Feeding Fish

[engarman07]

I am new to having an aquarium. The main problem I have been running into is feeding my fish. I know that you do not want a lot of the tropical crisps to be on the bottom of the tank, but I cannot figure out how to accomplish this. I have two angelfish that seem to hog the food when I put it in the tank. I use a feeding ring because if I do not the crisps float everywhere. The other fish get enough food, but there is always food left over on the bottom of the tank. The fish seem to pick most of the food off the bottom of the tank, but when I clean my gravel once a week, I seem to be sucking up a lot of food. Just wondering if I could get some tips from the experts out there!

 

[SlyPolak]

I feed ONCE a day.... what they will eat within 2 mins.... I dont care what the containers say... most just want you to buy more food so they want you to use more.... BUT every other week I feed ever other day.... (week one-- once a day,, week two every other day).... it might be odd but my fish seem to love it...............

 

[engarman07]

The feeding once a day sounds like a good idea....I don't know if I could do every other day I would feel guilty! LOL! I definitely think I am currently feeding them too much. How do you feed them just enough for them to consume in 2 minutes...I have a 20 gallon tank, and the crisps seem to hit the ground pretty fast.

 

[SlyPolak]

If the "crisps" hit the ground "too fast" that just means the fish arent hungry enough!!!..... I have plenty of different fish but whenever the food hits the water they go CRAZY!!!!

Skip a day of feeding and you will see what happens.......

EDIT:.. if there is food on the bottom of the aquarium that means you are feeding TOO MUCH...

 

[Vidster]

bare in mind i only have 11 neon tetra and a plec in the tank atm. I feed mine once a day as much as they can eat in 30 seconds and thats it. Due to the size of the fish i crush up the fish flake in to small peices. I then get a pinch of then between two fingers and dip my fingers in the water. The Neons hoover the lot up really fast. I repeat this 2 or 3 times (normally twice), until 30 seconds have passed.
Apart from the algae wafer for my plec (half a wafer every week. It stays in the water for a night. He is tiny), I have zero food hitting the bottom .