Dominant feeders

Hi Everyone,

I have a new tank and 5 Glow Light Tetras, 2 Clown Loach (small). I feed
flakes and cat fish pellets (1/10 inch diameter, approx). The clowns don't
seem to get much food when I feed, no matter what I do. All the books say
"feed all they can eat in 2 (or 5 minutes)", but the Tetras eat virtually
everything, even the cat fish food- leaving very little for the clowns!

Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I am new to this so many thanks for your patience!

Jim.

Jim wrote:
Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I'd buy some frozen bloodworms and feed those.

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"Jim" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

I have a new tank and 5 Glow Light Tetras, 2 Clown Loach (small). I feed
flakes and cat fish pellets (1/10 inch diameter, approx). The clowns
don't
seem to get much food when I feed, no matter what I do. All the books say
"feed all they can eat in 2 (or 5 minutes)", but the Tetras eat virtually
everything, even the cat fish food- leaving very little for the clowns!

Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I am new to this so many thanks for your patience!

Jim.

or the clowns!

Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I am new to this so many thanks for your patience!

Jim.

I wonder about those quiet little feeders as well, though with a
different mix. I have a pleco and African dwarf frogs in with two
goldfish. I feed a varied diet including goldfish flakes, shrimp
pellets, tubifex cubes, bloodworms, peas and algae discs (not all at
once of course). Those goldfish eat everything in site. I have tried
hiding some of the food and the goldfish have injured themselves
squeezing into places I thought were goldfish proof. The only way I
have managed around the problem is feeding the tank every two days
with quite a bit of food and throwing it all over the place in the
hopes that the others will find a quiet bite. Even so, I bet the
goldfish are overfed, though when I changed to this method I have
noted the obvious "overfed goldfish" symptoms ended. However, I am
sure there must be a better method. Anyone?

These are sinking pellets, right?

Try feeding at night after the lights have been turned off. The tetras
shouldn't be able to get to the food before it sinks, and clowns are
nocturnal and will enjoy feeding at this time anyway.

Disregard previous posts about changing the diet because the problem
is not what you're feeding, it's the method in which you're feeding
it.

Matthew Clark

"Small" says it all. I have 5 tanks four have Clown Loaches. They
take food from the other fish. Very actively top feeding. One CL was
a runt and wasn't competitive. I finally moved him to a Q tank with
some baby mollies. He has been eating well and growing. Still small
for his age, but now quite aggressive eating flake food.

If you can separate the CLs into a less aggressive tank, perhaps they
will become competitive as mine has. Of course, I can't say what
would happen if I put him back in one of the community tanks. I don't
plan to try.

By the way, much has been said about keeping one CL alone. This one
seems quite content to have no CLs about. He chums with the mollies.

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:30:09 -0000, "Jim" wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I have a new tank and 5 Glow Light Tetras, 2 Clown Loach (small). I feed
flakes and cat fish pellets (1/10 inch diameter, approx). The clowns don't
seem to get much food when I feed, no matter what I do. All the books say
"feed all they can eat in 2 (or 5 minutes)", but the Tetras eat virtually
everything, even the cat fish food- leaving very little for the clowns!

Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I am new to this so many thanks for your patience!

Jim.