Photoperiod and feeding

[itstheantitang]

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

 

[Oliver]

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.

 

[mysis]

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.

 

[itstheantitang]

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.

 

[sayembara]

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.

 

[mysis]

This is in saltwater sayembara, to post information about freshwater fish (neon tetra) go to the freshwater section.

 

[ragc]

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!)

 

[fish_breeder_05]

my cichlids sit on the bottom in the morning after the lightss and wait for the life to come back

 

[mogurnda]

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.

 

[itstheantitang]

Yeah, that should work, acts on at 7 and off at 10

Thanks