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Originally Posted by fishmama
thanks you guys! you are all very helpful! and hello, evergreen!! LOL
well the LFS test did show a spike in ammonia finally so i did a water change today and everyone looks like they have come through just fine.
problem is...now i'm afraid to feed LOL...
how many flakes would you say per fish? 2 a day?
i have to trick the barbs and the black molly on one side of the tank and get the neon and the see through x ray on the other side of the tank.... in order to make sure everyone gets some. today i didn't feed them. i'll feed them tomorrow. is that a good way to go while tank is cycling?
oh---and yes..i am thinking that i am going to have to say goodbye to some of the fish species. just so they can have a school, i guess.  |
A rule of thumb that i have been told countless times is: "a fishes stomach is approximatley about the size of his eye ball" also since they are not warm blooded they do not burn energy as fast as mamals and do not need to intake as many calories in comparison to the size of the fish.
I'd just feed them once a day (a couple flakes each), As long as your cool with doing water changes al the time. there poop machines