How often do you feed your fish?

[Jeremy S]

How many times a day do you feed your fish?

Just wanted to see how many times a day everyone feeds their fish.

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

60 Gallon:
Flakes in the Morning-5:50am
Cichlid Pellets (Hikari excel brand) around 4pm
Brine shrimp at Night-7:30pm

20 gallon:
Flakes in the morning and at Night
1 algae Pellet

10 gallon
Flakes in the morning and at night


Hmmm...wait.. Am I Overfeeding? I dont think so.. but my nitrates are HIGH...so perhaps I am..

 

[pinballqueen]

Um, there's no option for "every other day"....guess I'm wierd.

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

I dont think your "Wierd". Some people dont feed them on the weekends. Some poeple only feed them 2 or 3 times a week. Its what you feel comfartable with. IN the wild they only eat once in a few days, so Im told. If I skipped a day, I would feel like my fish are thinking "why is he SO MEAN to us"? Also, I feel that feeding the pellets in the afternoon curbs the Distichdus affinis (tetra related) tendency towards Fin nipping.

 

[goldfries]

when i remember.

 

[Pootspete]

I try and feed them 2 times a day, but sometimes it is a little more than that.

 

[morleyz]

I go once a day with 1 fasting day a week.

 

[Elmo]

I feed them once a day.

 

[Big Kid]

I use to feed mine twice a day and they wouldn't eat it all so now I feed them once a day around 7:00 p.m.

 

[slipknottin]

I usually feed about 3 times a day. Both fish growing well and no problems with algae or nitrates.