How to feed fish?

I just got five very young and small white cloud mountain minnows for my 10 gallon tank. They are the first fish I’ve had so the only ones in the tank so far. It’s heavily planted and they seem happy so far. I’m wondering though about feeding. When I feed them they don’t seem to know that it’s food yet, so most of it settles to the bottom and is causing small ammonia spikes the next day. How long does it take for them to recognize the food and how can I make sure they don’t go hungry? I don’t have any bottom feeders yet as I wanted to see how these fish do first before adding more. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’m very new to fish keeping and just wanna do my best!🫶