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How much should I feed?

Always feed sparingly - overfeeding is the biggest cause of aquarium problems.

Measure out food carefully, do not use a 'pinch'. There are no exact rules for feeding fish but as a rough guide:

1-3 cm shoaling fish (minnows, danios etc):
3-4 tropical micro-pellets

2-5 cm goldfish:
2-4 small pellets each per day.

2-5 cm Clownfish:
4-6 marine pellets each per day

Marine Clean-up Crew (Hermit Crabs, Cleaner Shrimp etc...):
2 pellets each per day