markyd

Hi all,

I'm a newbie to all this - fish tank for 2 months.

I have had trouble with my water in the past but everything is now getting back to normality.

Please can someone tell me exactly how much and howoften I should feed my fish.

I have flake, sinking pellets and frozen blood worm. I tend to put 2 sinking pellets and flake (just enough for it all to be consumed within 1 1/2 minutes) daily and a small cube of blood worms 2-3 times a week. Does this seem about right? The instructions on the flake tin suggest feeding 2-3 times a day. I think that this seems to much and I am worried about waste and poluting the water again?

I have a 125L tank with tetra's, neon's, gourami's, mollies and a couple of loach.

I would appreciate any expert advice available.

Thankyou - Mark (England)

PS Has anyone got any advice for keeping algae at bay?

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!!!!!!!!I think thats a good feeding schedule...some of the fish you have, will act like they never have eaten before! they are lil piglets...and as far as algae, is your tank near sunlite?

Butterfly

Just remember their stomachs are the size of one eye. That should give you some perspective on how much. I feed morning and night most days, some only once a day.
Carol

COBettaCouple

The instructions on the tins are usually best ignored.. the advice you get here on feeding them is much better. We feed our fish twice a day, but smaller meals so they are able to digest better.

angelfish220

Looks good

Some loaches like snails, so that might be a good treat.