Are My Danio's Hungry?

[**sarahp**]

I've just put some algae wafers in for the plecos and corys and the danios are having a feeding frenzy. I have only been feeding a little as the tank is new cycled and I dont want to over feed - but now I'm worried I'm not feeding enough

When I put blood worms in the other day they lasted about 15 seconds - and I'm not sure everyone got something to eat; also when I feed flake it doesnt seem to hang around for more than about 30 seconds - so am I under feeding?

 

[Behold]

I've just put some algae wafers in for the plecos and corys and the danios are having a feeding frenzy. I have only been feeding a little as the tank is new cycled and I dont want to over feed - but now I'm worried I'm not feeding enough

When I put blood worms in the other day they lasted about 15 seconds - and I'm not sure everyone got something to eat; also when I feed flake it doesnt seem to hang around for more than about 30 seconds - so am I under feeding?

See your stocked now.... How are they going?

 

[stang1]

Most people feed what the fish will eat in about 2 minutes, so might be worth trying that.

 

[demonmagus]

I wouldn't think so - unless they look seriously thin

 

[Robotochan]

Danios are like Coldwater fish, they are always hungry but don't be fooled into giving them more than they need. I have problems feeding my snails some days because of them

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Yeah danios are greedy little gits because they are surface feeders and fast swimmers they do tend to get the majority of the food as well.

The "2 minute rule" is a pretty good way to go. Just keep a watch on them, they will eat as much food as you put in whether they are hungry or not.

Personally I feed a mix of flake, live food and frozen food. For the flake I tend to only feed a little (they clean it up in less then a minute) but then when I feed live or frozen food it takes them a little longer and they eat a little more then they would normally in two minutes. Because they dont get this every day though (normally twice a week) it sort of evens out. I also occasionaly leave them a day without feeding, to be honest I dont know if this is a good thing or not but it is something that was recommended to me when I first started keeping fish and it hasnt hurt any of the fish I have gkept the last few years.

Overfeeding is normally more of a problem then underfeeding though so dont worry to much about it.