Hey guys, so I started to get brown algae (diatoms?) in my 29g tank about 10 days ago so I tried to figure out what was causing the issue. The tank is about 6 months old and all my parameters seem right on the mark, 1.025 salinity, 8.3 ph, 0 amonia, 0 nitrates, 0 nitrites, 0 phosphates. I was not using r/o water as I thought Vancouver water was already pretty good but since the outbreak, I have invested in a filter. My thought was that I was over feeding my fish and corals so I cut back to only feeding the fish 1 time in the morning and spot feeding the soft corals every other day a few strands of blood worms and a little mysis. I defrost the blood worms and mysis in r/o water and then dump out the juice and then add some more r/o water to a baster to spot feed.
Today, I was spot feeding all my corals and then did a large water change to try and counter the bloom. When I came back to the tank to add the saltwater, I saw my mandarin and my female clown right above the rock where my rbta is. They were taking turns picking the blood worms out of my rbta's mouth and tentacles, which I had just spot fed a little earlier.
So, my question is, are they that hungry even though I feed them every morning a good portion of blood worms, mysis, and arctipods or are they just taking advantage of my poor rbta that takes forever to swallow its food? Now my rbta is the size of a quarter and all rolled up due to the food theft...
How much do you feed your fish and corals?
