food

Recently gotten into an argument with a friend about what happens with food in a tank. The argument is that if I put a thawed cube of emerald entree in my tank does most of that food end up settling in the tank. Like most of it sits on the sand bed and gets in the rocks and aqua scape. Or does...

Just curious if I’m doing this right. I have a currently 20 inch long zebra moray eel in my 310 gallon. After a week in my tank he’s finally started eating. I fed him a piece of raw uncooked table shrimp. And then 3 days later I fed him a scallop. Plan on feeding him again again tomorrow. I have...

I currently have a fox face, purple tang and a regal angelfish. I feed them one cube of mysis daily and sometimes artemia.i also try to give them algae sheets daily. My question is: Am I feeding enough? should it be more varied? what do you feed?

The Male Red Sea Eightline Flasher Wrasse is a remarkable fish with vibrant colors and dramatic fins. This wrasse will not bother corals or invertebrates, which makes them an excellent candidate for reef aquariums. A harem of one male to multiple females can be added to the aquarium...

Is there a reliable way of calculating the right amount of total food to put in a tank based on what is stocked. I have got some unreliable advice so far from web searches. My tank is currently cycling and I'm trying to learn as much as possible before I stock it.

I want to upgrade the food I feed to my fish this year. Please help me add diversity to their diet We had our first fish loss this year, and has me worrying about nutrition. Fish : 2 occelaris clowns (4+ yrs old) 1 orchid dottyback 1 yellow watchman goby 1 cleaner shrimp 2 Turbo snails 2...

I tried googling "Smallest auto fish feeder" to see what my options are and couldn't really find any threads or articles dedicated to reviewing and comparing the smallest available auto fish feeders for a small pico tank. I'd probably go with an Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder but if anyone knows any...

Hi there, I know that in general using propylene glycol as carbon source for bacteria in reef aquarium is safe and works great in reducing PO4. I dose it roughly 1ml / 100l in high nutrients system. I wanted to create my own DIY supplement for both fish and corals (so I would add it to the...

I saw this two days ago and thought they would have corrected it by now but they still have not so I thought I would share it with the community. I bought 5 because I wasn't sure how long they lasted. I wish I bought 12 given the price mistate. These should be $16 per bottle.

Hey guys, Is anybody using raw spirulina powder to feed your copepods (or other types of zooplankton), corals or other creatures like fish? I use an addition of spirulina in fish food and I would like to use it more, as it's healthy and cheap, but I wonder how successful would I be with a...

I'm constantly asking myself ... whether it is necessary to feed the Tridaknu, with the presence of fish in the aquarium.... If so, who is feeding what food?

Got a culture of white worms going. Gut loaded on white bread smeared with spirulina powder. Easy enough to start your own culture and have an endless supply of food for your livestock. Shipping is $10 USPS flat rate box.

So I put over 65,000 copepods of varying species in my 125G tank in March, and they're literally everywhere. All over the glass, the filter, the refugium, the skimmer, and I have to assume the rocks and the sediment. I can see them moving. So do you guys think this had been enough of a breeding...

Hello all, my first Thread here :) i got a bamboo shark. i know for the need for iodine. i feed raw frozen foods and dosing daily iodine to the tank, mostly for the macro algaes. i don´t know if this is enough iodine for a juvenille with 16inch. sadly i can´t get my hands on the mazuri shark...

I have a valentini puffer and feed him mysis cubes, shrimp, snow crab legs, among others but im looking for something that will self sustain itself in a 35 gallon tank. I want snails that breed readily with no effort that my puffer can eat. There are certain types that are bad like trochus...

I was wondering if I should feed fresh water fish to my saltwater carnivore I heard it can damage their liver and stuff but I’ve also heard it is good fro them so I don’t know what’s the best live fish food to feed I have a frogfish and a dwarf lionfish by the way

As a new reefer on a budget I've been looking for areas where I can save money. One place where I can save a little is making my own fish food. I found this Houdini silicone ice tray at my local target and it gave me the inspiration. The cubes are about 1 gram when full and it makes up to...

Okay. I'm just gonna fire off these questions because I have a ton of them, lol. Some backstory: I've kept freshwater fish for 26 years. I just got into saltwater in the summer of 2021 and now am on my 3rd (4th counting the quarantine) tank. Here goes so bear with me: 1. Any downside/upside...

Hi, Im purchasing a pair of clownfish next week and would like to prepare vis-a-vis food. Haven't had some fish for about 6 months and last pair succumbed to ich. I was feeding mainly pellets and some frozen shrimp but clearly that couldn't support them. If anyone has some recommendations or...

Hi all, I am struggling to figure out how to dose. I have a 76L tank (20 US gallons) and AquaForest say "1 drop per 100L" can I basically not use Thier stuff because my tank is under 100L?

I don’t know if I want to go through the trouble of cultivating or buying phytoplankton, but I want to cultivate copepods. I wondered if there’s any dried food they will eat or an easier/cheap alternative?

Hi everyone, I’ve had my Valentini puffer for about 4 months and have always fed mysis shrimp and half shell clams, but I got a wyoming white clownfish yesterday and realized while feeding that the puffer also enjoys pellets, would it be okay to feed pellets most of the time and feed half shell...

I’m still exploring auto dosing food. I can’t combine the reef nutrition foods into a single container. However, is it possible to have 2 containers connected at a T to a single dosing head? I dose the same amount of each of the foods I use.

I have a pair of Mocha Gladiator Clowns and a Coral Beauty Angel. They eat the frozen mysis shrimp, but don’t seem too happy with it. I also have marine pellets that the clowns like but the angel doesn’t seem to like. My biggest concern is the angel because it doesn’t seem to eat much. What’s...

So I’ve been thinking a little about this with my establishing a feeding regimen for corals. It makes sense to start a tank of with a skimmer while you have fish and while building maturity, but once you get to that point, wouldn’t the space be better utilized to make the refugium larger? In...