I've a question about feeding fish before putting new fish in the tank. Should you feed the fish before putting the new fish in, after putting new fish in, or wait until the following morning?

I've a small community tank (55 litres / 15 gallons I think) with peaceful fish, 3 leopard corries, 3 male guppies, and now 11 neon tetras.

On a slightly different point, how much use is an air pump in a tank like this?

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hi

if your fish will not take a whole cube, by all means, chop it into smaller pices. to use frozen food, you need to defrost it. It is advisable to defrost the food, in a jug with water. once defrosted in about half an hour, pour the contents of the jug, into a fine meshed net. rince the contents of the net, then introduce to the tank. you can also defrost the food in the tank, but some people will advse against it, particulaly with smaller fish.

the mineral suplement is optional, and if you coose to use it, you would add it to the jug of water, before adding the food. you cannot use the suplement if you defrost your food within the tank itself.

regards

Very interesting information, thanks for the advice.

Can you help me further. I have a 125L tank, 3 months old.

I have approx. 25 small fish at present - Neons, Tetra's, Gourami's and Mollies.

I feed them on flake and frozen blood worm.

How much should I give them and how often. The instructions on the flake tin say 2-3 times a day.

When I did feed at this frequency I had a spike in my ammonia levels.

I always make sure all the food I serve is eaten within 1-2 minutes.

Any advice would be handy.

Mark

you might want to give them some daphina or tubifex, just to vary the diet