Feeding!

[Panther28]

How many time in a day should i feed my cichlids? I feed them once a day! Thats what i have read on the internet. How many times do you feed your cichlids?

 

[JeLeAk]

it really depends on how much you feed and not so much how often... i feed mine once per day

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Some species require up to 3+ a day. Generally once or twice is perfectly fine.

 

[FreddyJ]

I do two seperate small feedings, unless I am working that day then they get one feeding in the morning. (that probably works out to one feeding every other day).

Your thread made me think of something: I've read that if the water is warmer than usual then the metabolism increases...I know that my tanks get up to about 84 sometimes here in the summer, so I wonder if I should maybe feed a little more to compensate for the extra energy that the fish expends? Am I overthinking this?

 

[Katie217]

well if you do that, then that means more water changes, the more food the fish take in, the more they will put out. (poop) so if u fed more, then more gravel cleanings!

that reminds me...time for a water change in the 20!