Return Pump On or Off During Feeding

[lockrookie]

Personally I don't turn the return pump off I don't thing many will. If anything Ppl just turn off their power heads. I personally don't turn off anything even thou I have it set up on my apex to turn off my power heads with the "feed function" this allows the food not to blow around as much and not get trapped I. Rocks so that the fish get more food faster.

It all comes down to what you prefer. I am sure you will get a mix of do's and do not's so try it both ways and .... Go with the flow so to speak

[christyf5]

Usually don't but I've been target feeding a specific fish so I do turn off the return, not the powerheads though but I find with the return being at the top of the water column the food just moves too fast for him. If he was ok, it would be business as usual and all pumps on.

[patman]

I turn off return pump just so I don't lose food into the sump at the beginning. Turned off with feed mode on the Apex. Otherwise, i leave other pumps on.

[Treebeard]

I have my Apex programmed to turn off the return pump and the power heads. The power heads get turned on 10 minutes before the return pump to give the fish a chance to clean up the uneaten food before it ends up in the sump. It also gets all the small bits of food moving around for the zoas to catch.

[intarsiabox]

I leave all my pumps running at feeding time. I don't just dump all the food in at once though, I just put in a little at a time so the food doesn't go over the overflow. It takes a little longer to feed this way but then again it's the only direct interaction I get with my finned friends.

[Aquattro]

Don't turn off anything, I prefer the food to blow around all over the tank.

[Nicole.]

I turn off everything possible to target feed corals.