How often to feed fish?
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janky
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The general rule of thumb is to feed them no more than they will consume in about a minute. Any food that's falling to the ground and not being eaten is contributing to ammonia levels.
I dunno, I probably over feed my fish, but they'll eat the tiny bits I put in there within 10 seconds like savages
Some species you can feed the baby/juvie ones 4-6 times a day.
I probably feed mine around 4 times - small, small small increments.
If you only have 2 goldfish maybe twice a day in really small amounts and a partial algae wafer maybe 2x a week for the pleco. Watch the tank when you feed them and make sure they eat it all - with the wafer, check around the next morning and make sure it's gone or almost gone.
I do recall hearing somewhere that goldfish don't have stomachs (or something like that) and need to constantly eat to survive - although i've never heard of anyone feeding them 6+ times a day haha
I dunno, I probably over feed my fish, but they'll eat the tiny bits I put in there within 10 seconds like savages
Some species you can feed the baby/juvie ones 4-6 times a day.
I probably feed mine around 4 times - small, small small increments.
If you only have 2 goldfish maybe twice a day in really small amounts and a partial algae wafer maybe 2x a week for the pleco. Watch the tank when you feed them and make sure they eat it all - with the wafer, check around the next morning and make sure it's gone or almost gone.
I do recall hearing somewhere that goldfish don't have stomachs (or something like that) and need to constantly eat to survive - although i've never heard of anyone feeding them 6+ times a day haha
Andrew McFadden
Aquarium Advice Addict
Jguid said:
If you can't keep your levels under control its because you need a bigger tank. If this is why your asking
librarygirl
Look It Up
Wait, do you have goldfish and a pleco in the same tank? If so, the goldfish are coldwater fish and the plecos are warm water/tropical. Plus depending on what type of goldfish they are you'll need at least a 30 gal tank just for them, so you might have more issues than feeding I'm afraid.
Andrew McFadden
Aquarium Advice Addict
From what I know about turtles you're going to need 80+ gallon tank just for the turtle with a foot print of 6' long
Andrew McFadden
Aquarium Advice Addict
By 2' wide and fill it like 20% full of water
Not sure if you can do a 4' long by 2' wide and fill it almost full of water and build something for it to get out of the tank.
This is what I did for my musk turtle and I have a 6'x2'x2' and filled it full but I have 30 some african Cichlids with it.
Not sure if you can do a 4' long by 2' wide and fill it almost full of water and build something for it to get out of the tank.
This is what I did for my musk turtle and I have a 6'x2'x2' and filled it full but I have 30 some african Cichlids with it.
Loudog21
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Someone killed this thread!!
Andrew McFadden
Aquarium Advice Addict
You only want to feed what the fish can consume in a couple min.
If you see food laying on the bottom that they wont eat then cut back more. This left over food will cause problems in water quality
Goldfish flakes are good or pellets as long as its small enough to fit in their mouths
And for the pleco algea disks and the algea that grows in the tank.
If you see food laying on the bottom that they wont eat then cut back more. This left over food will cause problems in water quality
Goldfish flakes are good or pellets as long as its small enough to fit in their mouths
And for the pleco algea disks and the algea that grows in the tank.
