Stuff on my glass and basic questions.....

[HybridFinatic]

3. I have heard many rules of thumb but how often and how much food? I have been switching between the occasional earthworm, pellets, and frozen blood worms (they both are fans of that) View attachment 1358958

For the size of your fish I would feed them twice a day with pellets as a staple. Feed the pellets for both feedings nearly every days. The rest of the food mentioned are all treats and should not be fed more than once a week per food. I say you feed pellets for both feedings a day on the norm and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday you feed pellets for one feeding of that day and one of your treats for the other feeding. As they get older your going to want to move down to a single feeding a day or even a feeding every other day.

 

[Stewey]

Thanks for all the advise - keep it coming

 

[tcav88]

Don’t waste money on acrylic algae scrapers just get the “original” magic erasers they’re chemical free and great for removing slime and algae.

 

[deeda]

Also be aware that you may not be able to use a HOB style filter on an acrylic tank unless the tank top has a cut out space to hang the filter.