Do you just sprinkle it over the water, or place it in a feeding ring, or use a feeding cone? The cone seems to help control wasted food. I'm trying to keep all the fish happy, and yet contain the amount of uneaten food.
How do you feed your fish?
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I soak the flakes in a cup that is only used for the tanks and the squirt them into the tank with a pipette(a small turkey baster type thing). This way the fish don't have to eat off the surface and gulp air and also the flakes don't expand in their stomachs. This way I can also squirt it in as fast as they eat it. I put in a little bit, wait til they eat that and then put in some more. This way I don't have to worry about scooping out excess food or worry about the food floating off in the current. Also I can squirt food down to the shrimp this way.
aardvark1 - feeding frenzy is right. Happy, happy, happy! But I have another question: About how much food per fish each time, and how many times per day? Ours eat pretty much breakfast, lunch and dinner - and then a midnight snack and there is no food waste at all. Everyone is active and healthy - just wondering if we're giving them enough?
if you feed multiple times..feed them smalller portion..I would not be concerned with the general rule of X# minutes to consume all the food. that is for 1X day or less.
if you feed multiple times I usually only feed what they can consume in a few seconds..making sure all get some food.
in nature fish are opportunistic feeders..generally they cruise around feeding.
if you feed multiple times I usually only feed what they can consume in a few seconds..making sure all get some food.
in nature fish are opportunistic feeders..generally they cruise around feeding.
