Aquarium fish treats
Fish treats are freeze-dried or dried live foods like bloodworm, daphnia and tubifex, fed alongside a normal staple diet rather than replacing it, and most fish take to them quickly once they are used to them. We stock several of these for variety, whether your fish are tropical, coldwater or marine.
What counts as a fish treat
King British Bloodworm Treats and Tetra Delica Bloodworm are both dried or freeze-dried bloodworm, high in protein and fed as an occasional addition to a diet of staple flake or pellet food. King British Daphnia Treats and Supa Daphnia cover the same idea with daphnia instead, and King British Tubifex Fish Treat is suitable for fish as well as turtles and terrapins, so it crosses over between the fish and reptile side of the aquarium aisle.
Freeze-drying and drying are both used to preserve these without needing to keep live or frozen cultures, which is more practical for most home aquariums, and Tetra Delica Bloodworm comes in mess-free sachets specifically to make dosing easier than handling loose dried food.
How much and how often
Treats are meant to be occasional rather than a daily staple — a diet built mostly around bloodworm or daphnia rather than a complete flake or pellet food is missing nutrients those staples are formulated to provide. A small pinch a couple of times a week alongside normal feeding is a reasonable way to use most of these.
Overfeeding any treat, dried or otherwise, is one of the more common causes of poor water quality in a home aquarium, since uneaten food breaks down and affects the water rather than simply disappearing, so little and often beats one large feed.
In this section
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
King British Bloodworm Treats
King British's dried bloodworm treat for aquarium fish, high in protein
£6.20
King British Daphnia Treats
King British's dried daphnia treat, suitable for coldwater, tropical and marine fish
£4.61
King British Tubifex Fish Treat
King British's freeze-dried Tubifex cubes, for fish, turtles and terrapins
£3.67
Large Aquarium Maintenance Set
A 48-inch condensation tray, a 22-inch glass scraper, a digital thermometer and 250ml of AquaSafe for a big tank.
£32.49
Supa Aquarium Net
Supa aquarium nets in coarse and fine meshes for fish catching and tank maintenance
From£1.65
Marina Digital Aquarium Thermometer
A digital aquarium thermometer that mounts on the outside of the glass and reads easily
£3.49
Marina Deluxe Aquarium Scraper
A four-in-one aquarium tool: two pad faces, a scraper blade and a planter fork
£8.79
Marina Floating Aquarium Thermometer
A floating aquarium thermometer with a safe-zone marker for tropical fish
£3.49
Tetra Gold Japan
Sinking dry pellets for fancy goldfish, with pack-specific label information shown clearly
From£4.56
Tetramin
Complete TetraMin flake food for ornamental fish, offered across several pack sizes
From£2.39
Tetra Goldfish Flakes
Complete goldfish flakes in several pack sizes, with a shared formula across the family
From£3.02
Tetra Pleco Spirulina Wafers
Sinking spirulina wafers for algae-grazing ornamental fish and bottom feeding
£4.30
Common questions
- Can I feed my fish bloodworm every day?
- It is better used as an occasional treat alongside a complete flake or pellet staple rather than a daily food, since a diet built mostly around bloodworm or daphnia will miss nutrients a proper staple diet is formulated to provide.
- Are fish treats suitable for turtles too?
- Some are — King British Tubifex Fish Treat is suitable for fish as well as turtles and terrapins, so it is worth checking the specific product if you are feeding a mixed aquatic set-up rather than fish alone.
- How much treat food should I give my fish?
- A small amount a couple of times a week alongside normal feeding is generally enough — overfeeding any treat food is a common cause of poor water quality, since anything uneaten breaks down in the tank rather than disappearing.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.