feeding those little buggers - how much is too much?

[Skimmerking]

i feed 2 times per day sometimes once

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Personally I feed once a day, when spawning maybe twice.

At the store once every 2 days, to keep them active, and hungry when someone asks to see them eat.

Ken - BWA

[DiverDude]

You have to remember that in the wild, fish will eat whenever they can. Sometimes thats a couple of times a day, sometimes not for several days. herbivores nibble relentlessly.

I think being fed a reasonable amount of food, once a day, guaranteed, makes most fish plenty happy.

I suspect that your fish are cranky because they were used to getting more but will settle down when they adjust.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Also, remember to vary the diet, and supplements.

[sphelps]

I've always feed once a day and not a whole lot, basically as much as they'll eat in about 30 secs or so and no food hitting bottom or being taking out by the overflow.

[daniella3d]

Ha gee that's bad! I rescued a yellow tang that was as skinny as they get because the store did that exact same thing and kept them hungry so that they would eat when people would want so see them eat. That poor fish was so skinny that it took a month to fatten it up to decency.

This is BAD practice!

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

At the store once every 2 days, to keep them active, and hungry when someone asks to see them eat.

Ken - BWA

[Rbacchiega]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Ha gee that's bad! I rescued a yellow tang that was as skinny as they get because the store did that exact same thing and kept them hungry so that they would eat when people would want so see them eat. That poor fish was so skinny that it took a month to fatten it up to decency.

This is BAD practice!

not really. If his fish were still active and eating, it's not a bad practice at all...there's a difference between feeding lightly and starvation...feeding every second day wouldn't make a tang super skinny. I don't feed the tank at all on Sundays...and my fish are fine

[daniella3d]

that's what the lfs where I got the yellow tang was doing, feeding every second day so the fish would be hungry. sooner or later that means trouble for a tang wich need to graze all day in order to be well fed.

If you have tangs in your aquarium and you have liverock, and you feed every 2 days, your tangs may still be able to scrape some algae off the rocks but usualy in stores there is no liverock and a fish cannot find anything to eat. You cannot compare skipping one day per way to feeding every 2 days..that means the fish is receiving half of what you give yours, maybe less.

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

not really. If his fish were still active and eating, it's not a bad practice at all...there's a difference between feeding lightly and starvation...feeding every second day wouldn't make a tang super skinny. I don't feed the tank at all on Sundays...and my fish are fine

[reefwars]

Glad to hear your nitrates went diwn like I told you on the other thread it's only a matter of time if you keep up with it so good job

what your seeing now is your fishes true behavior .... Aggression, territory/dominance , protection/defense. Like someone said in the wild one day they could have eaten ten times while then have nothing for a week now you have fish that are acting like they should after all survival of the fittest.


I don't think Ken means he starved fish so they eat for customers he's merely saying like all of us he feeds lightly and when someone asks to see it eats then it is happy too I think you do fine ken and have been there for feeding time and know they all eat the best they can

milad I too have Just cut back on feeding now it's flake once a day and frozen every 3 plus nori daily as tanga need a constant supply if greens. Most tangs i've seen are skinny but they take time to fatten up and most lfs dint keep them that long so you can't blame an lfs for that, tangs sell fast usually before they get fat and usully as juvies


Again good job milad and FYI watch there bellies you'll know if they are starving

[Rbacchiega]

I guess it would also depend on how much food they are getting every second day. And just because there is no live rock in a display does not mean there cannot be things for the tangs to pick off of. I guess this is one of those agree to disagree situations. But I have heard nothing but good things about BWA so I would assume everyone can't be wrong