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Old 06-09-2013, 03:39 AM
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you sure like that RO!

Sounds like quite the medly, and that they eat better than I do. How much do you suppose all of that cost you, and how long does it last? Is that the only thing you feed to the fish & coral and, how much and how often do you feed?
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:02 AM
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We feed our fish some NLS pellets at lunch, and the 'live' food for dinner

I haven't calculated it all, but I'll guess it's about $20-30/year, maybe $40 ?

It's much cheaper than feeding mysis every day

Go to your local grocer and you'll see how cheap it is to buy the seafood, but make sure you get it 'uncooked'
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:05 AM
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OK, I just finished feeding our critters and see how much food they need

I can get away with just one cube per dinner, so my batch of food should last me about 10+ months

And they eat it, so all is good

Best part is I don't have to rinse the food anymore and add garlic/vities
Just warm it up in a cup of tank water and dump it in

This is great as my time is limited right now, so everything that takes less time is a big help
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:07 AM
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Your tank is looking so good! Amazing the changes that take place over a year!!
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:09 AM
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Your tank is looking so good! Amazing the changes that take place over a year!!
Oh come on !
Your tank looks so much better than mine

Thanks for the compliment, but really ...

I've got all kinds of algae, and slow growth, and blah blah blah
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:16 AM
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Oh come on !
Your tank looks so much better than mine

Thanks for the compliment, but really ...

I've got all kinds of algae, and slow growth, and blah blah blah
Well then we will agree to disagree then, but thank you for the kind words I've got weird clove things spreading everywhere that's driving me nuts! My coralline algae is all dying too, gone from purple everywhere to almost gone....

Anyway, you've done some great things with your setup that makes the along haul with the tank so much easier!

I like the food idea too. I'm rinsing food every couple of days, need to look into this!
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:27 AM
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Well then we will agree to disagree then, but thank you for the kind words I've got weird clove things spreading everywhere that's driving me nuts! My coralline algae is all dying too, gone from purple everywhere to almost gone....

Anyway, you've done some great things with your setup that makes the along haul with the tank so much easier!

I like the food idea too. I'm rinsing food every couple of days, need to look into this!
I've had the clove thingies for the last year, but they come and go
My wife doesn't mind them, and they are mostly not there, so I don't care
I'm surprised to hear about your corraline algae ... are you dosing ALK and Ca ? And are you monitoring/testing them ?

I was pretty tired of the food rinsing thingy too, but had no time 'till now to make my own batches
You'll love it if you ever do it, but how to store the frozen stuff is questionable
I've freezer sealed all my 'other' trays of food with a food saver system, but am not sure what to do with my 'in use' tray ....

I've covered it with tin foil while it was wet so it sticks, and then put it in a ziploc and sucked all the air out, but I'm sure it'll still get freezer burnt

I like the idea of being able to drop a cube into a cup/dish of water to thaw, and then dump it into the tank 'with no rinsing'

My plan is to cut the tinfoil away from a cube as needed, so whatever happens ....
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Old 06-09-2013, 05:14 AM
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The preserving of the food would be my concern. I double bag mine in freezer bags and that seems to work.

I haven't tested in a while as things had been fine. My temps have been creeping up with the nice weather, thought maybe related, but I know better...
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Old 06-09-2013, 04:10 AM
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oh I've certainly contemplated it, and normally look through the seafood section and brain storm what might be good. Fish need oils and guts for proper health. I was going to go to TNT and get some fish guts and some other gory stuff to make a concoction. I'll definitely follow the recipe, with a couple tweaks.

Thanks for the info!
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