How many times a day do you feed your fish?

[Jonathan blackwood]

No matter what type of fish I have or how many fish I have, I usually only feed once- to maybe twice a day? Is that enough? I feed frozen mysis, cyclops, brine, and kelp flakes. All at the same time ! My fish are never fighting or skinny... I just want to make sure that is enough to be healthy and happy. Please let me know your feeding schedule or what you feed thanks !

 

[Chad c.]

It depends on the food and fish. My eel gets fed every other night as he eats Feeder fish. My starfish on the other hand eats constantly as he keeps my tank clean.

 

[ou12004]

I feed mine a couple times a day but only because my fish are always staring at me making me fill guilty. I feed my eel every 3-4 days

 

[dewboy1127]

Morning and night everyday

 

[domination2580]

Every couple days..

 

[TUSI]

Twice a day otherwise I will have a collection of very mad fish

 

[tgp4274]

uuummmm ok lets see....
pellets 3 times a day on auto feedes
on or two leaves of romain lettuce in morn
then four cubes of frozen every other day

 

[dewboy1127]

uuummmm ok lets see....
pellets 3 times a day on auto feedes
on or two leaves of romain lettuce in morn
then four cubes of frozen every other day

Romain lettuce?

 

[jwilliams860]

I feed mine a little anytime Im around the tank. It really depends on the types of fish you have and how many. Some fish like anthias feed throughout the day from the water column, others will eat when they see something they want. It also depends on my schedule too, but on the weekend, if I walk in there Ill give them a small pinch of something. Its a good way to tell how everybody is doing also, if I notice one not eating like usual I can keep an eye on them.

 

[bmac16]

3times/day via auto feeder

1st feed is heavy about an hr after lights are on the other 2 feeding periods are half of the first

 

[Brautumn]

I feed twice a day with little treats in between. I rotate different frozen foods and use pellets plus feed seaweed every other day.

 

[dbl]

Three times a day for me also. First two via auto feeder and evenings are mysis and brine.

 

[redwingrob40]

2-3 times per day when I'm home just feed a little at a time, on days I work sometimes only once but I try to break it up to at least twice.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Depends on my shift if I'm on night shift which means I'm home during the day I feed twice a day if not then it's once a day. I feed a different larrys blend everyday along with live black worms.

 

[Maritimer]

Thrice a day for my gang - which is only slightly complicated by the fallow status of my DT...

In the morning, I'll use a cup and some RO/DI to top off the DT, and hold a half-cup in reserve, into which I'll drop a cube of either "Formula One" or "Formula Two". It'll thaw during my shower, then I'll pour a bit into the DT and a bit into QT, keeping half the food still in the cup. After I'm dressed for the day, I'll pour the rest of the mix into the tanks, again splitting it between the two.

I don't work far from home, so I'll often stop at the house around lunchtime, and each tank gets a pinch each of freeze-dried cyclopeeze, Omega One micro-pellets and Formula One flakes.

Before lights-out, I'll thaw another cube, and again split it between the fish in QT and the inverts and corals in the DT. (Most of my corals are LPS, and love a good meal!) Every couple of days, I'll use tank water rather than RO/DI to thaw, and target-feed the LPS and 'nems with a turkey baster. Most of them seem to appreciate it, except the maxi-mini carpets, who allow the food to sit on their tentacles for a while and then blow away (or be swiped by any of a dozen or so shrimps . . . ).

~Bruce

 

[reefwiser]

Once a day for me. lot of copepods in tank for them to eat. Want them to find them and not depend on me feeding them all the time adds to tank maintenance. A friend only feeds his fish 3 times a week. and he has fat healthy fish.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

At least 2 and sometimes a small snack. I feel like I might overfeed though!

 

[Berlibee]

4 fishes: Anthias + R. Gramma + Clown + Flasher Wrasse = x1 Frozen Cube per day -> 1/2 Morning + 1/2 Evening.

 

[wolfie2012]

I like my fish fat, heh. I feed at least twice a day with LRS, plus a sheet or 2 of nori every other day. My fish are always begging for food - they'll crowd the side of the tank I happen to be on for hours at a time.

Here's a nice angle of my fat achilles lol.

 

[jabeuy]

4 times a day.

I put in nori when I get in, in the morning. Then at lunch time I feed some reef frenzy. Then my autofeeder feeds again at 2:30 and 5pm.

On the weekends its only the autofeeder at those two times.