Feeding

[jtritz]

A question real quick, how often do you feed your fish. I have heard one time a day, two times a day, or even one time every other day. There is a fish tank at my work that was a total wreck. I went to the lfs and talked to them and they all said feed every other day, it helped clear the tank up quite a bit along with the water changes and now i am wondering if i should do that with my tank not saying it is nasty but its not how i want it. Any advice would be great.

Tank is a 29 gallon with 4 zebra danios, 2 dalmatian mollies and 1 cory cat.

Looking at getting a pleco tomorrow because there is a little bit of algae starting to form i have had the tank for almost 2 months now.

Thanks again for the future info

[pjaldave]

First of all, danios and corys are schooling species, you should have at least minimum of 6 each (same) specie.

2nd, every other day is fine, but i think at least once a day is better, and only feed them what they can eat in 1-2 minutes.

Third, if you know how to sex mollies, you should have 1m and 2 females if going for mixed gender. 2 is fine if they're both the same gender.

And last, you should not get a fish for you to clean the tank. If you really want to have this tank then try to at least maintain it.

[ameliaaahx]

If you're going to go out and get another fish get more cories. That one all by itself is probably really miserable, even if it "seems" happy to you.

[jtritz]

Im not looking at getting a fish to keep the tank clean for me i do the water changes, its just a little bit of help i think to have one. And i will look at getting more corys then to and also another molly i dont know how to sex them though.

[mermaidwannabe]

An algae scraper or soapless scouring pad will help remove algae from the glass during water changes. Getting a pleco will add unnecessarily to your bioload. Instead, get some companions for your schooling fish. They'll feel a lot more secure around their own kind.

-- mermaidwannabe