One fish hogging most of the food

[Hassan 2021]

Hi guys I have a large community tank :

5 green tiger barb
5 albino tiger barb
5 rosy barb
3 Colombian red fin
3 corydoras

One green tiger hogs most of the food and always looks fat and hungry.

Any ideas how I can ensure all fish get the same amount without him hogging most of it.

Thank you

 

[Colin_T]

put food at both ends of the tank

 

[Circus]

You can also try a couple of different types of food, that sink differently. I will sometimes use flake and micro pellets if one fish or type of fish is being a hog. Or try putting some of the food in the filter flow out, so the food is pushed around the tank.

 

[Fishmanic]

I have tiger barbs and a bolivian ram. I feed the TBs with flakes dropped on top of the water. They aggressively devour it in seconds. At the same time, I use 15 inch long tweezers to lower a pinch of flakes right in front of the slower eating Ram. I also occasionally drop in shrimp pellets near the Ram and make sure he eats at least one of them.