What to feed feifeng/flagtail. need advice.

[Squid]

Hi.

need advice from flagtail keepers.
i've had this flagtail for about half a year now. i feel its underfed.
its with 15 pcs silver dollars , 3 pcs golden severums and an arowana in my 300 gallon tank.

my problem is how to feed it.
when i feed pellets/ both sinking and floating. the silver dollars outeat him, so he doesn't get any
when i feed cabbage . he doesn't seem to eat much either.
what can i feed him that would be nutricious and there'll be enough for him after the silver dollars ar through eating?
need suggestions.

thanks.

Originally Posted by Squid

Hi.

need advice from flagtail keepers.
i've had this flagtail for about half a year now. i feel its underfed.
its with 15 pcs silver dollars , 3 pcs golden severums and an arowana in my 300 gallon tank.

my problem is how to feed it.
when i feed pellets/ both sinking and floating. the silver dollars outeat him, so he doesn't get any
when i feed cabbage . he doesn't seem to eat much either.
what can i feed him that would be nutricious and there'll be enough for him after the silver dollars ar through eating?
need suggestions.

thanks.

Maybe u can try some algae pellets as i saw CF feeding their pleco, their asian fei feng eat ti as well.

[Squid]

Originally Posted by erythinus

Maybe u can try some algae pellets as i saw CF feeding their pleco, their asian fei feng eat ti as well.

thanks. i'll try to get some. hope silver dollars doesn't eat algae wafers
btw just noticed my icon besides topic is a thumbs down instead of a question mark.

Yeah, i feed them with sinking pellets when they in schools, but if they re comm with other fishes, gotta feed tem wif algae wafers. They do eat them, but looks like they grow slow.

i feed with frozen bloodworm

[lpkoh5]

Algae wafer for me too

[TROY041004]

Algae wafers works for me and algae on my tank surface

[Squid]

thanks up up currently have 2 flagtail again
How do you know if they are getting enough food?

[Jon-san]

My 2 FFs are on Hikari Carnivore Pellets, Sinking Wafers, Algae Wafers n MP. Basically whatever I throw in for my EBHs, they will eat some of it. The red-tailed fellow is now about 5+" from the 4" that I got him at. Got him on Chinese New Year eve from Kaiju. So about 1.5" in 4 mths? Slow or normal growth rate?

I feed mine with Hikari Lionhead. Pretty good growth rate, faster than my fishes on MP.