How Much Food For Harlequin Rasbos?

Hi all,

Sorry, as I'm sure this will have been asked before. I have 6 harlequin rasbos which I bought for my 64L tank three weeks ago. The tank is a new setup and I cycled it and treated the water etc. I am using Aquarian tropical fish food (flakes) and was wondering how much I should give them. They are really greedy but I know that too much food can harm fish. I have been feeding them 1 flake a day between the 6 of them and breaking it up into small bits, but this is gone in a few seconds. Is this enough as I don't want to underfeed them!? A flake is approximately 8mm x 7mm give or take a millimetre or two. I am hoping to get 6 more harlequins and 12 neon tetras over the next month or two but am waiting for the water quality to be right. I am new to keeping fish so any advice would be gratefully appreciated as I want to make sure I look after them as best as possible. Thanks,

Matt.

Hi Simon and thank you for your help - I really appreciate it.

You're welcome.

Your stocking plan sounds like it might overstock your tank depending on your filter type and the exact dimensions of your tank.

Have you used the Community Creator to check stockimg levels?

This is how, in case you haven't.

First find your first on the fish Profiles.

Harlequin Rasbora

Then in the panel on the left, set your tank size and capacity and filter type.

Then click on "Add this fish to my tank" and then amend the quantity.

Then find your next species.

Neon Tetra and click on "Add this fish to my tank" and then amend the quantity.

You will then be able to see, in the panel on the left, how your chosen species and numbers will affect your stocking level.

There's another  article here which should help.

http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/article/stocking-levels-for-tropical--fish

Hope that's useful.

Have a look at getting a bottom feeder with that spare few centimetres.
My Kribensis tend to scavenge along the substrate rather than compete with my tetras.
Try and get something that is an omnivore that will take any flakes that make it to the bottom. I don't worry to much about the sinking bits that are missed as I know they will get any thing that has sunk.