Feeding Tropical Fish

[engarman07]

I have had my 55 gallon aquarium for about 6 months now. I cannot seem to figure out how to feed my fish without a lot of flake going to the bottom. The flake going to the bottom is making cleaning my gravel a lot of work every week. I have read how people say to be sure to not let your flake hit the bottom, but it sinks so quickly! Does anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong or how I can fix this problem! Thanks!

 

[twodoctors]

What fishes have you got? What are you feeding them and how often?

Some fishes eat slower than others. Also if you feed them frequently then they might not be that hungry so would not be "fighting" to eat that food. Lots of factors to consider.

Adrian

 

[engarman07]

I feed them Tetra Color Tropical Crisps. I feed them once a day and usually put enough to fill up the inside of their feeding ring. I also give them a thing of blood worms every day. I have silver dollars, one angel fish, platys, mollies, and neon tetras.

 

[suffolkboy]

Hmmmm i had the same problem and my water started going a bit cloudy..
But i think i was feeding to much.. I cut my feeding down to once a day and now it dont get a chance to sink to the bottom and my water is starting to look alot clearer ..

 

[Tolak]

Feed half as much every other day rather than daily.

 

[engarman07]

If I feed every other day won't they get hungry?

 

[suffolkboy]

Thats what i thought as well... Feel like im starving the poor buggas

 

[BigbruiserAl]

I feed as much as they can fit in their belly in 2 min once a day. Takes about 4-5 pinches fromm the tub.Ant left overs the sterbai hoover up

 

[Tolak]

Fish are cold blooded animals, much slower metabolism than warm blooded animals. Since they don't utilize food to produce body heat they need considerably less, no 3 meals a day & a couple of snacks for them. Unless I'm conditioning fish for breeding, have fish that are actively breeding, or growing out fry they get fed every other day, a couple of times weekly for larger cichlids.

The tanks that do get fed daily or multiple times daily often do have an accumulation of left over food, and must be maintained accordingly. This is why most all of my tanks are bare bottom, ease of maintenance.

 

[jkilby]

I feed them Tetra Color Tropical Crisps. I feed them once a day and usually put enough to fill up the inside of their feeding ring. I also give them a thing of blood worms every day. I have silver dollars, one angel fish, platys, mollies, and neon tetras.

I have always been told not to feed them bloodworms every day, just as a treat once or twice a week. Most fishes stomachs are approximately the size of their eyes, when they feast on bloodworms they will be full and have very little interest in flake, so most of it will end up as waste on the bottom of the tank