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How do you know that your bottom scavengers are getting enough food? At feeding time I put in two cubes of frozen brine shrimp and it seems that my tiger barbs get it all, and very little make it to the bottom to my yo-yos. How should I feed them? You can look at my tank info on my profile. Thanks

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there are pellets that u can use to get ur bottom feeders some food, as well as the other fish will eat it.

yo yos are often active at night, try feeding them after lights out

i second what diverdan said, most bottom feeders are active at night, so dropping in a sinking wafer or pellet after you turn out the lights ensures they will get food.

Feed them with sinking pellets as soon as you switch the lights off & they'll eat their food at night.



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What bottom feeder are they?

If they are onimvores and like some veges, try putting some veges in night to supplement.

They are yoyo loaches.

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I have never fed my tank when the lights go off in 35+ years.

If I was doing something wrong those huge 18+yld Clown Loaches never complained.

With the frozen food dissolve it first (I use a plastic cup) and spread it over half the front of the tank. Also at every feed I break up some algae wafers and also spread them around.
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Yes, I do the same as Keith.
And I always feed my top swimming fish first, then drop in the pellets quickly after so the fish are too busy to be bothered.
For bloodworms I usually drop in 2 cubes frozen and they soon sink in a clump to the bottom for the bottom feeders.
Algae wafers I break in peices and spread over the tank in different areas.
If your loaches are fat and healthy, they are finding food somewhere and I wouldnt worry.
My Yoyo loaches also come to the surface when the other fish are done and scavenge leftovers in the plants and such that the other fish missed.


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All my fish eat all the types of food i put in, so i don't bother to feed after lights out either, but it's a good starting point until the fish get settled and will come out and compete for food in the daytime.