Thoughts on Heavy Feeding

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I feed, each feeding, enough to saturate the water column. No way the fish can get it all, so that leaves scraps for the shrimps and crabs and other critters.

yup that be my way too

[CM125]

Wow Im really under feeding, also don't you people work? lol

[neoh]

I feed one large pinch of dried brine shrimp once a day, one large mats of purple veggie twice a week, and a lot of frozen brine, mysis, cyclo, reef roids, phyto and bloodworms once every 3 days or so, that are rinsed thoroughly and plentiful, and silverside by hand to the lobster, all with the pumps off. I maintain low nitrate and undetectable phosphates, and over-skim. I'd say I grossly underfeed. But the fish are fat, happy, and visibly healthy.

Though now after reading everyone's comments, I'm considering feeding more, daily.

[Masonjames]

If your or my fish are fat, healthy and happy why do we need further additions beyond that point?

[shrimp]

My apex feeder feeds my fish twice a day. 10:00am and 4:00pm.
I have four fish in my tank and each feeding 5 pellets drop out.
So every feeding one fish gets lucky and scores an extra pellet.
They all look happy and healthy.