How often do you feed your fish?
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Tank Size: 20gal
Types of fish: a couple of different tetras, a pand cory catfish, a glo fish and an angel fish
What do you feed: general flakes
How often do you feed: once a day
Do you ever fast your fish: not intentionally
How long have you been doing the above: Except for one tetra, this particular tank of fish are fairly new (got the angel fish in Dec, the others about 2 weeks ago). But this has always been my fish routine.
Types of fish: a couple of different tetras, a pand cory catfish, a glo fish and an angel fish
What do you feed: general flakes
How often do you feed: once a day
Do you ever fast your fish: not intentionally
How long have you been doing the above: Except for one tetra, this particular tank of fish are fairly new (got the angel fish in Dec, the others about 2 weeks ago). But this has always been my fish routine.
My parents had a tank for some very pretty long finned goldfish that spent the summers in the ornamental pond and the late fall/winter/spring in the tanks
Tank Size: I 'think' they were all 25-30 gallons
Types of fish:long finned gold fish
What do you feed:general gold fish pellets
How often do you feed:My mom fed her upstairs tank once a week, my Dad ever day. My mom never lost a fish but my dad would loose at least one a winter
Do you ever fast your fish:see above
How long have you been doing the above:they did this for at least 10 years.
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Tank Size: I 'think' they were all 25-30 gallons
Types of fish:long finned gold fish
What do you feed:general gold fish pellets
How often do you feed:My mom fed her upstairs tank once a week, my Dad ever day. My mom never lost a fish but my dad would loose at least one a winter
Do you ever fast your fish:see above
How long have you been doing the above:they did this for at least 10 years.
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Tank Size: 55 gallon
Types of fish: Mixed African Mbuna Cichlids
What do you feed: Cichlid pellets and Cichlid Flake
How often do you feed: Twice daily
Do you ever fast your fish: No, because the mothers are mouth brooders, and before they start to brood they NEED to eat and eat well. Plus, if I fast them, they'll eat each other instead.
How long have you been doing the above: Going on 4 years now.
Types of fish: Mixed African Mbuna Cichlids
What do you feed: Cichlid pellets and Cichlid Flake
How often do you feed: Twice daily
Do you ever fast your fish: No, because the mothers are mouth brooders, and before they start to brood they NEED to eat and eat well. Plus, if I fast them, they'll eat each other instead.
How long have you been doing the above: Going on 4 years now.
Tank Size: 12 gallon
Types of fish: 1 angel, 1 cory, 1 beta, 1 seamonster(he's a temp till I set up a tank at home)
What do you feed:everything! it depends on what I feel like that day. I have frozen foods: bloodworms, glassworms, daphnia, cyclops, krill, brine shrimp. Freezdried foods: bloodworms & spirnulina brine shrimp. Pellet Foods: Algea wafers, sinking carnivore pellets, community crumbles, shrimp pellets. Live foods: brine shrimp.
How often do you feed: 1x a day
Do you ever fast your fish: yes- they are office fish so they are not fed on the weekends(Thurs-Sunday).
How long have you been doing the above: about a 1 yr and a half.
Types of fish: 1 angel, 1 cory, 1 beta, 1 seamonster(he's a temp till I set up a tank at home)
What do you feed:everything! it depends on what I feel like that day. I have frozen foods: bloodworms, glassworms, daphnia, cyclops, krill, brine shrimp. Freezdried foods: bloodworms & spirnulina brine shrimp. Pellet Foods: Algea wafers, sinking carnivore pellets, community crumbles, shrimp pellets. Live foods: brine shrimp.
How often do you feed: 1x a day
Do you ever fast your fish: yes- they are office fish so they are not fed on the weekends(Thurs-Sunday).
How long have you been doing the above: about a 1 yr and a half.
Tank Size: 55gal
Types of fish: peacock cichlids
What do you feed: cichlid flakes
How often do you feed: twice daily
Do you ever fast your fish: no, theyd start chewing on each other...
How long have you been doing the above: 55 gals been up about a yr
Tank Size: 32gal
Types of fish: tropical fresh: 1 tiny blue gourami, hes about 3 yrs old but just doesnt grow...(hes not a dwarf blue) 3 black neons, 1 pristella (left overs from the 29 that esploded...) and 3 sunset platties 3 marble platies
What do you feed: general flakes
How often do you feed: once daily
Do you ever fast your fish: not intentionally, but theres been times where theyll go a few days without dinner, doesnt do them any harm..
How long have you been doing the above: this tank has been up about 1 1/2 yrs, and many of the residents are actually closer to 5 yrs as they were form the 29 that cracked.
Types of fish: peacock cichlids
What do you feed: cichlid flakes
How often do you feed: twice daily
Do you ever fast your fish: no, theyd start chewing on each other...
How long have you been doing the above: 55 gals been up about a yr
Tank Size: 32gal
Types of fish: tropical fresh: 1 tiny blue gourami, hes about 3 yrs old but just doesnt grow...(hes not a dwarf blue) 3 black neons, 1 pristella (left overs from the 29 that esploded...) and 3 sunset platties 3 marble platies
What do you feed: general flakes
How often do you feed: once daily
Do you ever fast your fish: not intentionally, but theres been times where theyll go a few days without dinner, doesnt do them any harm..
How long have you been doing the above: this tank has been up about 1 1/2 yrs, and many of the residents are actually closer to 5 yrs as they were form the 29 that cracked.
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Tank Size: 125 gal
Types of fish: Mollies, Platies, Barbs, Swordtails, Rainbowfish, Cories, Loaches, Tetras, Danios, Catfish
What do you feed: Live blackworms as a treat on occasion, Tropical flakes, Cucumber, Cilantro, Pellets
How often do you feed: Once a day
Do you ever fast your fish: Not on purpose, but if we leave for a weekend or a few days, they don't get fed
How long have you been doing the above: 2 years
Types of fish: Mollies, Platies, Barbs, Swordtails, Rainbowfish, Cories, Loaches, Tetras, Danios, Catfish
What do you feed: Live blackworms as a treat on occasion, Tropical flakes, Cucumber, Cilantro, Pellets
How often do you feed: Once a day
Do you ever fast your fish: Not on purpose, but if we leave for a weekend or a few days, they don't get fed
How long have you been doing the above: 2 years
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Tank Size: 21 gallon
Types of fish: Betta fish
What do you feed: Betta fish pellets, blood worms, brine shrimp, krill
How often do you feed: Betta pellets once a day. bloodworms, brine shrimp and krill, 3x a week.
Do you ever fast your fish: Not if I can help it.
How long have you been doing the above: Just a couple weeks
Types of fish: Betta fish
What do you feed: Betta fish pellets, blood worms, brine shrimp, krill
How often do you feed: Betta pellets once a day. bloodworms, brine shrimp and krill, 3x a week.
Do you ever fast your fish: Not if I can help it.
How long have you been doing the above: Just a couple weeks
Ok..
Tank one:
250L Or Roughly 66G..
Various Tetra's, Neon's in 3 colours, Penguins, Ghosts, And two other types that I can't remember the name of, it was fancy and latin..
2 Pleco's
I think I am up to about 80 or so fish in there, but they are only teeny..
I feed every day, Tetra Pro colour crisps to enhance colour in ornamental fish, and every other day I put the Pleco tablets in for them to suck on..I feed daily otherwise there are casualties..
About 5 years it's been running..
Tank 2:
35L or roughly 9G..
3 minature lionhead/ Ryukin goldfish.
I feed them normal goldfish flakes, and sometimes goldfish pellets to change.. Again I feed them a small amount daily..
They've been there for over a year, Florent bought me the tank as a present, so I could have fish in the bedroom.
Tank 3:
20L or roughly 5G..
My little Beta buddy..
Again I feed him daily with specific beta food.. He's not been in there long, I did originally have a Japanese fantail goldfish in there, but he outgrew it and ended up outside in the pond.
And lastly.. My pond..
1100L or roughly 290G..
There are.. Koi's, Fantails, ordinary goldfish, Lionheads, and a Sturgeon in there..
They are just coming out of hibernation, so I feed them when it is warm, but in the summer they eat like there's no tomorrow, and in the winter nothing at all.
Tank one:
250L Or Roughly 66G..
Various Tetra's, Neon's in 3 colours, Penguins, Ghosts, And two other types that I can't remember the name of, it was fancy and latin..
2 Pleco's
I think I am up to about 80 or so fish in there, but they are only teeny..
I feed every day, Tetra Pro colour crisps to enhance colour in ornamental fish, and every other day I put the Pleco tablets in for them to suck on..I feed daily otherwise there are casualties..
About 5 years it's been running..
Tank 2:
35L or roughly 9G..
3 minature lionhead/ Ryukin goldfish.
I feed them normal goldfish flakes, and sometimes goldfish pellets to change.. Again I feed them a small amount daily..
They've been there for over a year, Florent bought me the tank as a present, so I could have fish in the bedroom.
Tank 3:
20L or roughly 5G..
My little Beta buddy..
Again I feed him daily with specific beta food.. He's not been in there long, I did originally have a Japanese fantail goldfish in there, but he outgrew it and ended up outside in the pond.
And lastly.. My pond..
1100L or roughly 290G..
There are.. Koi's, Fantails, ordinary goldfish, Lionheads, and a Sturgeon in there..
They are just coming out of hibernation, so I feed them when it is warm, but in the summer they eat like there's no tomorrow, and in the winter nothing at all.
Tank Size: 10 Gal
Types of fish: One 3 1/2 inch female Kenyi African Cichlid and one 2 1/2 inch Chinese Algea Eater
What do you feed: Algea wafers and cichlid flakes
How often do you feed: 2-4 times a day (but I only feed a tiny bit at once)
Do you ever fast your fish: Not usually
How long have you been doing the above: 10 months
Types of fish: One 3 1/2 inch female Kenyi African Cichlid and one 2 1/2 inch Chinese Algea Eater
What do you feed: Algea wafers and cichlid flakes
How often do you feed: 2-4 times a day (but I only feed a tiny bit at once)
Do you ever fast your fish: Not usually
How long have you been doing the above: 10 months
30 gal.
various tetras, pladys, guppies, cat fish etc
twice a day (but will feed a couple times each time....no more than they can eat in about 5 minutes)
When there are new babies, I feed several small meals a day to keep the adults feeling full so they don't tend to go after the babies as much. (use to use a breeding trap, but mostly now I just let them hide in the plants)
How long have I been doing it this way? Well....when I was a kid, teenager and young adult, I've had aquariums. My Dad basically taught me about fish as he had had aquariums. We had several when I was young. Then I went a long spell without...when I was married. Now, in this house, I've had one set up for about 3-4 years.
various tetras, pladys, guppies, cat fish etc
twice a day (but will feed a couple times each time....no more than they can eat in about 5 minutes)
When there are new babies, I feed several small meals a day to keep the adults feeling full so they don't tend to go after the babies as much. (use to use a breeding trap, but mostly now I just let them hide in the plants)
How long have I been doing it this way? Well....when I was a kid, teenager and young adult, I've had aquariums. My Dad basically taught me about fish as he had had aquariums. We had several when I was young. Then I went a long spell without...when I was married. Now, in this house, I've had one set up for about 3-4 years.
