Azoox Tank Re-Build

[don.ald]

Originally Posted by PFoster

Do you keep any nps corals don.ald?

No, but i am interested. stay away from nps because of the feeding requirements. always think of it as a daily time-consuming task.
interested in your auto feed. how often will you mix the foods etc. how long will the food last in your fridge and autofeed setup?

[PFoster]

Originally Posted by don.ald

No, but i am interested. stay away from nps because of the feeding requirements. always think of it as a daily time-consuming task.
interested in your auto feed. how often will you mix the foods etc. how long will the food last in your fridge and autofeed setup?

It can be time consiming depending on how you have the tank setup.

I mix my food mash together once a week and keep it in the fridge.
The mash should stay good in the fridge for up to 10 days but I make only enough mash just to last 7 days. With the fridge below the tank in the new setup I will only have to prepare the food once a week and put it in the bar fridge so it will be way less work.

If you are looking to target feed with a syringe you will want to use the Ultra Pac as it turns the food into a gelatinous state. You will find though that the Pac wont keep it a gel for a full week though, it breaks down a bit faster.

Now as for how long the food lasts in the dosing pump setup, thats part of why I am doing the rebuild. The old setup had the dosing pump next to the tank with no fridge so the food is sitting out at room temp. Here the mash of dry foods will stay good for about 2 days but MUST be chaged every 2 days.

You can make your food mash though, dilute it with some RO water and freeze it in cubes. Then just pop the cubes in a few times a day. I tried this a fewtimes but IMO the continual feeding from the dosing pump is a better option. If you dont have a dosing pump this would be an excellent choice.

As for the frozen foods, I thaw them and feed them the same day obviously.