The 11 Most Widespread Errors Made by Saltwater Aquarium Keepers

Overfeeding Fish and Invertebrates

How lots meals should you feed your fish? Do you add further because of they always seem hungry? You’ll need to offer your fish the meals they need, nevertheless uneaten meals merely lays on the underside of the tank, creating ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and overloading the natural filter.

Not completely understanding the dietary requirements of their fish, the tendency of many people is to “throw meals” at fish as a option to fulfill their desires. If the fish often aren’t accepting the meals provided, many aquarists will “throw rather more” on the fish, pondering that the fish merely isn’t seeing the meals. You’ll need to feed the correct of meals for the inhabitants in your aquarium and feed them the appropriate amount.

Most aquarium fish will do properly with industrial flake or pelleted meals, nevertheless you need to ask your fish supplier if the fish and invertebrates you are purchasing for to your saltwater aquarium have any specific dietary desires. Know what’s inside the meals you are feeding by evaluating the nutritional vitamins in industrial meals, shopping for solely high-quality meals, and feeding solely what your fish will devour in three to five minutes per feeding. Feed a few instances per day, counting on the age and species of fish.