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Old 03-03-2009, 05:42 AM
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Short answer is fish ought to be fairly thick. We see "fat" fish in people tanks but to compare them to their wild counterparts they are still pretty thin.

I opt for feeding what seems correct, and finding ways to deal with the excess of nutrients.

Back in the days of that thread though, I was feeding a half to a full sheet of nori per day to the tank. Nowadays I feed more like 1/6 of a sheet, rolled up on the PVC. Less waste, but still fat (-ish) fish.

But yes, everyday, and mysis every day too - it's the only staple food my CBB will eat. Otherwise I'd probably cut back on the mysis a little, but what I do is feed a very small cube of mysis (maybe 1/4" square) and I use a turkey baster and wait for the CBB to notice. Then I shoot out mysis about 3 mysids at a time, let the CBB catch them, then repeat until the mysis is done. This way I know he's getting some - a mass dump of mysis in the tank results in a feeding frenzy and he has to compete with everyone for his food whereas everyone else eats everything else, so with mysis it's a little more imperative that it's a bit more targeted than otherwise..
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