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	overfeeding or underfeeding?
agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	I'm not sure if i'm overfeeding or underfeeding or if it's just right. When i feed my fish, all of them are really anxious to eat, so i give them a lot of food. Later a see the gouramis pick food off the bottom (am i underfeeding?), but at the same time my platys become huge (am i overfeeding?)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
SuperMummy! Mega Fish Posts: 1207 Kudos: 915 Votes: 30 Registered: 03-Jan-2003	fish just tend to eat if there is food around and they have space in their stomach. the answer to your question 'over or underfeeding' depends how much food you are giving them, and how often how many pinches of flake, how big of a pinch, and how often do you feed? x
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
colisa lalia Enthusiast Posts: 238 Kudos: 153 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Mar-2002	You don't want food resting on the bottom for more than a couple minutes. Your fish will always appear hungry, that doesn't mean you have to feed them all the time. Fish are cold blooded and don't need nearly as much food as you do. Great whites if they were human would live on a single mouse a day. So you can see they really don't need a lot of food, they should not be getting thinner, but at the same time they should not be given so much food at one time they can eat it off the bottom all day.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	A hungry fish is a healthy fish. Their instinct is to eat constantly, so the gouramis are just kinda foraging, being natrual. When they stop eating, that's when you worry. Keep feeding like you are.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	I would suggest that you maintain this method of feeding. If you are not experiencing drastic fluctuations in water quality, and fish are not dying, infact flurishing as you suggest, I'd say its just right.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
aviator Hobbyist Posts: 120 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Aug-2003	Great whites if they were human would live on a single mouse a day. I heard that it was a slice of bread every other day. Nevertheless, I wouldn't worry too much about the feeding as long as your fish are a)appear to be healthy and b)are eating when you feed them. I feed my tiger barbs once every day and they devour the food in less than a minute, yet some are still a little pudgy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
fishboy8206 Enthusiast Posts: 227 Kudos: 354 Votes: 2 Registered: 27-Jan-2004	sounds like you are feeding the right amount of food to me since they are not skiny.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56


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