do you overfeed your fish?

[GarNiac]

just like the question said, do you overfeed your fish? how do you stop this? Well, it seems that every time I walk by my tank, I always wanna feed my fish, kind of hard not to do so..

 

[JC09]

i feed them twice a day and just enough so they eat whats there and no leftover

 

[Jenni]

i feed them twice a day and just enough so they eat whats there and no leftover

x2

Eventually you get sick enough of dealing with cruddy filters full of uneaten food and realize it can be better!

 

[Redearsunfish]

i feed them twice a day and just enough so they eat whats there and no leftover

Agreed.


The biggest mistake you can make is to overfeed. There's no need for it - it challenges your filtration, it challenges your water change schedule, it challenges your fishes internal systems.

 

[BayArea_510]

i power feed like 3 small meals a day with 1 large at night

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

I dont overfeed, I do a feeding every 2 or 3 days alternating food items (silversides, prawn, squid, krill)

 

[Carefree_Dude]

I probably overfeed my fish, but it all gets eaten. Mostly by a certain fat bastard...

 

[stephcps]

I overfeed...but most of mine are still growing. I also do frequent waterchanges to take care of the extra...what little there is!!!

 

[Chromobotia]

I feed my fish once a day and try to skip a feeding once a week. I'm probalby still over feeding them. Reason I think that is my largest Clown Loaches look like they swallowed a rock. They look like me with their swollen mid-sections.

I believe that everyone over-feeds their fish in one way or another.

 

[redtailcatfreak]

I do over feed but i have too. My mid range fish gobble most of it up before it hits bottom so my cats dont get anything. so then i feed more to get food to the bottom. But i dont feed as much as i used to because i had one fish die of bloating. But i only feed once a day.