feeding question... am i overfeeding?

[midasman714]

i fear i may be overfeeding my fish.

i've read somewhere to feed them as much as they can eat in 3 minutes and another article said in 30 seconds...?

so fill in th blanks so i can get an idea of what MFKers feeding habits are....

"i feed my ____________, ____ times a day and as much as they can eat in ____________."

 

[Megiddo]

depends on fish i would say

 

[twk1]

I don't feed everyday. i feed every other day, and i make sure i don't overly feed them during feeding. the food is gone within 1-2 mins if that.

 

[birmansandbettas]

Definitely depends on the fish. I have some who eat like vacuums and others who like to pick. (Luckily, they eat at different levels, so they don't interfere with each other.) The Hoovers get a pinch, enough to eat in about a minute. The pickers get enough to eat in about 15 minutes.

 

[CTU2fan]

I feed my growouts whenever I pass the tank, 4-5 times a day on average, as much as they'll take in a couple minutes. With the big fish it's usually 1-2 times a day, whatever they'll eat in say 5 minutes, maybe more as some of them are "pickers".

 

[Cammo X]

I feed until they dont eat anymore, i dunno if its a bad thing but they seme to love it and make sthem healthy.

Cam

 

[shelbyzman]

I only feed my fish in the morning. They food is gone is a few minutes.