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Old February 1st 04, 07:10 PM
Col
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Default new aquaraium user would like some help please

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
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Old February 2nd 04, 11:34 PM
pausto
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Default new aquaraium user would like some help please

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
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Old February 8th 04, 05:35 AM
Robert Flory
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Default new aquaraium user would like some help please


"Col" wrote in message
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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


 




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