new aquaraium user would like some help please

[Col]

got my first aquarium, 80 ltr capacity, just got 6 zebra danio's, to
start with, how much to feed?
food is flakes, would like to add some more, but not sure when. cannot
find much info on the web.

colin

[pausto]

Col wrote:
>
> got my first aquarium, 80 ltr capacity, just got 6 zebra danio's, to
> start with, how much to feed?
> food is flakes, would like to add some more, but not sure when. cannot
> find much info on the web.
>
> colin

Here's some good reading for someone starting their first tank.
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin.html

Here's the main page for thekrib. Lots of great reading!
http://faq.thekrib.com/

Welcome, and good luck

[Robert Flory]

"Col" > wrote in message
...
> got my first aquarium, 80 ltr capacity, just got 6 zebra danio's, to
> start with, how much to feed?
> food is flakes, would like to add some more, but not sure when. cannot
> find much info on the web.
>
> colin

Start with just a pinch......
work up to an amount that is completely eaten within a couple of minutes.
No more than 2-3 times a day.

If you start getting flack settling to the bottom, you are feeding too much,
unless you add a resident clean up crew line corys or one of the small
plecos.

bob