How much should I feed my fish?
It really depends on how many fish you have, how voracious their appetite, and how aggressive they are. There are some fish, that when you feed them, they are very timid and they won't go to the food right away. There's other fish that will try bite you as they are trying to get the food out of your hands. That's going to determine how fast they can eat, and how much food they can eat. The name of the game is this. Whatever food you feed, you want it all to get eaten. So, you have to feed the right amount, and you have to feed it at the right speed. One of my analogies is this: If you go to your favorite restaurant, and you're tied to the chair, and the Maitre D feeds you, with a slingshot of your favorite food, and you try to catch what you can with your mouth, you're just going to make a mess everywhere and get a couple of bites of food. If you feed too much food too fast for your aquarium, that exact same thing happens to your fish. Top Tip: Your fish should eat the food in 3 to 5 minutes without anything sinking to the bottom. The food goes everywhere. They only eat what's right in front of them, and they don't like to look down for food most of the time. You're going to have a mess in your aquarium if you feed too much too fast. So, it's an art form, and any good professional aquarist can teach you how to do it.
