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Marine Fish Nutrition (page 2)
Vitamins: In any animal, the metabolic conversions which
occur during digestion usually require the presence of cofactors to proceed. In many cases vitamins are these cofactors.
Vitamins are an important nutritional group which many hobbyists fail to provide for their fish. In the wild, fish and
invertebrates feed on variety of fresh foods which supply all of their vitamin requirements, however, in the home aquarium,
the hobbyist usually provides only a monotonous diet of one or two dried foods supplemented with some frozen foods, which
may not meet these needs. The provided chart lists the vitamins known to be used and the symptoms associated with a
deficiency in that particular vitamin. It is not recommended that you use this as your only diagnostic tool for the
simple reason that there are a number of factors which will produce similar symptoms. One example is poor water quality
can produce rapid breathing and skin lesions, a protein deficiency can cause poor growth, and bacterial infections can
produce a multitude of symptoms.
The marine aquarist should, be aware that a failure to provide a balanced of a varied diet can lead to vitamin deficiency problems. Vitamin deficiency does not happen over-night, it is a slow, gradual process which depends on the time required for the critical level to fall below the body reserves of the fish. Similarly, simply providing the efficient vitamin will not result in an immediate recovery, this will only occur over a period of time. |
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