Fish Food and Fish Diseases

Infusoria suitable live food for fish larvae

Infusoria are a group of aquatic organisms that are used to feed fish larvae. They are actually small forms of life in freshwater that include: Amoeba, Oglena, Green algae, Paramecium, Rotifer, Vertisella, and Invertebrates are small. Due to its small size, Infusoria can be used to breed newly hatched larvae of many aquarium fish species such as gourami and beta fish. Many home aquarium owners ...

Fish Feces as Fish Food on a Pacific Coral Reef

The fates of 5,975 feces produced by 88 species of reef fishes were monitored at Palau (western Pacific Ocean). At least 4 5 fishes ate fish feces in addition to other foods. Intraspecific coprophagy and autocoprophagy were very rare and most coprophagous interactions were between members of different trophic groups. Fecal material moved through a feeding network of fishes, from carnivores to h...

Fish Is Food - The FAO’s Fish Price Index

World food prices hit an all-time high in February 2011 and are still almost two and a half times those of 2000. Although three billion people worldwide use seafood as a key source of animal protein, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations-which compiles prices for other major food categories-has not tracked seafood prices. We fill this gap by developing an index of gl...

FISH, AQUACULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Sustaining Fish as a Food Supply

Medicated Feed For Food Fish

ganisms which are continually present in the water, soil, and air. Most bacteria are beneficial (e.g., they help digest foods and break down ammonia, nitrite, and organic debris in the environment). There are a number of different bacteria that cause disease in cultured freshwater food fish such as catfish, salmon, and trout. In aquaculture, many bacterial diseases of fish can be successfully t...