂它们。我要喂什么？居住黑虫和蛤。除了订购外卖的Pipefish除外。
为什么蠕虫和蛤?好问题!因为虫子and clams are a whole food. By “whole,” I mean all the parts of the animal are in there, not just the muscle like you are feeding when you give your fish squid, shrimp, octopus, or scallop. Those foods are fine for you to eat but not your fish. They need guts. Even when a grouper eats a moose, it eats the entire moose. When a great white shark eats an accountant who is at a convention in Hawaii, it eats the entire accountant, including his pocket protector and glasses. It doesn’t even spit out the bones. When a fish eats another fish, did you ever see it spit out the bones, scales, ears, or eyelashes? I didn’t think so because a fish needs all the parts of its prey, not just the muscle. Besides accountants don’t usually have much muscle to begin with.
So to sum up, feed the fish correctly and then think about水参数. If you want really beautiful coral, keep fewer fish, but feed them correctly.
