Feeding frozen bloodworm

[shemesh]

Have just fed my wee darlings some defrosted frozen bloodworm for the first time. They went quite mad for it, but now they're all looking extremely fat.

There were no instructions on how much to give them, and I didn't think it was that much. Will this hurt them?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

How many fish do you have and what types- how often do you feed them the bloodworms and what other foods do you feed them?

 

[shemesh]

Hi - we have 5 pearl danios (largest 1 inch), 5 tiny neon tetras and 3 corys (2 bronze and 1 albino). I usually feed them Aquarium Tropical Flake Food. Occasional live daphnia.

Today they had a wee sprinkle of flake early on, and just recently the bloodworm.

I must admit to being quite confused about how much to feed. The flakes say 'a few flakes per fish', but does that mean big flakes or small? How can you possibly count the flakes?

The bloodworm didn't have any quantity instructions, so I defrosted about 1cm square (about 1 mm thick) and gave it to them.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

It should be no more than 1-2 fish flakes per fish twice a day, and no more than 5bloodworms per fish every day if we are just talking about average sized fish. Unless you feed your fish vegetable based foods like peas or algae wafers, you shouldn't feed your fish too many of these "high protein" food like bloodworms, daphinia or tubifex as it can somtimes lead to constipation, although much of this depends on the type of fish.
Corys will need algae wafers or catfish pelets to substitute their diet and it is good to feed your fish extra high protein foods once every 3 days in place of their flake meals.
One simple rule is, if your fish havn't eaten all their food within 15mins, you are overfeeding them although of course this varys with fish like plecs/algae eaters and corys as they eat their food much slower for example.
There shouldn't be any uneaten food in your tank after 30mins at all- for high protein food it is best to do a water change the day after you feed them the food as high proetin foods can often be bad for water quality.

 

[shemesh]

Thanks for the advice!

I'm keeping a close eye on water quality and intend giving them peas tomorrow. Will limit the bloodfish too.

 

[freddyk]

if your fish havn't eaten all their food within 15mins, you are overfeeding them although of course this varys with fish like plecs/algae eaters and corys as they eat their food much slower for example

That is a lot of food! The commonly accepted 2-5 minutes is much more appropriate, preferably on the low end of the scale. Fish don't need so much food. Cories eat slow and they also eat less then other fish - it all works out.