Flowerhorn feeding

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Yannick-_-

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Hi guys maybe a dumb question but how many pellets should i feed my full grown flowerhorn (I feed twice a day). I also starve him one day a week so he can digest.

This is the food I feed him
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This is the size of the pellets I feed him
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And also where is the belly of the flowerhorn, because the part on number 1 is pretty fat, but the part on number 2 is pretty skinny?
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If anybody can help that would be great!
 
Food is tricky as different foods have different physical density, nutritional density and fish can have variance in metabolism (highly influenced by temperature), growth rate etc. It's best to let your eyes be your guide. I believe Stomach is rear of pelvic fin, so part 2 in you image. I just watch stomach, how it looks full or empty and adjust my feeding according to that.
 
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Ok, the thing is I feed pretty much but his stomach (part 2) is still skinny. So does that mean I should feed more?
 
Yannick-_- said:
Ok, the thing is I feed pretty much but his stomach (part 2) is still skinny. So does that mean I should feed more?
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Skinny isn't always a bad thing. In the case of FH's it's good for em to be on the skinnier side as many FH's often have over eating, weight, and or bowel issues. This here is a pic of a FH that has been fed far too heavily for an extended period of time. But as ya can see with this FH he is totally unhealthy with how overweight it is. This is pretty easily avoidable imo, just need to keep up on water changes, feed smaller amounts (a hungry fish is always better the a diabetic fish) and I personally fast atleast once a week to allow em to fully digest and burn off excess fat.
 
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Magnus_Bane said:
Skinny isn't always a bad thing. In the case of FH's it's good for em to be on the skinnier side as many FH's often have over eating, weight, and or bowel issues. This here is a pic of a FH that has been fed far too heavily for an extended period of time. But as ya can see with this FH he is totally unhealthy with how overweight it is. This is pretty easily avoidable imo, just need to keep up on water changes, feed smaller amounts (a hungry fish is always better the a diabetic fish) and I personally fast atleast once a week to allow em to fully digest and burn off excess fat.
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Agree. it's pretty avoidable with a fish and even correctable to some extent if detected early in growing fish.

PS: You forgot to attach picture, but I get what you mean.
 
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