How much to feed....

ruk · 06/08/2007, 02:40 PM

I feed on a daily basis, and have a pretty good idea of how much food to feed my fish just based on how much they eat but I was hoping to get others input on how much they would feed. I have a 6 different fish in two different tanks:
Tank #1
green corris wrasse: 2 inch
black and white clown: 1 1/2 inch
green clown goby: 1 1/2inch
cleaner shrimp

Tank #2
african flame back angel: 1 3/4 inch
gold striped maroon: 2 1/2 inch
bicolor blenny: 3 inch
anemonie shrimp

I currently feed a little more than half a cube to tank #1 and almost a whole cube to tank #2. daily. I just put a brine and mysis cube in the baster and guesstimate. I was just wondering if this is about how much others would feed these same guys.

kevin2000 · 06/08/2007, 02:48 PM

If I undertand your setup your feeding about a 1.5 cubes of frozen to six small fish each day. I think thats alot and I would cut that in half .. in my tanks the same fish might get the equivalent of about 1/2 cube .. but every tank is different and there is no right answer.

Randall_James · 06/08/2007, 02:54 PM

fat fish are not healthy fish.. I would throttle back a bit too, the bioload in tank 2 sounds pretty high IMO

ruk · 06/08/2007, 05:35 PM

thanks for the input, I found it very interesting. I figured Im over feeding a bit, but they eat it all. And if there was a large bio-load I figured it was in tank #1. *scratches head* Ill cut back on the feeding, but Im worried about the 'fat fish are not happy fish' part. My fish arent fat, but I dont want to kill them with food either. damz. maybe I should feed everyother day...

06/08/2007, 02:54 PM	#3
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	fat fish are not healthy fish.. I would throttle back a bit too, the bioload in tank 2 sounds pretty high IMO __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

06/08/2007, 02:40 PM	#1
ruk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 64	How much to feed.... I feed on a daily basis, and have a pretty good idea of how much food to feed my fish just based on how much they eat but I was hoping to get others input on how much they would feed. I have a 6 different fish in two different tanks: Tank #1 green corris wrasse: 2 inch black and white clown: 1 1/2 inch green clown goby: 1 1/2inch cleaner shrimp Tank #2 african flame back angel: 1 3/4 inch gold striped maroon: 2 1/2 inch bicolor blenny: 3 inch anemonie shrimp I currently feed a little more than half a cube to tank #1 and almost a whole cube to tank #2. daily. I just put a brine and mysis cube in the baster and guesstimate. I was just wondering if this is about how much others would feed these same guys.

06/08/2007, 02:48 PM	#2
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	If I undertand your setup your feeding about a 1.5 cubes of frozen to six small fish each day. I think thats alot and I would cut that in half .. in my tanks the same fish might get the equivalent of about 1/2 cube .. but every tank is different and there is no right answer.

06/08/2007, 05:35 PM	#4
ruk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 64	thanks for the input, I found it very interesting. I figured Im over feeding a bit, but they eat it all. And if there was a large bio-load I figured it was in tank #1. scratches head Ill cut back on the feeding, but Im worried about the 'fat fish are not happy fish' part. My fish arent fat, but I dont want to kill them with food either. damz. maybe I should feed everyother day...