Most people are not overfeeding their fishes #aquariums #fishkeeping

aquarium fishes actually feed more frequently then we think and in much higher volumes in the wild. With myths such as their stomach is only as big as their eye which is completely incorrect but these often lead to stunting. Many of our fish actually need more food and are often being under fed. Related article: https://thescientificfishkeeper.co.uk... The Scottish government was provided with a report to ban exotic pets often labelled as wild animals even if not wild. The report is is biased and contains many examples of misinformation. This could result in a restrictive positive list of animals available as it is such a broad classification. My website: https://thescientificfishkeeper.co.uk ***Discord!!!*******   / discord   Instagram:   / freshwater_ichthyology   Tiktok:   / freshwaterichthyology   References: Cadorin, D. I., da Silva, M. F., Masagounder, K., & Fracalossi, D. M. (2022). Interaction of feeding frequency and feeding rate on growth, nutrient utilization, and plasma metabolites of juvenile genetically improved farmed Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 53(2), 500-515. Crampton, W. G. (2008). Ecology and life history of an Amazon floodplain cichlid: the discus fish Symphysodon (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 6, 599-612. Fava, A. F., de Souza Bezerra, G., Neu, D. H., Bittencourt, F., Signor, A., Carvalho, K. V., … & Boscolo, W. R. (2022). Effects of Feeding Frequency for Nile Tilapia Fingerlings (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture Nutrition, 2022. Golcher-Benavides, J., & Wagner, C. E. (2019). Playing out Liem’s paradox: Opportunistic piscivory across Lake Tanganyikan cichlids. The American Naturalist, 194(2), 260-267. Gosch, N. J., Pope, K. L., & Michaletz, P. H. (2009). Stomach capacities of six freshwater fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 24(4), 645-649. Hata, H., Tanabe, A. S., Yamamoto, S., Toju, H., Kohda, M., & Hori, M. (2014). Diet disparity among sympatric herbivorous cichlids in the same ecomorphs in Lake Tanganyika: amplicon pyrosequences on algal farms and stomach contents. Bmc Biology, 12, 1-14. Karadal, O., Güroy, D., & Türkmen, G. (2018). Effects of feed type and feeding frequency on growth performance, reproductive efficiency and skin coloration of auratus cichlids (Melanochromis auratus). Aquaculture Studies, 18(2), 135-144. Kodzhahinchev, V., Biancolin, A., & Bucking, C. (2018). Quantification of Mg2+, Ca2+ and H+ transport by the gastrointestinal tract of the goldfish, Carassius auratus, using the Scanning Ion-selective Electrode Technique (SIET). Plos one, 13(12), e0207782. Lujan, N. K., Winemiller, K. O., & Armbruster, J. W. (2012). Trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of loricariid catfishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1), 1-13. McVay, J. A., & Kaan, H. W. (1940). The digestive tract of Carassius auratus. The Biological Bulletin, 78(1), 53-67. Norazmi-Lokman, N. H., Baderi, A. A., Zabidi, Z. M., & Diana, A. W. (2020). Effects of different feeding frequency on Siamese fighting fish (Betta splenden) and Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) Juveniles: Data on growth performance and survival rate. Data in brief, 32, 106046. Pirhonen, J., Muuri, L., Kalliokoski, S. M., Puranen, M. M., & Marjomäki, T. J. (2019). Seasonal and ontogenetic variability in stomach size of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.). Aquaculture International, 27, 1125-1135. Power, M. E. (1984). Habitat quality and the distribution of algae-grazing catfish in a Panamanian stream. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 357-374. Ribeiro, F. D. A. S., Vasquez, L. A., Fernandes, J. B. K., & Sakomura, N. K. (2012). Feeding level and frequency for freshwater angelfish. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 41, 1550-1554. Vucko, M. J., Cole, A. J., Moorhead, J. A., Pit, J., & de Nys, R. (2017). The freshwater macroalga Oedogonium intermedium can meet the nutritional requirements of the herbivorous fish Ancistrus cirrhosus. Algal research, 27, 21-31. Žák, J., Roy, K., Dyková, I., Mráz, J., & Reichard, M. (2022). Starter feed for carnivorous species as a practical replacement of bloodworms for a vertebrate model organism in ageing, the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(4), 894-908.