Feeding Time At The Zoo :-)

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Brilliant i shall remove everything bar the fish. Will they be ok not too scared by a big hand coming in and removing their hiding place for abit. The only thing ill say about sand is its a #28### when you vac! much easier with heavy gravel although any sand that get sucked up can always go back. Is there any tips on cleaning the sand with the vac?
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I'd like to know the answer to this question too please as I'm a bit concerned about moving their 'bits & bobs' in case they get stressed. Thinking about it tho , maybe it does them good - you know - bit of variation etc.,

 

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Brilliant i shall remove everything bar the fish. Will they be ok not too scared by a big hand coming in and removing their hiding place for abit. The only thing ill say about sand is its a #28### when you vac! much easier with heavy gravel although any sand that get sucked up can always go back. Is there any tips on cleaning the sand with the vac?
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I'd like to know the answer to this question too please as I'm a bit concerned about moving their 'bits & bobs' in case they get stressed. Thinking about it tho , maybe it does them good - you know - bit of variation etc.,
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And incase any of the fish are in the rock when u pull it out.( my rocks have loads of nooks and crannys) and what if u put the rock back in and one swum under at the very time ouch haha the synos spend most of their time swimming in and out of the rock.

 

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You only need feed once a day. More than this you will be overfeeding...

I noticed a member not so long ago posted and received negative responses saying he feeds his fish up to 3 times a day but in much smaller amounts, he claimed it stimulated growth and encouraged healthier growth.

Anyone know more about that?

yes, I sometimes do this when I'm home all day (similar to C101.) I've also read comments that there are studies that support this - it makes sense in that fish pick around all day in nature (on the other hand they obviously get moments of feasting too, but those are probably rare.)