How often should i feed my fish.

[Jeffd1979]

I have 1 silver dollar and 2 neon tetras in my 40 gallon so far.. how often should i feed them.. on the species profile page it says for the silver dollar it should be fed multiple times daily... is this true? I don't want my ammonia to get out of control from overfeeding..

[cgrabe]

Well it's knda hard to starve a healthy fish unless you really get carried away.. So stick with whatever you're comfortable with.

DISCLAIMER: I am completely and utterly unqualified to give any advice or any subject whatsoever.

[fishinAZ]

I feed twice a day, enough for 5 fish.

Is that too much? Too little? They eat it all up, no waste.

[RobUK]

As cgrave said, Feed what you feel is he right amount as often as you feel. Its very hard to kill an ADULT fish by underfeeding but easy by overfeeding.

I have heard.... feed about what the fish(s) can eat in approx 2-4mins.

I generally feed my Parrot fish, twice daily (she gets cichlid pelets in the morning and bloodworm/shrimp or something else live or frozen in the evening) My catfish gets feed about 3times a week on algae wafers and veggies on differing nights but he also clears up the parrots leftovers :). I used to feed my smaller fish (tetras, gouramis, swordtails etc) about once a day on flake

IMO variety is more important than freqeuncy. Fish always like little treats like bloowworm etc

Little tip, if you get a slimey gunge/goo on your gravel then your overfeeding (this is rooting food) but to be honest you will notice your water parameters go thorugh the roof before this.

[napkinman]

i have 9 black skirt tetras and 2 gouraamis and a couple of pictus cats and i feed them twice a day. they all seem to be fine and happy. i vary the food too. most times it's flakes with a few pellets for the cats and sometimes i give them tubiflex worms.

[Rockin_Sunset]

feed it what you think is good enough.just remeber fish are not warmblooded so they dont need to eat all the time.