Commodore 64
05-29-2008, 07:51 PM
I have a 55g tank with about 20 assorted shrimp (amano, cherry, bamboo, bumblebee, emerald), 5 mollies, 2 clown loaches, and 1 CAE. For the past few months, I've been feeding them primarily frozen cube, from some variety-type pack purchased from the LFS.
(http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+8130&pcatid=8130) I feed 1 cube in the morning and 1 cube at night, and sometimes add a few Omega One Algae Discs. Now my fish won't even touch the Omega One flakes.
So I have a few questions:
1. Am I feeding too little/too much? It all gets devoured in less than 2 minutes (except for the discs), and I worry that there won't be enough suspended detritus to sustain my bamboo shrimp.
2. Do I need to worry about flakes or pellets? Or can I just keep on feeding frozen?
I vacuum the gravel about once every 2 weeks and I do note a fair amount of particulate matter when I do. Ammonia/nitrite levels are 0 though. The tank has a couple elodea strands in it, but other than that it's all rocks (I stick mostly to inert rocks like quartz-sandstones, orthoquartzites, and quartzites), plastic plants, and gravel.
(http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+8130&pcatid=8130) I feed 1 cube in the morning and 1 cube at night, and sometimes add a few Omega One Algae Discs. Now my fish won't even touch the Omega One flakes.
So I have a few questions:
1. Am I feeding too little/too much? It all gets devoured in less than 2 minutes (except for the discs), and I worry that there won't be enough suspended detritus to sustain my bamboo shrimp.
2. Do I need to worry about flakes or pellets? Or can I just keep on feeding frozen?
I vacuum the gravel about once every 2 weeks and I do note a fair amount of particulate matter when I do. Ammonia/nitrite levels are 0 though. The tank has a couple elodea strands in it, but other than that it's all rocks (I stick mostly to inert rocks like quartz-sandstones, orthoquartzites, and quartzites), plastic plants, and gravel.