Feeding

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  1. Fishez

    Fishez Bristle Worm

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    I have been feeding my fish once a day for the past few months and they seem happy and healthy , but a friend says I should feed at least twice a day. I have 2 clowns and a Kole tang and the Kole is grazing all day long but the clowns only eat brine when i put it in every night , Is feeding them once a day good enough or should i feed more?
     
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  3. Birdlady

    Birdlady Finback Whale

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    I think once per day is sufficient. Twice may be better, but sparingly. I hope you are not only feeding brine shrimp? That is not very nutritious :-/

    I feed frozen mysis shrimp, Formula one and two cubes (just a little piece at a time, not the whole cube), Cyclopeeze, occasional brine shrimp - live, and Prime Reef Flake food. When I have seafood for dinner, I also will chop up some raw for the fishies and corals :D I also put some dried seaweed in once per week for my bristletooth tang.

    I give them something different each day, not all every day!
     
  4. Scoffer

    Scoffer Banned

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    I use frozen mysis skrimp :) , frozen brine, formula 1 flake, and cut up normal people shrimp (opps, I mean sckrimps) and feed my puffer, snoflake eel, and the clarki clown steals some to feed the carpet anenome.

    Usually once a day. Once in a great while, I'll throw in a few live goldfish. And lately I bought some zooplantkon (??? I think thats it).

    Does that sound ok? I'm scared lalely of over-feeding. After the cynobacteria accident of 2004.

    thanks..

    Scoffer
     
  5. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    hmm i have a fire fish blenny (eats algae) 2 clown gobys and some scotter dragonets...um thats it i feed them formula 2, formula BRINE, and some tetra marine for colors also frozen goodies...but somtimes i get lazy...i think it makes them more happy...(frozen=treat!) lol but its so funny when im feeding them if i put my hand in the tank all the scotterdragonets (small) jump onto my hand...lol i have to try and get a pic but...ive tried and once i droped the camera into the water lol lucky it was one of those throw away water proof ones...i was so scared lol...ok enough of this :)