Feeding Question

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Rachel.Cody

Rachel.Cody

Jack Dempsey
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When I'm feeding my fish (gar, 2 bichirs, featherfin and clown knife) I always feed my far first. And whatever he misses goes to my 12" lap bichir. But I've ran into a problem. Once I feel the lap has had enough I turn out the lights so my other Bichir will eat. But by the time my teugelsi comes out to eat my lap has already vacuumed all of the food. And sometimes I worry about him because his stomach gets so big. I want my other fish to eat but don't want to overfeed him is what I'm trying to get at. Has anyone had this problem? If so how did you solve it?


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use feeding tongs and feed it your self or feed them at the same time and different ends of the tank.
lure the other bichir to one side and feed your teugelsi on the other.
 
^ Agreed, use a long pair of tongs if you have a deep tank, makes feeding much easier since you can always place the food directly in front of your birchirs mouth... although, some fish maybe wary of the tongs to begin with, but will eventually associate them with food...

Also helps because this way you can move the food out the way if the wrong fish goes after it as well...
 
Fat Homer said:
^ Agreed, use a long pair of tongs if you have a deep tank, makes feeding much easier since you can always place the food directly in front of your birchirs mouth... although, some fish maybe wary of the tongs to begin with, but will eventually associate them with food...

Also helps because this way you can move the food out the way if the wrong fish goes after it as well...
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I'll try that. I usually try tiger him to one end but my teugelsi takes forever to eat. I have yet to see my clown knife eat too.


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separate them when your feeding then for about a hour or 2 and let them eat on their own pace.
you buy a eggcrate at home depot and any hardware store and cut it to fit.
 
THe advice above is solid. I target feed my african fish tank. I feed the two senegals first with tongs, then the delhezi, then the koliba. Then I drop in DIY gel for the loaches (adopted as african fish) and then earthworms and bloodworms soaked in vitachem for the bushfish. My featherfin is only 2" long and vaccuums the missed blood worms and pellets from the others. I toss crickets in for the butterfly fish but they are the only top feeders so no worries of competition there.
 
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