How often is everyone feedings their Clown Loaches?
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How often is everyone feeding their Clown Loaches. I’m trying not to overfeed my herd (I have 6) so I’m wondering what the consensus is…….cheers
I would feed no more than 2 times day at that size.
Really, I thought once a day was too much. I was going to do 3x week and thats why I need input. I've also found since increasing the 'herd' to 6 that there's very little detritus on the substrate surface including my foam intake pre-filter. I've been told they don't eat fish poop but, they are cleaning up everything.
In the past, I feed them 3-4 times a week with algae wafers and they grew very slowly staying not much bigger than they are now. Man, was I purposely starving them without realizing it….I feel irresponsible right now. What and how should they be getting fed? Please enlighten my ignorance
I'm not fish dietitian but I generally correlate feeding with imposed activity level and metabolism. In plainer language, the flow/turnover in the tank and the temperature you're keeping it. Fish being ectothermic are gonna require more nutrients when kept at a higher temperature. Fish that swim and exercise in turbulent water more should likewise require more energy/food.
When I kept clown loaches they seemed to appreciate warm water and lots of flow. In these conditions they are constantly on the move searching for food so I saw nothing wrong with 4-6 pinches of the NLS 0.5-1mm pellets per day between one or two feedings.
When I kept clown loaches they seemed to appreciate warm water and lots of flow. In these conditions they are constantly on the move searching for food so I saw nothing wrong with 4-6 pinches of the NLS 0.5-1mm pellets per day between one or two feedings.
I do have quit of bit of flow between the 2217 and my penguin HOB and the temp is steady at 78…….
New life spectrum, just a brand. For smaller fish I really like their small sinking pellets.
I'd say you have moderate flow, definitely not intense by loach standards. And 78 is balmy, not necessarily warm for these fish. You're definitely not starving then lol.