How Much Do You Feed At A Time???

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fishman09

fishman09

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So there's been enough threads on what to feed comparing this to that and I cannot remember seeing one where people laid out how much they feed per feeding. So post up what you feed, how often, how much per feeding that your fish eat and how long it takes them to consume the food. Also list the fish in the tank being fed and at what size they are.

Mine...

Food: New Life Spectrum
Frequency: 2 Times daily
Quantity: 6 pellets of 4.5mm NLS to my larger fish 8-10", About 6 1mm NLS for the smaller guys 3" and under
Time: 20 seconds or less for all
Fish: Dovii Pair (6,10")150g, Umbee Pair (7",8")225g, Amph Hoga 10" 75g, Amph Labiatus 10" 75g, Beani 6x3" 135g, Midas 6X1.5-3" 29g, Dovii, Umbee, Freddy, Motaguense all 2"-3" 55g


Feel free to include as much info as possible like water changes, Tank size, Longevity of keeping the certain fish.
 
I will bite :):
Food: NLS (with smaller amounts of FD krill, bio gold+)
Frequency: once a day, sometimes I skip
Quantity: I am a little unsure, but I think my Xiloa (~5-6") takes about 20 or so pellets 3mm ones? I think the female RTM (3-4") probably eats half of that, maybe more.
Time: 1-2 minutes. I don't want any pellets to get to the floor (and thereby have a chance that they get uneaten) so I give about 3-4 and let the fish eat them and then repeat.
Tank: 125 gallon, water change is done once a week. I would say 70-80%.
Can not comment much on the longevity of fish, recently acquired all of these. I think I feed them a little too much, but I can not help it :)
 
Modest_Man said:
Once per day four to five times per week.
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Exactly the same, except with young'uns...

Everything disappears in about 30 seconds.

I feed sparingly.

I find that feed is completely different in a comm than with wet solo pets.

Comm is sharklike frenzy.

Wet pets, each case is a case.

Wet pets get, with the same periodicity, 4 to 6 pellets a day, depending on what i feed.

NLS (7.5 mm ) and Massivore is what i feed in less quantity each time.
 
Most of my tanks are on automatic feeders, so it varies from week to week depending on how the fish look, act, or if I'm trying to get a spawn. So forgive me for being vague, 1-4 times a day 6 days a week, everything fasts on Monday. And I feed NLS of various sizes depending on whats in the tank as a staple.

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I recently checked my nitrates after three weeks without a water change - 40ppm in a 260 gallon system with I think 10 cichlids ranging from 4 - 12", 5 clownloaches, and a catfish.

Overfeeding is rampant in the aquarium hobby.
 
I don't measure my food or have a routine. I look at the fish, and gauge their excitement and go from there. I have a swarm of loaches if the cichlids won't eat it all, so overfeeding is really not an issue.
 
Psylant said:
I don't measure my food or have a routine. I look at the fish, and gauge their excitement and go from there. I have a swarm of loaches if the cichlids won't eat it all, so overfeeding is really not an issue.
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I don't understand, how is it not overfeeding if food gets eaten by *some* fish in the fish tank. Does not matter if its cichlid, or loaches.
But I think I am like you as far as how much/if I feed them. I gauge their excitement, and then go from there. My numbers above are estimates only. I need to confirm this by counting pellets numbers tonight or tomorrow.
 
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