Reply With QuoteOne word: Cories!!
Err.... maybe plecos, loaches, also can!
i always met with the problem of left over food being settle down at the bottom of my tank ... like BW and flakes ... and my canister filter doesn't seem to be doing the job even if i switch on whole day long ...
One word: Cories!!
Err.... maybe plecos, loaches, also can!
first thing, a lot of left over food means u are overfeeding. Try to experiment the best amount to feed each time and don't just throw the whole chunk into the water. Its better to underfeed a little then to overdo and get algae at the end of the day.
second, are you fishes interested in the food u give them, maybe you can try some other stuff. Varieties in the diet is good for your fish.
A Canister filter will not have such powerful suction to pick up a bloodworm at the other corner of the tank.
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no lehz ... usually my tetras only eat those BW and flakes that falls infront of them if not it jus let it settle to the ground ... corydoras ? 2ft require bout how many of it ... i have a clown loach but it starts to pull out my riccia ...
or get some shrimps lor
i don't suggest cories, it will probably make the situation worse and your riccia might be flying. Try other ways before finding yourself putting more food in to feed the cories.
Try feeding tetrabits which will float for sometime before sinking very slowly. Tetras love them.
I have this problem before too, but ever since i introduced bleeding heart, all has turned proactive during feeding. Stand too close to the tank and i will be drenched! (joking)Rams work as well.
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your canister filter should be turned on 24 hours.
all filter must run 24 hours. otherwise any cycling / bio bacteria will die.
Yah... maybe you are overfeeding. My cardinal & neon tetras well rush toward the food at feeding time... yours may not be hungry.----------------
On 3/13/2003 11:40:38 PM
no lehz ... usually my tetras only eat those BW and flakes that falls infront of them if not it jus let it settle to the ground ... corydoras ? 2ft require bout how many of it ... i have a clown loach but it starts to pull out my riccia ...
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... or your food not as tasty.
BTW, what tetras you have?
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yah loh. My tetras are like little piranahs when comes to feeding... very hard to imagine you have leftovers... It is either you are overfeeding, bad food, or unhealthy fish. Sometimes new fish takes a while to adjust to the environment...
Shrimp is a very good scavanger.
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me ? got neon , a few cardinal , if u look at the front of a tetra it really looks like pirahnas ... i fed bloodworms, flakes but i only fed once a day ...
Tranq,
Juz reduce your feed..... it will benefit you in the ling run.
yar ... now everyday jus put 1 cube of Bloodworm in ... i find that the tetrabits quite ex compare to Bloodworm that i think my fish like it more than flakes ...
IMHO, 1 cube of blood worms per day is too much. I used to do that.
Then lots of algae problem. Now feed every 2 to 3 days interval (dry food).
1 cube per day too much mehz ? when i throw it in ... tetras jus chiong up wanna get a bite on it ... dun dare feed flakes liaoz ... very dirty ... at least bloodworm it's fast for them to clear it ...
Resistance is futile, you will be administrated!
It's not the leftover food but the fish waste.
Processed/manufactured food like flakes are high in nutrients and low in non-nutrients, hence more of it get digested and less becomes fish poo.
Unprocessed/raw food like bloodworms have higher percentage of undigestable components and more of it comes out as fish poo.
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fish poo are also fertilizers for plants rite ? haha ...
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May be too much fertiliser depending on your fish load... you'll have to balance your other nutrients to match.
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yea ...
i always met with the problem of left over food being settle down at the bottom of my tank ... like BW and flakes ... and my canister filter doesn't seem to be doing the job even if i switch on whole day long ...
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IMHO if your fish can't finish the food, I think you are feeding too much. My BW never got the chance to reach the bottom of the tank.
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not very sure about this, but i think frozen brineshrimp and daphnia is cleaner then frozen bloodworm. Fish got sick easier when i feed FBW.
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