How ofter do you feed and what do you use?

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  1. mirandacollc

    mirandacollc Flame Angel

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    Not going to start a poll but what do you all feed your fish and how often are you doing it? I have a few guys in the tang family also a couple clowns and an emperor angel. I personally feed live brine every other day and veggie clips daily. Mysis on the third day and for the angel food with sponge in it on a daily basis. What do you all do for your tanks?
     
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  3. reef84

    reef84 Feather Duster

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    i only have one bicolor blenny so i feed omega one flakes once a week and emerald entree once a week.

    i have mushrooms which dont need feeding and once awekk i target feed my candy cane corals with a mixture of brine and marine snow
     
  4. Robman

    Robman Great White Shark

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    I feed 1/2 cube marine 2 and 1/2 cube Brine or Mysis Daily along with a mix of marine 1 and 2 pellets---Then just a pinch of pellet mix in the morning so they will go into the sand while the fish are resting in the dark--this feeds my Goby and Blennies. Some say i overfeed but all are really healthy and 0 Nitrates
     
  5. 10acrewoods

    10acrewoods Fire Goby

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    ok I know I am setting my self up to get slamed but I feed twice a day. In the morning at around 10 am I give a small pinch of spectra pellets to each tank and then in the afternoon at around 4 to 5pm after I get off of work I defrost a cube of mysis, cyclops, hakarii mix, marine mix, formula one, or, brine shrimp. And split it between my tanks. a small spill for my 36 and the rest in my 75. It is all gone in less then 3 min in both tanks. All paramiters doing great and fish healthy and fit. I have done this for 2 years with 36 and 6 months with 75 gal. In 36 I have one maroon clown and in 75 I have 2 chromises 1 dimond goby 1 coral beauty 1 pink anithis
     
  6. mirandacollc

    mirandacollc Flame Angel

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    I have a nitrate reading of zero too. I have alot of fish and a big tank so its hard to tell what is to much or to little. Fish always beg so nobody can tell from them lol
     
  7. Robman

    Robman Great White Shark

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    Sounds like my routine--hahahaha--I also soak my food in ZOE and add Marine C to sump daily.
     
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  9. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    We feed a touch of Rod's food every day. Just "enough" to be eaten quickly. We also feed an Angel blend and mysis every few days instead of Rod's to keep the Coral Beauty healthy.

    I feed mysis and krill in the mantis tank. Just enough for the damsel to leave some floating around, because the mantis eats it too. Sometimes I target feed her with tongs, and then sometimes I chuck in a live snail for her.

    Rod's is good stuff. It feeds everything. Fish, inverts, and corals. It may seem expensive, but a block of that stuff lasts FOREVER.
     
  10. jakeh24

    jakeh24 Pajama Cardinal

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    I feed brine shrimp every night and a veggie drop once a month
     
  11. tube

    tube Flamingo Tongue

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    I only feed my fish what they can eat before it hits the bottom of my tank 24'' !! Do not like stuff floating on the bottom , never over feed , you are asking 4 trouble !!! Have a couple sally lightfoots that survey the bottom before the lion king sees them !!!

    Silversides, krill. bait shrimp, ghost shrimp , no more live goldfish for Lion !!!
     
  12. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    I have really cut back on what I feed. I feed RODS or my own mush (depending on the tank) once every 2-3 days. I cut the amount back by half of what I give them. My puffer prefers more chunkier pieces so I give her my own homemade formula of various fish and seafood (actually much better then what I eat) my scorpion and my mantis tank gets krill, while my reef tank gets Rods.

    I place lettuce or seaweed in my reef tank everyday. I also feed my corals coral freenzy a couple times a week.

    I have an upside down jelly that gets zooplankton and brine shirmp (these are all in seperate tanks!) I have a reef tank, a golden puffer tank, a mantis tank, an upside down jelly tank and a scorpion tank! I am also in process of setting up frag tank

    Lets just say when it is feeding time at my house it is like feeding a zoo!
     
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