Feeding the Clowns

Couple questions,

How often and what do you feed your clowns?

Secondary question, I was hoping to get something that will do a good job turning the sand over and sifting.

If what I read is correct my tank (BC29) is too small for an engineer goby, what else would you all recommend?

 

I feed my clowns anywhere from once a day to once every other day and I feed them frozen Marine Cuisine, a mixture of mysis, brine, and krill. As far as turning the sand over, you could try some kind of sand sifting goby but you'll have to supplement it's feeding. I've heard some people inject frozen foods into the sand bed that the goby then sifts out, but never tried it myself. I tried a gold headed sleeper goby once in my bc 29 and it didn't get near enough food.

 

+1 to all that. for the sand sifting fill out the custom quote on reefcleaners and let them know your looking for sifters, there are several snails that john can recomend that will keep the sand sparkling clean

ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Custom Clean Up Crews

good luck

 

Will clowns basically eat themselves to death? I'm feeding them a little more than every other day (normal feeding every other day, small snack during the offday).

It seems when I have fed them daily or every other they still act like they are starving.

 

rainford gobis are great in small tanks

 

beautiful fish, do you know how well they do with invertebrates and snails?

 

They always act like they are starving, even when the are so full they look like goldfish. Don't let them fool you, they are just clowning around. ;D
Ducks....

 

Oh no you didn't go there with the "they are just clowning around" saying.

 

Yea the rainford goby is a great for a reef tank, always wanted one but did major reasearch on them for school and a future purchase.

 

lol that's just about what I've come to realize from them. Another thing is they used to eat some flake as a snack now they won't touch it.

yes he did, but it's a natural jump.

How hearty are they? My params are pretty good but it is only a 4 month old tank so I don't want to put anything in there that may struggle with new tank blues.