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Old 05-13-2005, 12:23 AM
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I was wondering how everyone does there feeding. eg. Do you turn off your powerheads? Do you turn off your skimmer? Return pump?

I tried feeding Formula 1 today and my skimmer went nuts.. Anyone know why?

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I drop food in the tank. My skimmer doesn't change at all regardless of what I feed, even mysis.
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i actually turn on an extra powerhead when i feed and i don't have a skimmer. the fish love chasing the food down and the extra current keeps uneaten food suspended untill something catchs it. usually i feed flake once a day and a mysis mix sometimes with prime reef mixed in soaked it all in garlic and zoe. i make enough up for a few days and drop an eyedropper full in the afternoon and evening. corals get feed a few times a week with cyclopeze and mysis as well as some dt's.
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I just drop food in, mysis stops the skimmer from foaming for a while but I don't shut it off
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Anyone tried Formula 1?

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Anyone tried Formula 1?

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Flake, pellets ?
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Old 05-13-2005, 02:15 AM
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Sorry, flakes... skimmer overflows like mad!

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Hmm, I'll look.

Nothing here much likes the Formula 1 flake for some reason. I keep trying to pass it off on the trigger, but he'll take the formula 2 or spirulina over that. Usually any feeding stops my skimmers, but I haven't really looked when feeding that so I will.
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I target feed my seahorses & jawfish with a turkey baster & I don't have any protein skimmers so, nope don't make any special changes.
My FOWLER gets their meals straight from the freezer.

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