Jacksonville Aquarium and fishing reports

Food must provide fish with the elements needed to "build" their body (proteins) and the energy (from proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids) required for its smooth functioning. Feeding a fish properly ensures that it will grow satisfactorily, as well as facilitating its reproduction and helping it to combat disease. Quality and quantity are two important concepts in feeding: an aquarist must learn to avoid over-feeding and to diversify the food supply. AQUARIUM FISH DIETS AND NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS With regard to fishes' feeding habits and dietary requirements, there are three main groups: - Carnivores, which feed on worms, crustaceans, insects, or other fish; - Herbivores, with a diet mainly comprising vegetable matter (plants, algae) which they graze or grind; - Omnivores, which have a very varied diet as they eat both animal prey and vegetable matter. In practice, diets are not always so easy to define. In a natural setting fish eat what th...