HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP FEEDING YOUR CATFISH

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Knowing when to stop feeding is something the inexperienced catfish farmer has to deal with. It might take up to a month or so for one to learn when catfishes are well-fed, and I only truly mastered this after around a year.

Knowing when your catfishes are okay becomes a bit tricky once you switch to spot feeding, but you don’t have much to worry about.

√ Try to avoid having excess feed on the surface of the water if you are using floating fish feed
Carefully observe your fishes to see what will satiate them.
If floating feed must remain on the water, it should be something that the fishes can finish within 5 minutes of you stopping their feeding; anything more is potentially a waste.

√ For sinking feed, carefully observe the response of your fishes:
They will eat excitedly while their reaction reduces as they start to get satiated, but it’s safe to stop if you can barely see them pop their heads out of the water to eat. If you stocked 1,000 fishes into a pond and can only see 5 – 10 fishes eating after awhile, it is safe to stop; with sinking feed, anything more could be a waste.

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