| If you are an amatuer to salt water aquariums | | | | Predatory fish typically need to have frozen or |
| and having your own tropical fish, the first thing | | | | live food. |
| you need to know about their care is how much | | | | Bottom dwelling tropical fish in your salt water |
| food they should be getting. A good rule of | | | | aquariums should be fed food that is heavy |
| thumb is when you feed your fish try and use a | | | | enough to sink to the bottom of the tank, these |
| stopwatch and time exactly how long it takes | | | | fish do not do well with fish foods that float on |
| them to eat the food. It should take roughly 2 | | | | the tanks surface hence the name bottom |
| minutes for the fish to finish eating all their food. | | | | dwellers, they eat the food off the bottom of |
| If your fish finish all the food in less than 2 | | | | your salt water aquarium. |
| minutes your probably not feeding them enough. | | | | Also, using automatic fish food feeders is always |
| However, if after 2 minutes there's still food in in | | | | recommended. These feeders can be clamped |
| the tank that they haven't eaten then you are | | | | onto the side of your aquarium, and once you |
| probably over feeding them and have to cut | | | | have loaded the hopper with food, the feeder |
| back. | | | | then automatically dispenses the food at regular |
| A much more accurate way to measure how | | | | intervals. What this will do is give you more |
| much food fifty adult tropical fish should be eating | | | | flexibility and not have to force you to arrange |
| in your salt water aquarium is approximately ten | | | | your schedule around feeding your fish. |
| grams of food in one month, but that can carry | | | | One final word of caution is the dangers of |
| with variety and growth. | | | | overfeeding your fish. The wasted food can |
| You have to learn what type of food your | | | | wreck havoc on the pH levels of your aquariums |
| tropical fish eat. Some fish can't be kept in a tank | | | | water. If too much discarded food is |
| that has a coral reef because they like to eat the | | | | contaminating the water it can contribute to the |
| little invertebrates that make the coral their home. | | | | death of your fish. |