Over-fed

[Roly]

I REALLY overfed my fish today. I have a emperor angel and a Yellow Watchman Goby. I went to feed them brine today but the problem is I added Zoe to it so it got very sticky. I put, what I thought, was a little on my finger but I guess too much "stuck" Soooo... my angel must have ate about 25 of them My little goby had 2, thats OK. But Im worried about my angel. Should I not feed him for a couple of days? Any help would be appreciated.
Also, should I add Zoe to everything everyday? Thanks

 

[DonW]

25 brine? I'd give then a heck of alot more than that. Thats not much chow at all.

Don

 

[Brenden]

Does not sound like too much to me. I only feed my fish every 2-3 days anyways.

 

[DonW]

Does not sound like too much to me. I only feed my fish every 2-3 days anyways.

Gees they're better off in prison. At least they would get three meals a day.

Don

 

[Brenden]

I see what you did there :lol:

 

[returnofsid]

I'd say as long as they ate it all, you're fine. Where you might run into trouble is if there was a lot of uneaten food that could end up polluting your tank.

 

[Roly]

WOW I feel better yet I dont. I feel better because I didnt overfeed him but I dont cause' I guess I was underfeeding him for so long. Ive just always been afraid of overfeeding. "Underfeeding is better than overfeeding" is what Ive always heard. So should I stick with the "what ever they can eat in two minutes" rule?

 

[Brenden]

Sure, as long as it does not stay in the tank long let them have it. Granted do not do that every day or you will end up with NO3 problems.

 

[Roly]

What about the Zoe? Should I add that to all of their food everyday? Should I alternate days? What else should I be adding?

 

[returnofsid]

I don't think I'd wait 2 minutes though. In 2 minutes, I think a lot of food could get stuck in your rockwork, sucked up by pumps and such...instead of eaten and you'd never even notice it. I'd say feed them and watch closely. I try to start out with basing my time on 1 minute. If there's still food floating around after 1 minute, I might cut back a bit next time. If the food seems to be gone in 45 seconds or so, I feed a lil' more next time.