I decided to write up an article on how to feed your fish. Now I know most of you are probably like "
wtf I know how to feed my fish" but for the few that don't here we go...
First off it is very important to get a selection of food. And I mean selection like the picture.
That is what I feed my fish on a daily basis along with a few odds and ends I'll get into later on. Personally I like Omega One, Hikari, & Dainichi so moving on. I feed my fish 3-4 times a day (I know I know but hear me out) I (me) personally have noticed my fish are much more colorful and less aggressive towards one another. So I've read in various magazines and talked with various people that say "Feed what they eat in 5 mins" or "Feed just a pinch" ok first off define a pinch please? I see this as the first problem to over feeding. Forget pinch it is worthless try something like this. I take a quarter size of flake and cut it into 4th then I take 1 4th of that and cut it inhalf. That's how much I use. Now if you don't want to do that then heres a reference pic for a "pinch" in my eyes
this picture below is a "pinch" according to my mother
So grab your "pinch" and put it into the top of the container like so
now I crumble the food inbetween my fingers over the tank
note how small the flakes are (you can barely even see them) so I repeat that on the other flake food I feed. Again I feed very sparingly because I feed 5 different kinds of food. Next is either Micro Wafers or Dainichi. Now these aren't flakes so its kinda hard to exactly "crumble" them up but I take again very very little.
and feed it in 1/4 drops over a span of about 2 mins so everyone can eat whats being dropped.
Now you'll notice that not every single pellet gets eaten but thats fine cause after I drop it down they hunt and get the left overs
finally before the light gets shut off I drop in 2 wafers for the bottom feeders and other fish that like to peck at them
Now for other things I feed my fish I feed them the following
Cucumber
Zucchini
Baby
Potatoes
and the best thing literally since sliced bread...FRENCH CUT GREEN BEANS!
Welp that's all I really gotta say about feeding I hope someone learned something from this. I don't endorse any brand I feed I simply feed what I see results with. Everyones different I'm sure there is better food out there .
wtf I know how to feed my fish" but for the few that don't here we go...First off it is very important to get a selection of food. And I mean selection like the picture.
That is what I feed my fish on a daily basis along with a few odds and ends I'll get into later on. Personally I like Omega One, Hikari, & Dainichi so moving on. I feed my fish 3-4 times a day (I know I know but hear me out) I (me) personally have noticed my fish are much more colorful and less aggressive towards one another. So I've read in various magazines and talked with various people that say "Feed what they eat in 5 mins" or "Feed just a pinch" ok first off define a pinch please? I see this as the first problem to over feeding. Forget pinch it is worthless try something like this. I take a quarter size of flake and cut it into 4th then I take 1 4th of that and cut it inhalf. That's how much I use. Now if you don't want to do that then heres a reference pic for a "pinch" in my eyes
this picture below is a "pinch" according to my mother
So grab your "pinch" and put it into the top of the container like so
now I crumble the food inbetween my fingers over the tank
note how small the flakes are (you can barely even see them) so I repeat that on the other flake food I feed. Again I feed very sparingly because I feed 5 different kinds of food. Next is either Micro Wafers or Dainichi. Now these aren't flakes so its kinda hard to exactly "crumble" them up but I take again very very little.
and feed it in 1/4 drops over a span of about 2 mins so everyone can eat whats being dropped.
Now you'll notice that not every single pellet gets eaten but thats fine cause after I drop it down they hunt and get the left overs
finally before the light gets shut off I drop in 2 wafers for the bottom feeders and other fish that like to peck at them
Now for other things I feed my fish I feed them the following
Cucumber
Zucchini
Baby
Potatoes
and the best thing literally since sliced bread...FRENCH CUT GREEN BEANS!
Welp that's all I really gotta say about feeding I hope someone learned something from this. I don't endorse any brand I feed I simply feed what I see results with. Everyones different I'm sure there is better food out there .
Thanks!