Feeding schedule

[mommytron]

I'm looking for some advice about the feeding schedule of my fish. Right now they are eating peas twice a week, brine shrimp once a week, flakes 3 times a week, and fasting one day. is this acceptable? the reason they have peas twice a week right now is because my cardinal tetras tend to get bloated frequently. is two times a week for peas overkill? should i do peas once, and brine shrimp twice instead? thanks for all your input

oh, and the zucchini is for the pitbull pleco. should i be feeding him zucchini more often? he is always sucking on the wood and the walls, so i'm assuming there is algae there he is eating off.

Sunday afternoon: flakes
monday afternoon: flakes
tuesday evening: peas, zucchini
wednesday morning: brine shrimp, PWC in the afternoon
thursday:
friday afternoon: flakes
saturday evening: peas, zucchini

 

[Lowryder]

I do flakes, pellets, freeze dried brine shrimp, freeze dried tubifex worms, frozen bloodworms and peas. Monday through saturday, respectively. Sunday is my fasting day as well as pwc. Once or twice a week a throw in some algae waffers at night for Mr. Pleco, thats if the snails dont beat him to it.

I also throw shrimp pellets in the rotation every now and then. They are a pain though, I have to presoak them so the swell up so my fishies dont get backed up.

 

[mommytron]

I have been presoaking their flakes for that reason as well. I stopped feeding anything freeze dried because it constipated them so badly. What kind of pellets do you use? Are there any other frozen foods I can use? I'd like to avoid anything freeze dried out of fear of constipation. I bought algae wafers for the pleco, but figured zucchini would be a bit more 'natural' and healthy. should i do both?

 

[Lowryder]

I use New Life Spectrum pellets. As for frozen, I like frozen mosquito larvae and krill. I have a ton of MTS and nerites so I feed both fresh veggies and waffers to make sure everyone gets a bite.

 

[dkpate]

I feed: (community tank)
Sat-Wed~ flakes in the AM, micro pellets in the pm
Thur~ flakes in the AM, peas in the PM
Fri~ Flakes in the AM, bloodworms or brine shrimp in the PM with micro pellets
I don't fast my fish.

 

[CA_BroncoFan]

Thats a lot of feeding...
I feed Mon/Wed/Fri (flakes for the tropicals, pellets for the cichilids, bloodworms and pellets for the betta)
I then give them a treat on sunday with brine shrimp.

 

[dkpate]

Why do you think it's alot of feeding? My fish are not overweight, (well except one that I think has a tumor ) they eat everything, and my tanks are clean. They are happy and so am I. I am sure they eat MUCH more in the wild.

 

[logansmomma1228]

I feed Alejandro brine shrimp every day, sometimes I will skip a day but not intentionally ... . He gets snails for treats every other day. I am planning on trying some shrimp pellets to see if he will eat those as well. He is a fat happy fish and my water is super clean, when I do my weekly PWC's I vac the gravel and I don't even get a lot of debris at all.

Would it hurt if I tried to give him some peas? He isn't constipated but he might enjoy some veggies.

Oh and he nibbles on the bugs that get in the tank too lol

 

[mommytron]

nice, he does eat the bugs?? i think peas are a good idea. it's good to have a variety of foods for them. a more balanced diet i think i am going to pick up some pellets as well.

 

[dkpate]

I feed my fish peas every week, whether they are bloated or not. I have an apple slice in there right now for them to nibble on too, and just took the orange out yesterday.

 

[Lowryder]

I feed my fish peas every week, whether they are bloated or not. I have an apple slice in there right now for them to nibble on too, and just took the orange out yesterday.

Hmm apple slice...never thought of that. Great idea!

 

[mommytron]

i modified the feeding schedule a bit. i would also like to introduce pellets of some type for a little more variety.

 

[logansmomma1228]

nice lol.