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Old 08-31-2010, 07:58 PM
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hummm not gonna lie it seems like alot of food just to let you know heres my feeding schedule and its for about a dozen or more fish and coral clams crabs snails etc of all kinds.

i feed nori everyday once in the morning as they need green food constantly especially big ones. i feed about a 4x4" square on to two cups with elastics on each end of the tank.tangs dont like to be crammed with other tangs for food.

i feed frozen every 2 day just a cube or a small piece of mysis or brine sometimes bloodworms etc. and this is between 3 tanks.mainly for my puffer and clowns and trigger.

i feed pellets or flake once everyday but such a small amout i could count the flakes and its eaten immediately.

my corals eat every day zooplankton one day marine snow the other.

i feed my nems once a week a small pice of siver side or some mysis, clams etc whatever im in the mood for i rarely feed the same thing twice and they grow super healthy for it.

my snowflake eel eats every three days same as nems for food and i make him hunt for it


tangs eat just about all the foods i mentioned so obviously with their grazing they are going to poop lots and try to eat everytime i feed other animals. the trick is to not overfeed try reducing your flake food to once or twice if you prefer and frozen every two and etc. watch it go dont leave or do it when your in a hurry. youd be surprised at how well your tankmates can thrieve off your reef especially with a good refuge. i can guarantee i can leave for the weekend without feeding and they will be fine but as to keep their health progressing on the good side we provide them with all the things we can reguarly. i use to feed a few times a day and frozen twice a day at first then i had a very knowlegable reefer come to my house and she set me out on my feeding habbits and since then ive noticed huge,huge,huge differences in things like algae, nitrates,phosphates etc. and less for my skimmer
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