Feeding the fish

There are two main foods to feed our fish – live food and prepared food.

The live are better, but they might be difficult to obtain constantly. Anyhow, fish will thrive quite well on a mixture of live and prepared foods; in fact they can get along without any live food if that proves necessary.

When talking about feeding, the golden rule is ‘do not overfeed’. All the food given, including that which falls to the bottom of the aquarium, should be completely eaten in three minutes. The frequency of feeding is a matter of opinion but once or twice a day should be sufficient. The type of fish and the temperature of water they are in affect their eating habits. Therefore we must be aware of the state of our fish in order to decide the amount and frequency of feeding.

We are all aware that fish can go for long periods without any food, so that if we plan to be away, example for a week; we could only feed up the fish on live food for ten days or so prior to departure so as to store up surplus fat energy in the fish, on which they can draw in. However all traces of excess excreta or uneaten food must be siphoned off before departure or the water will be fouled. Should we are unable to feed them live food before our absence, there is nothing to worry as the microscopic life already exist in the water will be sufficient for the fish. This is better than to let someone unskilled to feed our fish in our absence.