STAGE TWO (WEEK 1)

FEEDING YOUR NEW FISH

One of the most important factors that will affect your success at fishkeeping is the feeding of your fish. If you feed to much you will run the risk of polluting your aquarium; if you feed to little your fish will not get enough nourishment. sera fish foods fall into 5 different groups, flake food, granulated food, tablet food, freeze dried food and stick food. When starting with community fish it is best to by foods from three of these groups, flake, granules and freeze dried. Tablets will be to much food for a low level of fish and sticks are only for larger fish. You will see in the 'Fish' section of this site the recommended foods for the fish you have purchased. We suggest that at this stage you feed you fish only one small meal per day. This is contrary to the instructions you will find on most fish foods. We feed only as much as the fish can consume in around 2 minutes, for as we have already mentioned, your fish, in converting their food into growth and energy, produce waste products. At this moment your filter cannot cope with too much waste; also uneaten food will decay and produce pollutants. Continue this feeding pattern until you have an 'Aquatest' score of around 90% and the ammonia and nitrite levels are fully under control. It is at this time you can slowly start to build your fish and increase your feeding to that recommended by sera on the food containers.

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