Feeding Question

[whiteley]

My fish have now got nto a routiene, basically when lid opens or i go near tank when it is aroundfeed time they know their in for food lol. anyway, as of late whenever i g to the tank they all come to the top as in they want feeding, i have in thetank 3 male plattys, 4 female plattys, 1 swordtail platty female, 4 female guppies (one who has dropped but eaten em all lol) 2 male guppies, 2 female mllies, anda thing hat goes around cleaning thetank, not on that sticks t the side, oe of those black ones with feelers thatswims around normally tll if finds sme dirt then he gets very excited, anyho feed them about 3 pinches of tropical flakes on a morning, and 1 cubeof frozen bloodwormson a night, now non of it seems to last any mre than 30 secs tops, yes they eat t all stright away. am i feeding them ok, noe are overgrown (apart from preg ones of corse) all healthy. do then need more food?


also i have 2 fish which seem to be sleeping all the time in the little tree/forest bit i have set up, one is the micky platty and other is the swordtail platty, both female just rest on the gravel all the im of late, have about 12 hours light 12 hours darkness.


cheers

 

[Neo8223]

My fish have now got nto a routiene, basically when lid opens or i go near tank when it is aroundfeed time they know their in for food lol. anyway, as of late whenever i g to the tank they all come to the top as in they want feeding, i have in thetank 3 male plattys, 4 female plattys, 1 swordtail platty female, 4 female guppies (one who has dropped but eaten em all lol) 2 male guppies, 2 female mllies, anda thing hat goes around cleaning thetank, not on that sticks t the side, oe of those black ones with feelers thatswims around normally tll if finds sme dirt then he gets very excited, anyho feed them about 3 pinches of tropical flakes on a morning, and 1 cubeof frozen bloodwormson a night, now non of it seems to last any mre than 30 secs tops, yes they eat t all stright away. am i feeding them ok, noe are overgrown (apart from preg ones of corse) all healthy. do then need more food?


also i have 2 fish which seem to be sleeping all the time in the little tree/forest bit i have set up, one is the micky platty and other is the swordtail platty, both female just rest on the gravel all the im of late, have about 12 hours light 12 hours darkness.


cheers

I believe the rule is 5 mins. Give your fish as much as they can consume within 5 mins and then remove the other un-eaten stuff. Be happy that your fish go crazy for food. Mine are sooo picky and unless i feed them live food, they wont eat anything else and start munching the plants.

Although that food consumption is pretty impressive!

 

[whiteley]

will try it tomorrow. never seen anything go so mad for food as mine do fo bloodworm lo

 

[community begginer]

fish absolutly adore blood worms.... and brine shrimp.... and flake.... and well anything edible i guess....
good stuff.

 

[theotheragentm]

Feeding fish can be tricky when some fish are more aggressive eaters than others. Also it can get difficult when you have bottom feeders in the same tank as fish that will eat off the top and bottom. Feeding in different areas of the tank all at once will allow fish to get their share of the food. Feeding after all the lights have been out in the room for a few minutes allows food to get to the bottom for bottom feeders. It does make it a little less enjoyable not to see the bottom feeders eating, but you can get night light LEDs for that.