not sure if under feeding

hey everyone! i am new to this hobby!i wish i would have found this place befor getting started but i didnt. i have a fifty five gallon tank and have a few corals and five fish. 2 clowns a gold headed sifter one other sifter cant remember what he is called a clown goby and 6line i was curious if i feed them a quarter of a cube sometimes more twice a day if that is not enough. and should i turn off my skimmer filter and fans when i feed. and i now know i should have taken it slow but i didnt so hope all goes well with it and so far so good. thank you in advance for any help and tips.

 

First WELCOME WELCOME!!!

Are you having any water quality issues feeding that way now?

You will find a lot of conflicting information about what and how much and how often to feed

I think the standard is how eever much they can consume in 3 minutes,

 

ps my frogspawn and polyps will randomly close during the day but then open up seem fine not sure tough.

 

no not yet my water seems to be doing fine and stable i am kinda paranoid and check it at least once a day i am terrified that it is going to go wrong. yeah i reas a book that said to feed them more often in a day in smaller portions than one big one

 

Welcome to 3reef. This is normal for them.

I don't think you are underfeeding.

 

If anything you may be overfeeding. I usually feed every other day, no more than 5 times a week. I was taught to think of a fishes stomach to be about the size of their eyes and feed accordingly. I have had numerous fish live past 13 years in my tanks and have a sebae anemone that is 21 years old so must be doing something right.

 

thank you i have been reading about algae on here just barley and i think i have green hair algae growing not a bunch i dont think but i do get it on the glass mostly do i need to get a clean up crew or is that not near as important or is that a must.

 

Your anemone is as old as me that's awesome!

 

You are getting the algae from the extra nutrients you're putting in the tank. You will need a CUC if you want to continue feeding as much as you are doing now. However even if you cut your feeding back a CUC is great for your system they get things before they can become a problem and help keep water params inline.

 

what is a cuc?