How Much To Feed And When?

[WayneVT08]

I really know how much to feed but when? Morning or night? And will it produce less waste cause I'm doing gravel vacs every few days.

 

[stang1]

What fish have you got?
I feed my fish once a day in the afternoon and have one day a week where I don't feed them at all.

 

[paul_219]

Yeah i do the same thing STANG.

 

[WayneVT08]

Well I'm feeding once in the morning and once at night. I guess I'll just feed when I get home from school from now on.

 

[Squidman]

I feed right when i wake uyp in morning and abt twice a week at night. Every other day i put in an algae disk for my loaches.

 

[backtotropical]

Fish, like humans, will do better on several small meals per day, rather than one large one. If you can feed twice or 3 times per day, that is ideal, although its not always practical and once per day will not have any negative effects on any of your fish.

Obviously if you feed more than once per day, reduce portion size accordingly. Cheers.

 

[WayneVT08]

So no risk on them dying on a penny sized amount of flake in my hand once a day?

They are all tropical fish btw.

Stock is:
3 Zebra Danios
3 Ghost Shrimp
3 Snails
3 Baby Angelfish, although one is getting quite large. Once I get a 25 gallon for my planted tank I think I'll move those three over there for a while. So they can get there own food while they get stronger and bigger.
Then soon to be 4 clown loaches, all 2 inches in size.
And I have a Sailfin Pleco, I probably can;t return it but I might just give it to my LFS.

 

[backtotropical]

What fish do you have? What size tank?

 

[WayneVT08]

Edited above to answer questions from above. I also have a 55 gallon.

 

[backtotropical]

a good rule of thumb is feed no more than your fish will consume in 2 minutes.

If there is still food after 2 mins, you have fed too much.

Experiment with this and you will find the right amount for your tank.

 

[WayneVT08]

I feed about a pinch and it seems good. So I guess I'll just feed them when I get home from school everyday.

 

[afishdude]

feed as much as they will eat in 2 min twice a day.

 

[radioman]

if u should cut portions down from one big one to 2 a day wouldn't it be how much they can consume in a minute both times you feed them or is it still the 2 min. rule.

 

[backtotropical]

There are lots of different 'rules of thumb' and opinions on this. I feed as much as my fish consume in about 1 minute, twice per day. Its a case of trial and error and finding whats right for you and your tank IMO.

Your fish shouldn't be fat, but they shouldn't be anorexic either, They should be lean, mean swimming machines. LOL!

 

[WayneVT08]

I'm probably gonna just feed them once a day with the same portion i normally do, since my gravel vac is terrible, I'm gonna return it and buy a python for 40 dollars