I pretty much feed at around 8am and at around 6pm but I do feed tit bits in between. I also dont feed some days too but i dont do it religiously. What i mean is I dont not feed on mondays and fridays every weeks.
Any of you guys feed irregularly?
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I try to feed once a day, at night. My raphaels dont come out @ all, but the rtc will as long as its dark. If i dont get to feed every day, I dont feel bad about missing a day or 2. I'm sure fish dont get to eat regularly in the wild, only when they get a chance. IMO irregular feeding is something to look into, possibly beneficial for fish.
More like nature doesn't neccessarily make it better. There is a reason aquarium raised fish are often more desirable.
aquarium raised fish are more desirable for what reason/s?Alistriwen;1229554; said:
Alot of fish are wild caught and cant be bred in the aquarium.
how does this have anything to do with feeding irregularly?
I'm completely confused
I feed my fish sporatically. Ill gorge feed them once one day...maybe a light feeding the next day skip a day or two....give them another light feeding...skip a day...then another gorge feeding. They are all really active, to me display natural behaviors and seem generally just fine with the way I do things. The only fish I feed everyday is my betta in the bathroom and thats only because hes still a bit on the thin side, my parents feed their 75G every day...but then those are growing fish 
Sturgeon;1229784; said:
I said often for a reason.. of course wild caught fish that cannot be bred in captivity are an obvious exception. The rest of the time, tank raised specimens are most often larger, healthier, more vibrantly coloured etc. This is because they are taken care of in a regimented (read: not natural) fashion. This may or may not include feeding regularly vs. irregularly.
People don't go after guppies from the wild because those raised in singapore fish farms are better. People don't use singapore fish farm guppies as show fish, they use tank raised. The point I was making was that sometimes mimicking nature isn't neccessarily better. You are already feeding them highly scientifically formulated foods that definetely do not occur naturally so why this idea that feeding this hodgepodge of good-for-fish material irregularly is going to benefit the fish in some miraculous way.
This all besides the fact that every fish I've ever observed spends some time foraging and will eat whether or not you drop food in the tank.
I feed my fish 2 times a day only because none of them are full grown. Except for my tetras. If I skip a day, it doesnt phase me in the least though. But, If on holidays, and it's been over 5 days, I get very anxious. Thankfully my fish dont revert to eating each other.
i feed at different times, days also, sometimes my fish get fed the next day or 2-3 days later.
basically they only know when they are going to be fed when they see the feeding cup full of fish or prawns.
basically they only know when they are going to be fed when they see the feeding cup full of fish or prawns.
