How much should you feed each day?
Overfeeding wastes money and, worse, rots on the bottom and poisons your water. Fish eat a share of their own body weight each day, and that share changes with age and temperature. Enter your numbers and we'll estimate a daily feed amount to start from, then let the fish tell you the rest.
Watch the fish, not the clock. Feed only what they clear in a few minutes. If pellets sink past them and settle, you're overfeeding - uneaten feed fouls the water and drives your ammonia up.
A starting point, not a feeding chart. Every species, feed brand and system behaves a little differently, and appetite swings with weather and water quality. Adjust up or down based on what your fish actually eat and how clean your water stays.
Feeding gear
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