There are two kinds of fish food it eats, one is live bait, the other is feed. It can eat a lot of live bait, mainly paramecium, brine shrimp, water fleas, tubificidae. Especially the brine shrimp, the nutritional value is very high. The protein content of brine shrimp is the highest when it hatches. Therefore, it is generally fed with newly hatched brine shrimp, or with shelled brine shrimp eggs. The nutritional value of artificial diet is much lower than that of live bait, but the nutrients in it are more comprehensive. And some hyperchromic feed helps the fish to develop color in the growing period. Two kinds of fish food, each has its own advantages. Therefore, it is the best choice to use live bait as staple food and artificial diet as supplementary feeding.
It eats red worms, and red worms are a high-protein food, very nutritious. However, feeding guppies with red worms is not recommended. The living environment of red worms is humid and dark, and there are a large number of bacteria and fungi. It often carries pathogens on its body, and if it is not cleaned up, it is easy to make fish sick by feeding them directly. And there are a large number of parasites in the living environment of red worms, which will parasitize the body of red worms. If the fish eat these red worms, the parasites will be transferred to the fish body. Some parasites are so prolific that they can infect all the fish in a tank. In order to avoid this phenomenon, it is better not to feed red worms.
