Photoperiod and feeding

When to feed

  • turn lights on for 10 minutes at 7:00 am and feed.

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • feed at 7:00 pm and 9:45 pm

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Use my over-feeding auto feeder.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • other

    Votes: 11 50.0%
  • Total voters
    22
itstheantitang

itstheantitang

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Oct 1, 2005
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I have a delimma.

On a timer, I will have the lights on from:
Actinics: 8:30-10:30
Daylights: 9:30-9:30
(BTW- they are 4x54 HO tek lights)
Sound good?

My problem is when to feed the fish!
please post opinions and vote!

Thanks
 
feed twice a day or once when the lights are on or off, but on at night, and feed little, varying from flakes to frozen food.
 
I prefer to feed small amounts a day, a long as you feed the same time every day, it doesn't matter a whole lot, i feed my fish at 8.30 in the morning and at 8.30 at night.
 
im gone from 730 to 7 every day, so feed in the morning before lights are on and everyone (fish) is still asleep? I don't think they'd wake for the food.
 
i usually found the neon tetra missing (i.e. still sleeping?) when I switch on the lights earlier that usual. Takes a while before visible near the front glass. Other fishes are already warm up, ready to take food.
 
This is in saltwater sayembara, to post information about freshwater fish (neon tetra) go to the freshwater section. :)
 
I feed my SW once a day, after the lights have been on for several hours. Usually when I get home from work, around 7:00 PM. I do feed our large goldfish tank at lights on in the AM, as the big fat goldfish do awake instantly to eat! (sorry, mysis, had to get a FW comment in!)
 
my cichlids sit on the bottom in the morning after the lightss and wait for the life to come back
 
Interesting dilemma. I have a similar issue with my reef tank, but the sun lights up the room enough for me to feed before I leave.

How about:

Changing the photoperiod a little: actinics on 7 am to 930 or 10 pm? The extra hour of light won't be that bad.
-or-
Having a light come on in the room before feeding time to wake everybody up?

The overfeeding autofeeder sounds like a non-starter, and the 10 minutes of light will probably just stun them.
 
Yeah, that should work, acts on at 7 and off at 10

Thanks
 
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