Potterygal Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I’ve read and watched many videos but need experienced first hand opinion. New chili rasboras ( now total of 15) -some seem pretty skinny/ small. Should I feed small amts 2-3 x day or is that too much? I powder up the different varieties and they always seem ravenous. I just don’t want to overfeed but they are so tiny I feel like they don’t have much “ reserves” . I could be wrong however. need input- thank you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I feed small juveniles 3x a day very small amounts. Try Kens high protein tropical green .2 & .2 mm, or northfin fry or hikari first bites. To put on weight and grow them fast live new hatched baby brine shrimp and grindle worms are best. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potterygal Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 On 7/24/2024 at 9:29 PM, Guppysnail said: I feed small juveniles 3x a day very small amounts. Try Kens high protein tropical green .2 & .2 mm, or northfin fry or hikari first bites. To put on weight and grow them fast live new hatched baby brine shrimp and grindle worms are best. Oh good I feel like my instinct wasn’t way off. Being diurnal, should I not feed at night tho or does that not matter? I tend to overthink a bit I know. 8am, 2 pm, 8 pm or get three feedings in more daytime hours, spaced differently. In your opinion. grindle worms? Never heard of those. I do have some frozen daphnia - yes/no? been using AC FRY food, nano pellets crushed, krill flakes crushed. All crushed to powder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 if they are skinny, and eating, feed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 On 7/24/2024 at 9:37 PM, Potterygal said: 8am, 2 pm, 8 pm I run my tanks by season. My tanks all get sunlight. I feed smalls 1. Hour after sunup midway and 1 hour before sundown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Fish are opportunistic feeders in the wild. If there's food there, they'll eat it. I'd feed them often. For my CPDs, I feed them frozen baby brine (half of a mini-cube per day), some crushed-up Tetra-Min, and some micro-pellets. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I would feed my chilis with a plastic pipette too it’s easier to give them as much as they can eat with little waste. I would do this 2x daily for about a minute or until their appetite slowed whichever came first. Chili rasbora have a fast metabolism 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I had to fatten my cherry barbs by feeding extra times, I feed when I get home around 2 pm then around 5 and 830 but I have stopped since they have some size now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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