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sanju90
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 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:40 am Post subject: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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Hello,
Do the different feeding styles affect on food consumed by Fish in Aquarium?
usually we feed them the amount that can be consumed in few(2-3) mins. But if we stay at aquarium and drop 1-2 pellets at a time and wait for the fish to finish,i noticed they are taking more food in those 2-3 minutes. ( Is it become overfeeding situation then?)
Which is better system to practice? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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definitely you will enjoy feeding your fish that way.... but food is wasted in doing so.
When u drop pellet one by one Fish gulps it immediately and runs for the other and the third. As it does not eat that completely and chase for the next pellet , it throws out some uneaten broken pieces of food that it holds in its mouth. many times this food(thrown/spit away) remains unnoticed and fish wont eat that.
If you have lots of time to spare... you can wait for every pellet to be finished by your fish and then again drop the next one..good luck  |
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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In my opinion ,if you drop 1-2 pellets at a time, the stronger/larger fish will overstuff themselves, as they they will be the first to reach.
The smaller fish will hardly get any food.
When you feed normally, every fish gets a equal chance to feed. |
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sanju90
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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@ Niranjan
Yes they are wasting some food in that way 
@ Sandeep
Got your point. Currently the problem is i have brought TetraBits Complete and was feeding to my angels but all the pellets are not floating. many of them are sinking immediately and fish are not eating them as they lay down somewhere in the gravel at bottom. ( eating only floating pellets ) |
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Madan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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| Add 2 corydoras. |
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sanju90
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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thank you madan
what is the common name / LFS name for corydoras? |
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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@ Sandeep
Got your point. Currently the problem is i have brought TetraBits Complete and was feeding to my angels but all the pellets are not floating. many of them are sinking immediately and fish are not eating them as they lay down somewhere in the gravel at bottom. ( eating only floating pellets )
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Angels do pick up food from the bottom, however if your substrate consists of very large pieces, the food might go under them.
I have always fed tetra bits to my angles and they would pick it up form bottom, but I had soft sand in the tank.
This is the tank I am talking about
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Severumkid
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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| Off topic : What do you guys feed your eels? How do you wean them into dry food? |
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Madan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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| sanju90 wrote (View Post):
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what is the common name / LFS name for corydoras?
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Corydoras |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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| Most LFS guys out here, (out of ignorance) refer to corydoras as 'catfish'. |
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Yogesh
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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Ali is right, as belonged to Catfish family they are known by family name with most LFS.
When you google 'Corydoras', you may just realize that you have seen this fish with your mostly visited LFS. Albinos are most commonly spotted.
Anyways, you can go for any other bottom-dwellers like botias. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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lot of fish food , means lot of fish poo, and clean the aquarium day and night, otherwise rise in phosphate level and plants go poof, feed the fish ,foods that are rich in fibre and protein, if u have them in planted aquarium they tend to eat the algae and new buds, so feed the fish food that they consume with in 2 mins, they are always greedy pigs they eat till they are blown upnicely, if u overfeed your fish some times they constipate and die or your aquarium gets algae ridden  |
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sanju90
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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@ Yogesh
many times these LFS call the fish as SUCKER fish. Sucker fish and Cory the same one? i googled for sucker fish and some sites say Cory, Sucker and Pleco are the same ... |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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Hi Sanjiv
Plecos are generally called Suckers under LFS lingo.
Check this for commonly available corys with LFS: Corydora |
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sanju90
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Feeding Method and Food Consumption |
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Yogesh,
So is it a good idea to introduce a pleco / sucker to finish the uneaten food laying on the bottom of aquarium ?
The CORYDORA link i checked and LFS here do not bring these. They just bring SUCKER. and i doubt they know Sucker = pleco
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