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Food and Feeding

Plan healthier feeding routines with guidance on nutrition, portions, schedules, flakes, pellets, frozen foods, live foods, and species needs.

Latest Food and Feeding articles

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Food and Feeding

How to Feed Fish While on Vacation

Prepare stable equipment, pre-measure any meals, and choose a vacation plan that fits the fish rather than relying on extra food or an untested feeder.

4 minute read

Food and Feeding

Feeding Aquarium Shrimp and Snails

Shrimp and snails eat differently from fish. Learn what to feed aquarium invertebrates, how often, and the feeding mistakes that harm them.

6 minute read

Food and Feeding

Feeding Bottom Dwellers and Algae Eaters

The leftovers myth slowly starves catfish and plecos. Here is how to deliver real food to the bottom of the tank and properly feed algae eaters.

4 minute read

Food and Feeding

How Often Should You Feed Aquarium Fish?

Match feeding frequency and portion size to the species, age, and body condition while keeping uneaten food out of the aquarium.

4 minute read

Food and Feeding

What to Feed Your Fish: A Complete Guide

Overfeeding harms more aquarium fish than disease. Learn what to feed each type of fish, how much, how often, and the feeding habits worth dropping.

6 minute read