starving fish

[Tropjunky]

how do you tell if ur fishs are being feed enough particularly neon tetras

 

[CFC]

If your fish are fed as much as they can eat in 3 minutes once a day then they are eating enough.



This only works for adult fish and fry will need to be fed at least 3 times a day.

 

[akhtar]

i feel my fish every 2 or 3 days, aslong as u stay within those boundaries, u should be ok, but make sure everyone gets a bite coz sometimes weaker ones never get to eat

good luck

 

[PereguineFalcon]

I normally feed my fish half a serving about an hour after the lights come on and then about 15 minutes before the lights go out...that way the night feeders will have a chance to eat the left overs while the day feeders get a chance to fill their tummy before sleepy time. Sometimes i feed them around noon...but just a little bit...kinda like a snack.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

The two times a day is a good thing to use. Some fish have slow metabolisms while others have fast ones, so it's best to feed small amounts many times a day.

You should keep the fish somewhat hungry, because this keeps them active and healthy.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

I feed my fish every other day and my nocturnals come ut to eat during the day. My plecs know it's feeding time because I turn the air pump off and then they go under a particular piece of wood and I hand feed them.



I also feed fresh veg which is left in over-night.

 

[sumer_kay]

Every 2-3 days? every other day? I always thought you were supposed to feed them daily? Well, my fish get fed twice a day, once at about 9 am (flakes and pellets)and once around 5 pm. (frozen bloodworms) I was badly overfeeding them due to reading the directions on the food before, like 5 times a day they would get as much as they could eat in a minute. My fish were like marbles with fins. : hehe THEN AGAIN SOME OF THEM ARE GOLDFISH, THE PIGIONS OF THE FISH WORLD

 

[Cheese Specialist]

I used to feed my fish daily but overfeeding is a big problem and I had a lot of algae so on the advice of my lfs I started feeding every other day and I've been grand since.

I'd never feed twice+ a day!!

 

[franky]

At the moment i feed my fish the same as summer kay mentioned, flake in the morning and bloodworm on the evening, so would you say this is overfeeding?, i have a small prob with algue on the slower growing plants but not major, and all food introduced is consumed within 2-3 mins?

 

[Cheese Specialist]

At the moment i feed my fish the same as summer kay mentioned, flake in the morning and bloodworm on the evening, so would you say this is overfeeding?, i have a small prob with algue on the slower growing plants but not major, and all food introduced is consumed within 2-3 mins?

I wouldn't feed that much but that is not to say that you shuldn't. I find that my fish look for food more with the way I do it and so the tank is more clean. I think you can tell to a point by your nitrAte level.

HTH

 

[sumer_kay]

At the moment i feed my fish the same as summer kay mentioned, flake in the morning and bloodworm on the evening, so would you say this is overfeeding?, i have a small prob with algue on the slower growing plants but not major, and all food introduced is consumed within 2-3 mins?

I wouldn't feed that much but that is not to say that you shuldn't. I find that my fish look for food more with the way I do it and so the tank is more clean. I think you can tell to a point by your nitrAte level.

HTH

err, umm, derr, duh....what is a nitrAte level? and is it important? I use easy balance, does that help? <--doesn't have trest strips or anything :stupid:

 

[noelberg]

If I tried feeding my fish every other day the black tetras would come out of the tank and strangle me!
Not to mention my dad jumps up like a kid at Christmas when I tell him I'm feeding the fish

 

[CFC]

err, umm, derr, duh....what is a nitrAte level? and is it important? I use easy balance, does that help? <--doesn't have trest strips or anything :stupid:

Nirate is the end product of the filtration cycle and will remain in the tank until it is manually removed by water changes, levels of up to 20ppm over the nitrate level of your tapwater are considered acceptable (most tapwater sources will have a nitrate level of around 40ppm). High levels of nitrate lead to algea problems and may affect the fertility and growth rates of fish, some more sensative freshwater fish and all marine fish will not tollerate nitrate levels above 40ppm.