Feeding?

[GouramiJay]

Hi,

I recently started keeping tropical freshwater fish. You might of seen one or two of my other topics.

Here's my problem. I'm not sure how much I should really be feeding my fish. My LFS owner told me twice a day and not more than they can eat under 5 minutes. I am feeding them a mix of pellet and flake food as some of their mouths are too small to fit the pellets in their mouths.

I have 4 guppy's, 4 platy's, 3 mollies, 3 minnows, 5 zebra danios, 3 cherry shrimp and an upsidedown catfish.

If anyone could give me a second opinion I would be very greatful as most my fish are still quite young and I can't wait to see them flourish into adulthood

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Thank you in advance

Jay

 

[phoenixgsd]

i feed mine once a day and i skip a day every now and then,

 

[BerryAttack]

when feeding give small pinches so that you don't need to worry about over feeding. i find that if you are feeding it twice a day then all fish will be fed and happy and then one day a week no food should be given because that will help clean out the system of the fish.

 

[GouramiJay]

Thanks for the help people

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I do only put small pinches in so that all my fish can feed on it.

 

[paradiddle]

i feed mine once a day and i skip a day every now and then,

yep, twice daily is a no no, fish can go ~4 days without eating.
common sense would indicate the more you feed, the more they poo, the more they poo, the more ammonia.

 

[msasa19]

feed mine every other day flakes and dried bloodworms once a week as a treat

 

[GouramiJay]

Thanks people