Hey everyone,
I would like to get some advice on feeding habits because I'm not convinced I'm doing the right thing by my fish.
I am feeding the following fish:-
1 x Koi Angel (about 9 cm from mouth to the end of tail fin) and he's my biggest fish
1 x Marble Angel (about 6 cm from mouth to end of tail fin)
4 x Widow Tetras (about 5.5 cm from mouth to end of tail fin)
1 x Bronze Cory (about 7 am from mouth to end of tail fin)
I feed Tetra Colour (see picture) pellets and 1 x Sera Vipachips (see picture).
I hide the biscuit at the bottom for the Cory and then a 2 x small pinches of the pellets every 2 days. One pinch as normal and then the other pinch I break up into smaller pieces to give some smaller bits a chance to float down for the bottom feeders (when I had more of them... as I've only got 1 left now I don't do that anymore)
The Tetra's and the Angels go NUTS when it's feeding time and literally consume everything in seconds.. i would estimate that each fish has 1-2 pellets at most.
I feed every 2 days because I'm scared to death of overfeeding but....
In the past 7 months since my tank has been set up I have purchased 22 small fish and I only have 9 left.
I did wonder if it was a food thing but I had a couple of balloon mollies that would always get at least 1 pellet of tetra colour every two days as they would but amongst the pack when it came to feeding time and they both died - i even had my local fish shop perform an autopsy and they didn't see anything (apparently)(I'm not 100% confident of most of the staff that work there)
So, I would like to get at least 6 more cory's and 3 more Tetras but i don't want to buy them only for them to die 6 weeks later which has been the trend.
So, am I feeding correctly?
If I do go and buy some more fish, what should I change my feeding habit to be as well so I can be prepared?
Thanks all
I would like to get some advice on feeding habits because I'm not convinced I'm doing the right thing by my fish.
I am feeding the following fish:-
1 x Koi Angel (about 9 cm from mouth to the end of tail fin) and he's my biggest fish
1 x Marble Angel (about 6 cm from mouth to end of tail fin)
4 x Widow Tetras (about 5.5 cm from mouth to end of tail fin)
1 x Bronze Cory (about 7 am from mouth to end of tail fin)
I feed Tetra Colour (see picture) pellets and 1 x Sera Vipachips (see picture).
I hide the biscuit at the bottom for the Cory and then a 2 x small pinches of the pellets every 2 days. One pinch as normal and then the other pinch I break up into smaller pieces to give some smaller bits a chance to float down for the bottom feeders (when I had more of them... as I've only got 1 left now I don't do that anymore)
The Tetra's and the Angels go NUTS when it's feeding time and literally consume everything in seconds.. i would estimate that each fish has 1-2 pellets at most.
I feed every 2 days because I'm scared to death of overfeeding but....
In the past 7 months since my tank has been set up I have purchased 22 small fish and I only have 9 left.
I did wonder if it was a food thing but I had a couple of balloon mollies that would always get at least 1 pellet of tetra colour every two days as they would but amongst the pack when it came to feeding time and they both died - i even had my local fish shop perform an autopsy and they didn't see anything (apparently)(I'm not 100% confident of most of the staff that work there)
So, I would like to get at least 6 more cory's and 3 more Tetras but i don't want to buy them only for them to die 6 weeks later which has been the trend.
So, am I feeding correctly?
If I do go and buy some more fish, what should I change my feeding habit to be as well so I can be prepared?
Thanks all