Am I feeding too much?

mermaid · Post by **mermaid** » 19 Aug 2004, 09:06

This may sound like a stupid question, but am I feeding my fish too much?, I have 5 bronze corys & one plec, I put one small tablet in the tank for the corys twice a day and one plec tablet in twice a day, they get eaten but my tank water is getting cloudy, should I cut down on the feeding?

Post by **Shane** » 19 Aug 2004, 12:59

Mermaid,
We can give much better answers if you provide as much information as possible. What size tank, how many total fishes (and how big), how frequent are water changes, and what type of filtration? You may not be feeding too much if the pleco is 8 inches long and the tank also includes several other fishes. You are way over feeding if the pleco is 2 inches and there are no other fishes. I would never feed twice a day unless I were dealing with new fry. I prefer to feed once a day every three to four days and then skip a day and let the cats hit the algae and scrounge around the tank a bit for natural foods and/or left overs. I know several very successful aquarists that swear by feeding once every other day. I have seen their tanks and fish and they are fantastic.
-Shane

mermaid · Post by **mermaid** » 19 Aug 2004, 18:24

Shane wrote:Mermaid,
We can give much better answers if you provide as much information as possible. What size tank, how many total fishes (and how big), how frequent are water changes, and what type of filtration? You may not be feeding too much if the pl*co is 8 inches long and the tank also includes several other fishes. You are way over feeding if the pl*co is 2 inches and there are no other fishes. I would never feed twice a day unless I were dealing with new fry. I prefer to feed once a day every three to four days and then skip a day and let the cats hit the algae and scrounge around the tank a bit for natural foods and/or left overs. I know several very successful aquarists that swear by feeding once every other day. I have seen their tanks and fish and they are fantastic.
-Shane

wow!!, my plec is 2 inches long and my 5 corys are only a few cms long, I do a water change every week & add Nutrafin AQUA PLUS,CYCLE & WASTE CONTROL. My tank holds about 10 gallons maybe a bit more, I use a fluval 3 plus filter and just have the sponges inside, no carbon or anything like that.

sammich · Post by **sammich** » 20 Aug 2004, 22:16

If your pleco is one of those that grow to be huge, get a bigger tank for it. A common pleco sharing 10 gallons with 5 cories is not enough.

mermaid · Post by **mermaid** » 21 Aug 2004, 08:03

He is a Liposarcus pardalis.