Feeding

[ktaylor660]

How often do you all feed your tanks? Also, what do you feed? I have been feeding every other day. I feed the 120g a mix of brine, mysis, and cyclops. The 65g gets frozen krill and silversides (alternated) for the Lionfish, and the trigger and foxface get mysis, plankton, and squid. I haven't been target feeding any corals, but wonder if I should.

 

[k2parkstar]

I feed PE mysis and some pellets for the fish

Reef chili, oyster feast, roti feast for the coral twice a week

 

[Rob.D]

I feed once a day, I have recently started a routine of Mysis one day and my home made brew the next day. If your corals are happy I wouldn't waste time spot feeding.

 

[Dapple]

I feed every 3 days. Homemade frozen(seldom), flake , brine , mysis, oyster, cyclopeeze, just whatever I grab first, and a squirt of phytoplankton, no special order , I have small fish.

 

[Connie]

I feed small portions 3 times a day, switching up between NL pellets, flakes, mysis. I give a sheet of nori almost everyday as a treat. I feed table shrimp every other day directly to things that need it. My fish stock requires constant grazing in the wild (Tangs, wrasses, angel, hawkfish) I find that target feeding the trigger prevents him from eating my snails. Three times a week I feed the filter feeders after lights out with either cyclopeez, coral frenzy or Oyster Feast.

I think the fish can be healthier and the tank will be cleaner with several small meals instead of one occasional large meal. By feeding them three small meals a day, they are sustained and healthy; but if I try to feed them two or three days worth of food at once, they can't eat it all , creating more waste and a dirtier tank.

 

[Engloid]

Ifeed a home made mix 2 times a day. It's half squid, half shrimp, with nori. I feed Ocean Nutrition flakes every day or so, as well as nori sheets. I pretty much feed the fish something every time they appear hungry by coming to the glass when I walk by. It keeps any of them from nipping corals, but the tangs still keep hair algae gone, and the filefish and copperband keep aiptasia gone. BTW, they say the jacketed filefish doesn't eat aiptasia, but I have one in the display and one in the frag tank, and have no aiptasia. The ones the Aquarium sells as "aiptasia-eating"...well, I got one and about a week later, he ate about 30 polyps of kedds reds, but didn't touch the aiptasia.

 

[Johmanda]

This is a great thread. I have also been wondering what schedule others are feeding. I am feeding marine flakes 2x/day and then alternating between frozen mysis and a commercial frozen 'coral food' daily. A couple of times/week I squirt some Coral Smoothie in there - sometimes targeted and sometimes not. The fish are happy: 2 pajama cardimals, 1 firefin goby, 1 strawberry basslet, just added 1 flame hawkfish and 1 blue gudgeon goby. I have about 8 LPS coral frags and they all seem satisfied with this regimen.

 

[Dapple]

My nephew in law (if there is such a thing) bought one of those aptasia eating filefish and it ate all of his zoas before touching a aptasia , then it finally started taking the aptasia out. His tank had so many aptasia that I thought it was a goner. The reason I don't feed heavy is cause I've battled through some of the worse brown hair algae I have ever seen. My biggest fish is a ocellaris clownfish. My inventory is just 5 fish. I am aware I should feed more but I think if they have to forage for food in the rocks it gives them something to do. Since I upgraded to a 125 I do plan on bigger fish and with that comes more food for them. My homemade food is no doubt rich so that's why I don't use it as much. I use marine flake and cyclopeeze the most.

 

[SLUF681]

I have 1 ocellaris clown, a red scooter, 2 chromises, 2 Banggai cardinals, 2 pajama cardinals, and a yellow tang in my 120. I feed 2 squares (approximately 5/8"X5/8"X5/16") every other day. I have NO hair algae and NO cyanobacteria. I have absolutely NO WORRIES whatsoever about my frozen food, as I made it myself with all fresh, untreated seafood. Flake food is known to be high in phosphates and I'd rather know EXACTLY what's going into my tank. I've been feeding my tank my DIY food for about 9 months with no ill effects.

 

[SLUF681]

My DIY food contains shrimp, oyster, crab, frozen peas, broccoli, and nori.

 

[Connie]

I need a good homemade recipe. Anyone want to share theirs?

 

[Rob.D]

I use Mysis, Brine Shrimp, Clam Strips, Krill, Jumbo Shrimp Shell On, Wild Caught Fish (species depends what is available), Fresh Garlic, Squid, NutrimarOva, Nori, and A small amount of flake.