1st post and live plant feeding

[Toasty]

If i were to supplement with fish feed, is there a specific type that is good for talapia? or brand i should look for?

[Eleven11]

I feed mine AquaMax 4000 and romaine lettuce. The tank stays cleaner though when I don't give them the romaine.

[keith_r]

pellet feed should be the primary feed in your system if your goal is to grow healthy fish and plants.. commercial feeds are made for best growth..and as Eleven11 noted... the greens don't break down in the fish's gut as much as pellets.. there's nothing wrong with supplimenting with greens though.. i'm raising carnivorous fish, and i'm working on breeding crayfish, minnows, glass shrimp, gammmaurs, daphnia and green water,, so i agree that adding live food can be a good thing, but imho, a good pellet feed is the first priority.. you can buy 50lb bags for 30-35 bucks from feed mills

[Toasty]

Probably have to get some of that before i get more fish, here i was thinking feeding them plant's only was why my water was so clean. I guess that means i'll have even better water with feed, Also going to pick up a water test kit this week sometime.

[Malinda]

I'm thinking i can figure out my flow time from fish container to my grow bed max water level (bellvalve) so that it fills the sump and pumps back into the fish every half hour or so.