Angelfish Feeding

[deanoce]

Does anybody know a good amount to feed angelfish (e.g. frequency of feeding, and what to feed when)
At the moment I have been feeding twice a day and feeding flake food 2ce a day on one day, and every other day feeding frozen bloodworms in the morning and flake food at night.
although I did a water test and it seems my ammonia is at about 0.25ppm
Thanks

 

[deanoce]

Anyone?

 

[Uriel]

If your tank is fully cycled and your still getting ammonia readings. It means either your overfeeding, overstocked or under filtered. Is your tank planted as this can help remove some ammonia from the water. As for how much to feed most people feed once a day with maybe 2 treats a week. But if your getting water problems i would reduce your feeding.

I feed both my tanks quite a bit but they are all overfiltered and i do 30% water change weekly. So far my stats haven't gone above 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 10 nitrate.

Could also be a problem with flow of water through your filter.

 

[deanoce]

If your tank is fully cycled and your still getting ammonia readings. It means either your overfeeding, overstocked or under filtered. Is your tank planted as this can help remove some ammonia from the water. As for how much to feed most people feed once a day with maybe 2 treats a week. But if your getting water problems i would reduce your feeding.

I feed both my tanks quite a bit but they are all overfiltered and i do 30% water change weekly. So far my stats haven't gone above 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 10 nitrate.

Could also be a problem with flow of water through your filter.

I have 4 angelfish in a 200l tank, It has quite a large canister filter, I do 25% water change a week, and no plants unfortunately I dont have CO2 or planting soil, so the plants wither away quite fast. I think its probably the feeding.
Thanks

 

[backtotropical]

With ammonia in the water, you should feed as little as possible as this will exacerbate the problem.

I'd recommend feeding very lightly only every 2 or 3 days until ammonia settles back at zero.

After that, feeding once per day is adequate and no more than the fish can eat in around 2 minutes. The exception to this is obviously if you feed for example algae wafers for plecos who will naturally just graze on them. To take these out after 2 minutes would mean starving plecos.

Some people also miss feeding one day each week, just as an extra measure to ensure that you don't overfeed and to keep the water quality tip top.

Regards

BTT

 

[Uriel]

There are plants that are really easy to grow like elondea densa and frogbits that will draw a lot of nitrogen out of the water. There are also things like anubis nanas which grow in very low light although slowly. None of these plants would require fertilisers,CO2 or special substrate.

I have elondea densa in my oscar tank which has no substrate and they drag them around the tank or chew the ends off, when there bored and the plants are still growing fine.

 

[deanoce]

With ammonia in the water, you should feed as little as possible as this will exacerbate the problem.

I'd recommend feeding very lightly only every 2 or 3 days until ammonia settles back at zero.

After that, feeding once per day is adequate and no more than the fish can eat in around 2 minutes. The exception to this is obviously if you feed for example algae wafers for plecos who will naturally just graze on them. To take these out after 2 minutes would mean starving plecos.

Some people also miss feeding one day each week, just as an extra measure to ensure that you don't overfeed and to keep the water quality tip top.

Regards

BTT

Thanks BTT,
Are you sure this is fine? my angelfish are constantly looking for food

There are plants that are really easy to grow like elondea densa and frogbits that will draw a lot of nitrogen out of the water. There are also things like anubis nanas which grow in very low light although slowly. None of these plants would require fertilisers,CO2 or special substrate.

I have elondea densa in my oscar tank which has no substrate and they drag them around the tank or chew the ends off, when there bored and the plants are still growing fine.

Thank you for the plant names, im gonna have to try these
Cheers Uriel

 

[backtotropical]

Yes, absolutely sure. Healthy fish should always appear eager for food. When they don't, it's often an indication that something is wrong.

Most fish can easily go for 2 weeks or more without food without any harm coming to them. This is often the way in the wild. Feeding every 2nd or 3rd day won't hurt them at all, but will help with your ammonia issue.

Regards

BTT

 

[deanoce]

Yes, absolutely sure. Healthy fish should always appear eager for food. When they don't, it's often an indication that something is wrong.

Most fish can easily go for 2 weeks or more without food without any harm coming to them. This is often the way in the wild. Feeding every 2nd or 3rd day won't hurt them at all, but will help with your ammonia issue.

Regards

BTT

Thanks very much BTT

 

[markandhisfish]

another thing to consider is that you may be getting a false reading on your test. make sure your test tube is clean , do 3 tests and see if they all read the same .

 

[charking]

ALSO frozen bloodworm if any left overs are left in the tank (when they go see through and you cant see them very well) they foul the water pretty bad! try a water change the day after feeding bloodworm if its only once a week and use a gravel vac i have 6 baby angels i'm bringing up for breeding and they have frozen brine or blood worm for one feed every day and flake on the night, and believe me i have to do 25% water changes everyday! just so they grow happily and healthy.. thats how i keep my readings fine