hey i been seeing power feeding a lot in this forum and was wondering exactly what it is
thanks tobbie
thanks tobbie
power feeding
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Basically, excessive feeding. You feed the fish whenever it will eat. This requires frequent water changes and crazy overfiltration.
i don't quite agree on thisaquatic_wonders;1553780; said:
how can power feeding shorten its life time
or are you confused with over feeding
Fish will eat at ANY time because in nature they have to make up for those times when food is NOT available and this is quite frequantly. We don't have that problem in our aquariums and feeding your fish as much as they will eat is not the best thing in the world for them. That said...you can't really overfeed a FISH but it's very easy to over feed a tank.
Fish WILL grow faster this way of course but that may not always be a good thing. Besides the higher price for food you have easilly 6 times the maintance and you have to upgrade to larger aquariums even more often.
Relax...take it slow...give them what they NEED and not everything they can eat. They will get bigger and you wont burn yourself out in a year trying to keep up.
Mostly the term powerfeeding is applied to fish fry that are bieng grown out for sale or as feeders. In this case it can be worth the effort/expence...and of course if you have fish your trying to keep from eating each other.
Fish WILL grow faster this way of course but that may not always be a good thing. Besides the higher price for food you have easilly 6 times the maintance and you have to upgrade to larger aquariums even more often.
Relax...take it slow...give them what they NEED and not everything they can eat. They will get bigger and you wont burn yourself out in a year trying to keep up.
Mostly the term powerfeeding is applied to fish fry that are bieng grown out for sale or as feeders. In this case it can be worth the effort/expence...and of course if you have fish your trying to keep from eating each other.
Wolf3101;1554268; said:
This is what is happening to my tank...
texas has paired up with the convict that I know is a male, so she has to be female and she is trying to kill my JD, but I just got a free 55 and resealed so some fish will be moved.
I tried to power feed one of my Dats...the runt. I wanted to try to see if I can get him to catch up to the others. But I needed more space, so I stopped, but he seems to be getting along with everyone even better since I put him back in the tank.
dsrowold;1554644; said:
That would be gut loading. That is, filling them with food that is high in nutrients other fish need but otherwise would have a hard time getting.
Power feeding is dicey, it's a fine line in feeding just enough to match their metabolism and over feeding. A full grown fish has little use for this (I didn't say no use). I usually use it conjunction with a higher temp to increase the fishes metabolism. The only down side (as noted above), is that with higher metabolism and higher feeding (while you may see increased growth) is a higher output of waste (more in=more out).
This is a common trade practice by most trade dealers. Faster growth means higher turnover. More fish go out the door with available tank space thus a higher profit. This should be seen with caution because less than reputable dealers use this practice but not the heightened tank maintenance required, leading to lower quality and not as healthy stock.
everyone wants the biggest fish and they want them to grow out fast basically a fat fish will be unhealthy live a shorter life show less color and if anything will be skitish or aggresive .... dont be the one to feed them feeders everyother day u really need to feed them algea spirulina to help regulate them it takes them longer to grow out but you will appreciate theyre health and longevity.... heavy proteins are good 3-5 times a week imo feeders i do about twice a month unless breeding activity is taking place ... then a nice feeding and a heavy water change has a tendency to spark a spawn but dont listen to the power feeding theory you will just end up with the nitrate problem or maybe even some bloat