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how much should i feed a 29 gal tank
of

1 gold and 1 black mystery snail
5 neons
5 glowlights
5 harlequin rasbora
1 dwarf gouramis
1 power blue gouramis
1 pearl gouramis
2 dwarf frogs
1 villavo pleco (L147)
1 upsidedown catfish


and what would u recommend as a diet
ive kinda been winging it
they look healthy and act healthy so it must be working

I would feed your fish as much as they can really eat in a few minutes. But then i would also drop in some shrimp pellets for your bottom feeders. In my tank I do not really have a schedule, i just have like 5 different kinds of food that i use randomly. Try not to feed your fish the same thing everyday. Feeding freeze dried and frozen food once in a while is always a good option.

And do not worry, there are no stupid questions.

judz
Have a look in My Profile for my feeding program also this topic I recently posted.
This should help you.

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FEEDING: WHEN, HOW AND HOW MUCH?
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If possible, feed you fish two to three times a day in small doses, just enough so that it can be eaten within 2-5minutes.
Uneaten food sinks to the bottom, decomposes and pollutes the water. Spread the food evenly over the tank surface. By doing this all the fish have a good chance of getting some without difficulty.

Use a measuring spoon at all times this assures the same portions are given at all times. This avoids overfeeding, which causes pollution.

Many buy under the old formula “a one litre container once a year”. They have convinced themselves they are doing the correct thing providing all the nutritional requirements for their fish. By doing this, their diet becomes extremely unbalanced even if the food is of the highest quality. By constantly opening and closing the container the food is exposed to the air thus destroying all the vitamins and precious nutrients.

Fish should consume a container of food within a maximum of four months. This prevents all the problems of food losing all of its good qualities. Buy only in smaller qualities and as many varieties as possible in doing this you can vary the food each day, and still keep up the high quality of the fish food.

The larger containers are excellent for people who either are breeders or have multiple tanks. Here again it is recommended to use a wide variety of foods.

Keith

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Feed them as much as they will eat in 2/4 minutes & feed them a variety of different foods, such as Flakes, Sinking Pellets, Vegetable based foods, Granules, Bloodworms, Brine Shrimp etc. etc.


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