agrasyuk
Aquarium Advice Freak
hi , i understand the question sounds idiotic, and 'biggest beginner mistake is overfeeding" , but i just can't get it. they say everything that is uneated in 5 minutes is extra, i seen how much previous owner fed them, food is tropical and plankton flakes. its 8 days after setup.
largish pile that i spread gets immediately devoured by the 3 swordfish and Gourami that are always near the top and flock over as i open the lid. i barely see the 4 tetras eat , but i guess they getting some food since its been 8 days and they still not starved to death. since the substrate is new and there is not much waste i bought some sinking pellets specifically for the Cori, but the poor guy can't seem to do anything with them as they are to hard (i guess they will soften at some point.) once done on top the swordfishes and the gourami get to the bottom looking for those pellets as well. now that all the food is gone i see them "licking" the leaves clean... yesterday as i was handling plants one of the little orange buggers tried to nible on my finger!
no casualties yet, but am i not feeding them enough?
i use test strips to gage water quality. ammonia is either at 0 or within safe margin, nitrite is 0 (no discoloration at all), nitrate is also deep in safe levels. if that matters at all
what do you guys think?
largish pile that i spread gets immediately devoured by the 3 swordfish and Gourami that are always near the top and flock over as i open the lid. i barely see the 4 tetras eat , but i guess they getting some food since its been 8 days and they still not starved to death. since the substrate is new and there is not much waste i bought some sinking pellets specifically for the Cori, but the poor guy can't seem to do anything with them as they are to hard (i guess they will soften at some point.) once done on top the swordfishes and the gourami get to the bottom looking for those pellets as well. now that all the food is gone i see them "licking" the leaves clean... yesterday as i was handling plants one of the little orange buggers tried to nible on my finger!
no casualties yet, but am i not feeding them enough?
i use test strips to gage water quality. ammonia is either at 0 or within safe margin, nitrite is 0 (no discoloration at all), nitrate is also deep in safe levels. if that matters at all
what do you guys think?