mutha

Hello,

Im not quite sure how often to feed my fish or the exacty quanity.... i have around 12 fish, 2 of which are 5 inches plus... and rest are smaller size. I usually feed them tuesdays, thursadays, saturday, and sunday. I feed them frozen food out of the 3-1 food bin, i feed them 1 blood worm , and 1 plankton, and i crush up about 10 or so peltes of cihild food, and i do a large pinch of tropical flakes... so is this to much to little? should i be doing it everyday or what? well hoping to hear back from yall .

Thanks!!!

pappyy3

Everyone I'm sure will provide a different answer based on their own experiences.

How much and how often to feed your fish depends on a number of factors:

- How many fish you have
- What type of fish they are
- I'm sure there are some more .....

I'll provide some advice based on what I've been doing, and seems to work very well (for me anyway ...)

I feed my fish twice per day, 6 days a week.

Fish don't get fed on the 7th day of each week (Fasting day).

I follow the golden rule when feeding. No more than what my fish will eat in five minutes. If your not sure, it's better to underfeed than overfeed.

Fish are fed in the morning (before I go to work), and again in the evening, after I return home.

Have been doing this for quite a quile and have had no problems at all

Hope this gets you started and gives you some ideas.

mutha

thanks alot !!!

Tommy Gun

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I agree with pappyy3 in that it would depend on what type, number, and size of fish you have. Obviously some fish would need more food than others and sometimes not all of your fish should be on the exact same diet; which you can overcome by feeding one specific diet one day and then the other on the next day. I only feed my fish once a day, but always at the same time...this helps me keep nitrates lower over the period of one week. This helps me avoid a lot of problems like huge algae growth and bacterial/algae blooms, just to name a couple.

For everyone's benifit, I also want to point out that we should not fall into the 'but they look hungry' trap. It honestly only takes a very short period of time before your fish will begin to recognize you as their food source, so every time someone walks by, they are very apt to swim to the top of the water and act as if they are 'begging' for food. This is just a conditioned response; much like Pavlov's dog was with the ringing bell.

It is important to know this because there are at least two types of overfeeding. First, and the most obvious, is when you add enough food that some goes uneaten. The second is when your fish, even though they eat all the food, eat too much. Obviously more food equals more wastes. Many of the fish we keep are known to be opportunistic feeders; meaning that they will eat food every time they have the opportunity...mostly because they dont know if or when the next food will come along. So, looking hungry doesn't always mean you should feed them or are not feeding enough.

Hope this helps a little bit. Knowing which types of fish you have would certainly help.

mutha

thanks alot, i have not recived any PM's for moderateros...

Tommy Gun

Ok, check again now. Thanks