How much do you feed 8 tiger barbs a day

[MNfishy]

Ya i just need to make sure im feeding them right. Id just like to know from someone that knows for sure, how much would i feed 8 tiger barbs a day

 

[superballs5337]

i feed my 12 tiger barbs spectrum tropical pellets. 2-3 times a day just a few small pinches. but i also have 6 b rams, 3 pris tetra, parrot fish, fire mouth, 2 topaz, jurapari (spelling).

 

[MNfishy]

i have tetra tropical flakes, that works right, and when the water gets cloudy you know your feeding to much, and then u should do a water change right because thats what happened to my friend and i dont want that to happen to me

 

[superballs5337]

they say feed them as much as they can eat in 2min. so just give them some and if they still want more give them a little more. get more filtration if your tank gets cloudy that ez. what size tank to do you have. and what type of filtration.

 

[MNfishy]

i have a 10 gallon with a whisper power filter 10

 

[superballs5337]

i would suggest getting a whisper 20 or 30 if you like whispers. the more water u filter the less cleaning u will have to do.

 

[Gourami Lover88]

A Hungry fish is a healthy fish.

 

[digital_run]

i have tetra tropical flakes, that works right, and when the water gets cloudy you know your feeding to much, and then u should do a water change right because thats what happened to my friend and i dont want that to happen to me

You shouldn't get cloudy water when you feed your fish...Feed them enough so that they are still looking for food is my method...Tigers will display over feeding by hanging with their head pointed down and little or no activity. You shouldnt have to do a water change after you feed them..hope i helped

 

[rvm]

i have tetra tropical flakes, that works right, and when the water gets cloudy you know your feeding to much, and then u should do a water change right because thats what happened to my friend and i dont want that to happen to me

You shouldn't get cloudy water when you feed your fish...Feed them enough so that they are still looking for food is my method...Tigers will display over feeding by hanging with their head pointed down and little or no activity. You shouldnt have to do a water change after you feed them..hope i helped

I agree. ignore the 2-3 minutes 2-3 times a day on the back of packaging, it's just there to make you use more food!!
I feed my 8 tigers a pinch of flake once a day. enough for them to eat for less than a minute. I alos feed them frozen bloodworm twice a week, and they get some catfish pellets and algae wafer that I drop in for the other residents in that tank! They are all very healthy on this feeding schedule, and I haven't had a loss or any disease for nearly a year, plus they are always very active and rarely do the head down thing like digital run said except at night when they are resting.

 

[Discomafia]

Can you keep 8 tiger barbs in a 10 gal? Not overstocked?

 

[rvm]

Can you keep 8 tiger barbs in a 10 gal? Not overstocked?

didn't spot that, but no there really shouldn't be that many in a 10g.