Do most of you feed veggies every night? That's what I've been doing and they're turning into chunky little logs. I'm starting to suspect they eat it just cuz it's there, not because they're hungry.
3 nights of veg and 3 nights of wafers with 1 day a week of no food. If they are getting fat they are getting too much- cut down the amount of veg you put in and remove whats left in the morning.
It's the 3 Royals getting too chunky. ( 2 6"er's and 1 that's 5"). There's never anything left in the morning but the memories lol I'll cut down to 3 nights a week. Thanks
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I was wondering the exact same thing
I was feeding my Royals large amounts of vegs daily but started to stuggle to keep the tank clean so have cut down and alternate between courgette sweet potato and cuecumber and dont feed for 2 days a week as well
I also make sure they have plenty of wood as thats part of their diet
I use fresh veg on the majority of my plecs (even the more carnivorus) once a week.
For 5 days i feed alternate hikari carnivor and aqua one algae disks, 1 day with no food unless conditioning as doodles said.
Also when i know its close to the fish breeding ill feed Blood worms or shrimp.
HTH
My only royal is in a tank with L134 I hope to breed plus lots of baby fry so I have to feed every day and mix veg and some protein anyway. He seems fine.