Article Feeding-Quantity and Frequency

you really ran out of things to write about XD

 

Thank you. I've only been feeding once a day and have been concerned I am overfeeding. Will try feeding less and more often--thanks!

 

Too bad I dont have the time to feed more then once a day everyday. I try too as much as I can tho. But Gotta agree with steven

 

So Dawn will you just come down here and feed my fish for me.

Rick

 

I normally over feed for the shrimp and snails. It takes about an hour for the feed to vanish, but it's cuz the snails are slow to find it.
I feed 2 times daily, some times 3 if I'm home. If I know i'll be out late I make sure to offer micro worms, they stay alive for days, but don't normally last longer than a few hours.

 

I wish more people would be aware of this!
It's especially important to feed goldfish often, between 3-5 times a day when they're most active! They lack a stomach and they can't store any food anywhere for a longer time, and so they need to be given nutrients regularly and often to stay healthy and grow well!
I'm a bit worried that so many people feed them only once a day and pretty much at that... :C

 

Yay! I use to feed my fish three times a day for now And they're growing really nicely! (They're still rather young, so it's understandable)

 

I feed em 3-4 times a day, 2-3 pinches at a time. Lunchtime they get a quarter sized ice cube of a frozen mix of beefheart,daphnia,bloodworms,brine and spirulina.

I always overfeed due to the thousands I have living in the substrate. by morning the tank is spotless.

 

Feeding several times a day is a great idea, yet non-practical nor realistic for most working folks, as they leave for most of the day and come back to just a few hours left in the photoperiod. In my dealings with aquarium systems, I have learned that most people tent to OVERFEED more than UNDERFEED. Feeding what fish will eat in the spam of 2 minutes, was used as a reference some good 20 plus years ago. The problem with this "rule of thumb" is that it does NOT account for the type of fish, the size of them, the size of the system they are in, how many fish, what type of food and a large number of other variables. So...., what to feed and how much??

Learn your companion's specific dietary needs, and feed accordingly.Do consider your tank's limits on bioload also, as feeding too much creates more problems sometimes than underfeeding. I know It sounds vague, but not soo much if you really thing about it. I have found most people feed the wrong type of foods for their beloved pets, and in most cases they overfeed the system, but because of the type of food provided their fish succumb to poor nutrition. I named this: " HAY SYNDROME". As you know, hay/grass and the like contains very little nutrient value, hence the cows horses are force to eat more and more to meet their nutrient needs, if they do not, they get malnourish and could die. it is not the quantity, rather the QUALITY of the food used. You can eat junk food all day and still have a very poor nutrition, or you can eat once or twice a day but great food and be healthy and properly nourished.

The right diet for the right fish, once or twice a day at the same time each day is more than enough in most cases, with some exceptions. If you can feed your fish 3, 4 times a day less food, that's ideal but do not think it is the only way to achieve a proper feeding.

 

Kinda hard to use auto feeders with frozen or fresh preparations. They are IMO a last resource if you cannot be home to feed your fish, as they drop the food to the top of the water as opposed to the water column. this causes more un-eaten particles thus more pollution, and if you have overflows from boxes or other there is more of a chance the food will simply be taken out of the main tank before the fish even get a chance to feed.

 

good idea if you are using an automatic feeder.