Feeding fast and slow eaters

[madly99]

Any suggestions on feeding so that the quicker fish don't eat more than they should? I have 3 danios, 2 big tetras, and 2 corys. The danios are smart enough to know to come to the top of the tank as soon as I lift the lid so they get first crack at the food. The tetras are getting smarter - sometimes they come up, sometimes they wait for me to take a few steps back or for the flakes to start falling before they attack. Then they are ferocious eaters, often forcing the danios to scatter. I just got the corys and can only hope they are getting enough to eat. They've certainly done a job on my thread algae.

My worry is that one of my danios is a little piggie - he eats so much that his belly bulges ridiculously, but I don't know how to scale the feeding back and still have everyone get fed. Everything is gone in less than two minutes. I feed twice a day with flake or crisps and a mix of bloodworms, brine shrimp and daphnia every couple of weeks. Any ideas?

[cocoa_pleco]

give fast eaters some floating food, and slow eaters some sinking food

[Fishguy2727]

Feed something like Hikari Cichlid Gold Baby. It is a pellet. It is a little too big for them to be able to eat whole, so they grab one and as it soaks and softens the others get to grab one too. Pellets are better anyways because most are higher quality than most flakes, and they fill up the fish better (they feed the fish not the filter).

[Kuli_Loach]

Feed the cories sinking wafers right before lights out. Sinking cichlid pellets may work to, I feed my cichlids that because they won't go to the top of the water much.

[madly99]

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll look for the sinking food tomorrow.