How often to feed fish

[reely989]

I don't know man, I have two planks running multiple times a day and an inD aquatics frozen feeder going twice a day. Think it probably depends on what you have but it seems to cut down on a lot of other problems to have fish that are well fed and not ornery. That being said I do rely on NoPox and Phosphate Rx to help with nutrients.

 

[winxp_man]

Small portions 6-7 times a day. Keeps the tangs happy and not wanting to fight.

 

[BryanM]

I used to feed a few times a week with pellets and frozen two a week but on occasion had some pretty thin fish. Less algae but really like the look of well fed fish.

How often do you feed yours?

I now have an auto feeder which is nice so I don’t skip any feedings when I’m gone for the day etc, but I think it’s easy to go overboard with the availability for multiple feedings per day. I bumped it up to two per day and frozen twice a week as my Royal Gramma only eats the frozen and will wait till then to eat.

I do have a large skimmer so I don’t notice a big problem and it’s actually noticeably working now with the higher bioload.

I feel like most people underfeed because they think its good algae controll.

Most fish graze all day.

I feed my fish 3x a day.

 

[Paul B]

I feed once a day and sometimes I skip a day, or two. Most fish can go without food for over a month or so........
But don't do that.

 

[BryanM]

I feed once a day and sometimes I skip a day, or two. Most fish can go without food for over a month or so........
But don't do that.

I feel like your comment should come with a quick snippet about what you feed and your philosophy.

Feeding once a day for most is not ideal IMO.

 

[Nano_Man]

Twice a day
Some days I will miss feeding

 

[Paul B]

I feel like your comment should come with a quick snippet about what you feed and your philosophy.

Feeding once a day for most is not ideal IMO.

I feed LRS food, chopped earthworms and live whiteworms. (not usually at the same time) No dry foods of any kind and no nori.

Most of my fish only die of old age and many are spawning. I have been feeding like this for the 55 years the tank has been running and so far, never had a problem.

I think I have about 35 fish.

 

[cryingrn]

Generally, my autofeeder goes off 2x a day and then I feed frozen in the evening + nori where applicable. Sometimes i will do frozen romaine lettuce as a treat in addition to nori (not as a substitute). But my smaller tank has issues with nutrients skyrocketing so I only feed that tank once a day currently

 

[jwwoodjr]

Right now I feed frozen twice per day because I'm trying to fatten my hawk fish back up. He doesn't eat pellets and got skinny when I got too reliant on the auto feeder. I have some anthias in QT and once he's fat and they make it into the display I'll feed a small amount of pellets multiple times per day and frozen once a day.

 

[Largeangels]

Multiple small feedings throughout the day of mysis and various pellets and Nori for the tangs and angels.