Most aquarium owners feed their fish on a daily basis, or multiple times per day. This is generally considered an unnecessary amount of food, but there are exceptions which will be discussed below. One of the primary arguments for an every-other-day feeding regime is that a daily feeding is frequently more food then these fish would ever get in the wild.
An alternate method sometimes proposed as a compromise between the two schools of thought is to feed very small portions on a daily basis. This is thought accomplish the same goal, but will typically only work in a significantly understocked tank. This will not work on a over-stocked, or even a well stocked tank because a single (typically the dominant) fish will consume the majority. This could lead to starvation in some of your more timid fish.
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