Feeding Tactics..

[cynic]

Just wondering what tactics people use so everybody gets fed.

My harlequins are at anything edible as soon as it hits the water, the columbians prefer dried bloodworm and are not all that fussed with flake, and there is half a pellet for the guys on the bottom which the columbians pick at.

Its just getting the right food to the right fish, i don't want to overfeed but neither do i want them to starve, based on the above this is my present feeding plan.

The pellets are the size of an asprin. The bloodworm is the freeze dried stuff (soaked first).

Sun- 1pinch of tropical flakes, 1 pinch of bloodworm, half a pellet ground up.
Mon - 1 pinch of dry flakes, 1 pinch of flakes soaked
Tues- As sunday
wed - Small pinch of flake and a whole pellet crumbled up in bigish bits (soaked)
thu - couple of mashed up peas and a pinch of bloodworm
fri- as Monday
Sat- nothing

What do you guys and gals think, i'm trying to keep it varied and its feeding 37 fish and to be honest after 5-10 mins i can't see anything bar some of the pellet and the plec gobbles that up on his rounds, although he gets bits of cucumber and such from time to time.

 

[fluttermoth]

I wouldn't worry too much; it's very rare for aquarium fish to be malnourished. If you really feel that the cories aren't getting enough, you might have to feed more, but less often; every other day perhaps.

 

[Proxo]

I sometimes do a bigger feed before a water change .

 

[fluttermoth]

I sometimes do a bigger feed before a water change.

Me too! Excellent idea

 

[cynic]