Feeding Frenzies

I'm one to feed fish knowing the feel of hunger. The tankmates I have
gleem the aquarium from top to bottom and all points in-between. I feed
them twice a day and they seem to be starving. My concerns are obvious.
Am I being conservative towards the amount of food I'm giving them? My
setup includes a 55gal tank..2 bettas, 10 Zebra danios, & a red-tailed
black shark. As Frank mentioned earlier, I should consider some cories
for clean-up crews..but to see the danios, bettas, and shark all combing
over every cm of surface, I'm beginning to question my husbandry.

Curiously Panic Stricken....thanks for the help.....-ED

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-ED - wrote,
I feed them twice a day and they seem to be starving.
My concerns are obvious. Am I being conservative
towards the amount of food I'm giving them?.....

I know the feeling - I feed 5 and 6 times a day - enough to leave them
still wanting for more when I stop. I know some food gets to the
bottom, so I keep a school of albino corys in each tank. The albino's
seem to be a lot more active than the other corys - mabe just because
they are easyer to see(?) I also feed enough for the corys, and do a
quick surface gravel vac before lights out every night, to get any
uneaten foods. Remove mabe 5 gals. from each (two) 90 gal. tanks - each
tank takes 4 or 5 mins................ Frank

eeek! You clean every night! I try to keep my hands out of the tank
water. Worried about catching rat lung worm or something...

On Mon, 08 May 2006 04:44:36 GMT, -ED wrote:

I'm one to feed fish knowing the feel of hunger. The tankmates I have
gleem the aquarium from top to bottom and all points in-between. I feed
them twice a day and they seem to be starving. My concerns are obvious.
Am I being conservative towards the amount of food I'm giving them? My
setup includes a 55gal tank..2 bettas, 10 Zebra danios, & a red-tailed
black shark. As Frank mentioned earlier, I should consider some cories
for clean-up crews..but to see the danios, bettas, and shark all combing
over every cm of surface, I'm beginning to question my husbandry.

Curiously Panic Stricken....thanks for the help.....-ED


I worry about giving too much food. I guess we all find our own
"worries."

My fish are always ready to eat more. I saw a tank with only 2 fish
in it and a giant plant growing out of the tank. The clerk had
inherited the tank from a teacher before summer break. The clerk had
never fed the fish, she had no food nor interest. I saw them 4 months
into "no food." I have an Angelfish that quit eating for a month,
then started eating again. She is spoiled and waits at the opposite
side from where I feed for a special drop of flakes just for her.
Talk about "worry." That was a long 4 weeks!

dick

On 7 May 2006 23:12:14 -0700, "Frank" wrote:

-ED - wrote,
I feed them twice a day and they seem to be starving.
My concerns are obvious. Am I being conservative
towards the amount of food I'm giving them?.....

I know the feeling - I feed 5 and 6 times a day - enough to leave them
still wanting for more when I stop. I know some food gets to the
bottom, so I keep a school of albino corys in each tank. The albino's
seem to be a lot more active than the other corys - mabe just because
they are easyer to see(?) I also feed enough for the corys, and do a
quick surface gravel vac before lights out every night, to get any
uneaten foods. Remove mabe 5 gals. from each (two) 90 gal. tanks - each
tank takes 4 or 5 mins................ Frank

I've found that what the pet shops call "green corys" are also very
active all day, frequently swimming and dashing about in the middle of
the water column, not just the bottom, and not just shooting to the
top for a gulp of air. I have a few in my big 55. The adults get to be
a good size, much bigger than the albinos. I would recommend these for
your tank, Ed - cheap and hardy and fun to watch. My smaller all cory
tank is albinos, and yes, they are very active during the day, at all
levels of the tank.

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Beano wrote:
eeek! You clean every night!

Bred, and raised fish in the basement for over 35 years, starting back
when the tanks were filtered with those intank air driven box filters
and sponge filters. To keep up the water quality one had to siphon the
uneaten food and fish waste from the tanks daily. Between 5 and 10% of
the water in each tank was changed daily. Now that I'm down to two 90s
and one 5 gal. (cardinal tank for the grand kids), I miss messing with
the tanks!

I try to keep my hands out of the tank
water. Worried about catching rat lung worm or something....

Over 40 years in the hobby and was only infected with Mycobateriosis
(fish handler's disease) once, which was enough. Now I keep Neosporia
cream around and apply it on any open wounds/sores before my hands go
into the tanks - no worries....................
Frank

On Mon, 08 May 2006 08:48:51 -0500, Frank wrote:


Beano wrote:
eeek! You clean every night!

Bred, and raised fish in the basement for over 35 years, starting back
when the tanks were filtered with those intank air driven box filters
and sponge filters. To keep up the water quality one had to siphon the
uneaten food and fish waste from the tanks daily. Between 5 and 10% of
the water in each tank was changed daily. Now that I'm down to two 90s
and one 5 gal. (cardinal tank for the grand kids), I miss messing with
the tanks!

I try to keep my hands out of the tank
water. Worried about catching rat lung worm or something....

Over 40 years in the hobby and was only infected with Mycobateriosis
(fish handler's disease) once, which was enough. Now I keep Neosporia
cream around and apply it on any open wounds/sores before my hands go
into the tanks - no worries....................
Frank



I have to admit to keeping my hands in or around the tank on a daily
basis. I'm always checking something, or wiping something down, or
trimming this and that...My theory is that the fish will acclimate to my
presence. And it's always paid off. In the past, my fishies would nibble
at my arm hairs and follow my every move. I'm a clean-freak and I have to
tell ya that my tank is cleaner than my own damn house (=0
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I have a Lake Tang cichlid tank and for the most part, I feed my fish
once per day, on the average, they get 5-6 meals per week. Believe me,
none of the fish look skinny!

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Over 40 years in the hobby and was only infected with Mycobateriosis
(fish handler's disease) once, which was enough. Now I keep Neosporia
cream around and apply it on any open wounds/sores before my hands go
into the tanks - no worries....................
Frank


Frank, does that help to not to get any *disease* from the water, using
Neosporin? I am asking because I have an extreme allergy to something we are
having a hard time figuring out what, but it leaves my hands dry & cracked I
get water bubbles which look just like a rash but if you look close they are
bubbles, using any dish soap or cleaning product make it worse (husband
always jokes that's my excuse to not have to do dishes or clean). But I have
been just washing my hand good and using that antibacterial hand stuff after
having to put my hands in the tank, but it scares me because of having skin
open that it wont be enough.
Nik

Nikki wrote:
"Frank" wrote in message
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Over 40 years in the hobby and was only infected with Mycobateriosis
(fish handler's disease) once, which was enough. Now I keep Neosporia
cream around and apply it on any open wounds/sores before my hands go
into the tanks - no worries....................
Frank



Frank, does that help to not to get any *disease* from the water, using
Neosporin? I am asking because I have an extreme allergy to something we are
having a hard time figuring out what, but it leaves my hands dry & cracked I
get water bubbles which look just like a rash but if you look close they are
bubbles, using any dish soap or cleaning product make it worse (husband
always jokes that's my excuse to not have to do dishes or clean). But I have
been just washing my hand good and using that antibacterial hand stuff after
having to put my hands in the tank, but it scares me because of having skin
open that it wont be enough.
Nik



I'm glad to know I'm not paranoid....I'm just doing the water changes on
the larger tanks trying to avoid getting my right hand wet as I have a
cut on it from gardening....takes a bit longer but sounds as if it is
worth it...

Gill