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LisaB

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How often do you feed your tropicals? The LPS told me to feed mine every other day. Right now I am feeding them once a day and they are inhaling what I give them in a minute or so. At night I put in one pellet for the guys on the bottom. I'm not sure that I am feeding everyone enough. I'm so afraid of polluting the tank with too much food waste. I have quite a few bottom dwellers right now. And I just got two bristlenose plecos today. How often should I put in real veggies? :confused:

Thanks,
Lisa
 
I feed my tropicals twice a day sometimes even three times. I feed them once in the morning and once at night. Sometimes I will give them a "treat" in the afternoon. My tropicals are healthy and seem to be growing at a good rate. I don't feed real veggies at the moment because I don't have any in my house. (Need to go to the store.) I would say not too often, but I really don't know. I have two Pictus catfish, a pleco and a lace catfish and I like to put 4-6 algae waffers in that sink to the bottom and by the next morning they are all gone.
 
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That sounds more like it to me. I wondered if I had been underfeeding...The LPS keeps insisting to feed every other day or every two days. That just seems cruel to me. I was thinking two somewhat small meals a day? And sinking pellets just once a day?

Lisa
 
One way to determin how much to feed them is to put some food in the water and wait until they eat all of it before adding any more. Another way its to, through trial and error , find out how much food they eat in 1-2 mins and only give them that much. You should be careful though, many fish dont get "full". In other words, as long as there is food they will eat it. So, dont give into thier begging and thier big puppy dog eyes.

Also, if you notice that your water is cloudy, your ammonia and nitrites spike agian after you have cycled and have not added anymore fish, or you are having an algea bloom, you could be feeding them to much.

I feed my fish just about everyother day. Sometimes multiple days in a row because I have one eel that only eats a certian times and is rather picky about food.

What kind of fish do you have in your tank and how big is it?
 
He may have told you that because your tanks probably cycling still. Don't know though. If it is, you certainly don't want to overfeed them. How long have you had your tank up?
 
I have a 54 g corner tank. It has cycled. All of my fish are various tetras. None of them very big. I have some cory cats, 2 clown loaches and the two plecos. I have two other small cats, but I can't remember what kind they are...

Lisa
 
Tank has been up for a month...I cycled with fish. For some reason the only fish I lost were my emperor tetras. Wonder if they are very sensitive? 2 had a strange fungus, one got really pale and I found him floating the next morning, and one just vanished. Can't find any signs of him. Everyone else is doing really well.

Lisa
 
Never heard of that. Do you have to skin them? Thawed frozen peas are pretty soft. Wonder if my plecos would like peas? :dive2:

Lisa
 
I thaw them with the warmth of my hand and then press on the peas with my thumb and forefinger to pop them out of their skin. This allows the peas to sink and become easy to work with for the fish.
 
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