CoolHand
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi Everyone,
So I finally got a few fish yesterday after completing a fishless cycle of almost 9 weeks. Hooray! LOL Anyway - I've decided to take a somewhat conservative approach to this as I am new at this. I bought 8 pearl danios, 1 weather loach for the bottom, and 1 marbled Angel Fish. I've had them for almost 16 hours and have fed them twice so far. Once last night around 7, and once this morning around 7. I plan to continue this pattern as it will best fit our schedules. Is it an appropriate schedule?
I bought 2 types of food for the fish, Brine Shrimp Flakes Formula + Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp, and Blood Worms. Is this appropriate? I was a little concerned for the weather loach? Is there some sort of sinking pellet/food or something I should get him as he hovers around the bottom?
My biggest concern at the moment is for the Angel. During the first feeding I have put in 3-5 blood worms and 3 flakes crushed. The danios seem to devour it all in like a minute. During this time the Angel clued in to what was going on and came closer to the top but he seems intimidated a bit from the Danios. I put in 3 more crushed flakes and the danios started eating again. The Angel got 1 maybe 2 little bits but then the food was gone and about 2 minutes had passed. Similar experience for the second feeding but I don't think the Angel got any. Is this normal or is there something I should do? Also will the loach get anything from this?
We are not going away anywhere anytime soon our next few trips are for only 1 night so I think I could feed before I left and as soon as I got back? Is this a good plan? I bought these little 3 day fish feeders from Nutrafin, Is that what people use if they go way for a weekend?
Also now that I have just added the fish how often should I be checking the ammonia/nitrite levels?
Local fish store had no real advice to help me so anything I get here is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
CH...
So I finally got a few fish yesterday after completing a fishless cycle of almost 9 weeks. Hooray! LOL Anyway - I've decided to take a somewhat conservative approach to this as I am new at this. I bought 8 pearl danios, 1 weather loach for the bottom, and 1 marbled Angel Fish. I've had them for almost 16 hours and have fed them twice so far. Once last night around 7, and once this morning around 7. I plan to continue this pattern as it will best fit our schedules. Is it an appropriate schedule?
I bought 2 types of food for the fish, Brine Shrimp Flakes Formula + Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp, and Blood Worms. Is this appropriate? I was a little concerned for the weather loach? Is there some sort of sinking pellet/food or something I should get him as he hovers around the bottom?
My biggest concern at the moment is for the Angel. During the first feeding I have put in 3-5 blood worms and 3 flakes crushed. The danios seem to devour it all in like a minute. During this time the Angel clued in to what was going on and came closer to the top but he seems intimidated a bit from the Danios. I put in 3 more crushed flakes and the danios started eating again. The Angel got 1 maybe 2 little bits but then the food was gone and about 2 minutes had passed. Similar experience for the second feeding but I don't think the Angel got any. Is this normal or is there something I should do? Also will the loach get anything from this?
We are not going away anywhere anytime soon our next few trips are for only 1 night so I think I could feed before I left and as soon as I got back? Is this a good plan? I bought these little 3 day fish feeders from Nutrafin, Is that what people use if they go way for a weekend?
Also now that I have just added the fish how often should I be checking the ammonia/nitrite levels?
Local fish store had no real advice to help me so anything I get here is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
CH...