I feed my fish 10-15 times a day

[TheRealAndyCook]

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Anyone else feed there fish many small meals threw out the day?

Just seems healthier for the fish, then starving them all day and letting them gorging 2 or 3 times a day.

Many people trying to loose weight also take this route, many small meals threw out the day. They're probably end up eating more food this way, but also have it spread out threw out the day so its less stress on there body.

 

[livebearerfreak]

mine diff from day to day. some days i feed 3 times a day, others 5 and some days 1 time a day. depending on what time i get up and if the fish are even hungry.

 

[jnwilliamson]

As long as you're feeding them a VERY little amount each time, I wouldn't think it would hurt them. I the wild, they eat whenever they can.

 

[kdrun76]

Warm blooded organisms need a more constant stream of metabolic energy. Cold blooded organisms do not. You are actually creating much more stress for them. To process and digest any food at all in the gustatory tract they have to ramp up production of digestive enzymes and other enzymes involved in catabolizing the food ingested. During catabolization, anabolizm just about stops. If meals were consumed as they are in nature, with large time lags between them, once digest and catoblism were complete, anabolism would restart and the entire metabolic process would stay properly balanced.

Constantly feeding them prevents this balance and will result in a rather extensive list of problems with in the metabolic pathways because of restrictions in anabolism.

Adult fish really don't need to be fed more than 4-5 times a week. Carnivores even less frequently.

 

[Keasarge]

I only feed my fish twice a day morning and night if they are hungry in-between there are feeders always in there for them to snack on

 

[jclyde13]

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Anyone else feed there fish many small meals threw out the day?

Just seems healthier for the fish, then starving them all day and letting them gorging 2 or 3 times a day.

Many people trying to loose weight also take this route, many small meals threw out the day. They're probably end up eating more food this way, but also have it spread out threw out the day so its less stress on there body.

How do you "throw out" a day? Do you mean that figuratively or literally?


But seriously, I feed my fish once a day, although now I think I may take Kdrun's advice and only feed 5x a week.

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

By introducing food periodically threw out the day its the exact same as if the fish just worked there way down a river finding more food, the fish that I feed this way keep searching for food weather i provide it on not.


And, I would believe that Protein Catabolism or any subset of Catabolism would take far less then the time for a small amount of food. (as Proust's Law would suggest, as the digestion is more of a chemical reaction then anything physical, unless you are suggesting the production of amino acids many times throughout a day is stressful)

So, eating LARGE amount of food many times a day would clearly allow for an inadequate processing of food, an excess amount of waste, as well it would stressing the fishes digestive system. Like you said, allowing for no balance.

Where as, a small amount of food digested efficient over the span of 45 minutes in brisk waters would provide little waste and a more healthy digestive system? Would it not, assuming the fish are creating less acids, breaking down less food, while still making an effective use of everything they take in?

Now, I'm not a marine biologist, and I'd be willing to take any logical input, but my fish are a bounds and leaps more athletic and far brighter and healthier then when I purchased them.

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

How do you "throw out" a day? Do you mean that figuratively or literally?


But seriously, I feed my fish once a day, although now I think I may take Kdrun's advice and only feed 5x a week.

Its much easier if you actually have a calender likee this.

Then throughout the day you can throw out the day

 

[kdrun76]

By introducing food periodically threw out the day its the exact same as if the fish just worked there way down a river finding more food, the fish that I feed this way keep searching for food weather i provide it on not.


And, I would believe that Protein Catabolism or any subset of Catabolism would take far less then the time for a small amount of food. (as Proust's Law would suggest, as the digestion is more of a chemical reaction then anything physical, unless you are suggesting the production of amino acids many times throughout a day is stressful)

So, eating LARGE amount of food many times a day would clearly allow for an inadequate processing of food, an excess amount of waste, as well it would stressing the fishes digestive system. Like you said, allowing for no balance.

Where as, a small amount of food digested efficient over the span of 45 minutes in brisk waters would provide little waste and a more healthy digestive system? Would it not, assuming the fish are creating less acids, breaking down less food, while still making an effective use of everything they take in?

Now, I'm not a marine biologist, and I'd be willing to take any logical input, but my fish are a bounds and leaps more athletic and far brighter and healthier then when I purchased them.

I am sorry you are incorrect in your theories. Producing the enzymes to allow catabolism to take place stops/slows the production of enzymes that allow anabolism to take place. The quantity of the food ingested is only partially related to this. Simply ingesting a food product will trigger this... so frequency of ingestion is going to play as large if not a larger role than quantity.

It is clear that you do not have a good understanding of fish physiology or of physiology of ectothermic vertebrates as a whole. Your theory is filled with statements showing confusion about how anabolic and catabolic reactions relate to eachother.

I fear for how you measure athleticism, brightness and health of your fish. I am picturing some sort of fish boot camp with reflective mirrors and daily fitness tests.

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

I spent a small amount of time 'googling it' but I guess i'll need to try harder. I'd prefer to get a better idea of what you were talking about and understand the concepts then just follow your advice blindly.

My fish tank is right beside my computer, and I spend about 80% of my day time beside it...I've been able to follow there swimming patterns change and see there colors come out. When I purchased them a lot of them were too weak to swim near the power heads or follow floating pellets around the surface...now they all easily swim directly in front of the outlets and seem to play in the jets of water.