hairy food.!!!!! am i overfeeding?

I am going through the cycling stage of a new tank and have just put some small starter fish in.
I also had to re-home my pleco as he was sucking my discus to death.
I feed the small fish flakes or brine shrimp then at lights out I put about four or five algae wafers in for pleco.
the next day I get food floating around the tank with furr round it. is this normal or am I overdoing it with the food?

 

Yep sounds like overfeeding to me. The Plec would enjoy some fresh veggies. When feeding wafers 1 or 2 is plenty.
carol

 

thanks carol

 

The "hairy food" is a result of fungus growing on food that is left in the tank for longer than 24 hours. Any uneaten food should be removed from a tank after 24 hours. By the way, what size is your tank?

 

my new tank is a 55 (us)gallon
the front is wave shaped so it it narrower on one side than the other