How often do you feed?

[msmith619]

I am trying to learn what is best for my system and have seem many references here that some people say they feed twice a week, every other day, etc and started to wonder if I am doing something wrong.
I am trying to provide a diverse feeding regimen to prevent nutritional problems and my feeding schedule is as follows:

In the moring I feed a good quality flake food (Omega Marine) followed by a small amount of frozen brine shrimp for those who will not eat flake food. (Bangai cardinalfish)

At lunch I feed frozen Angel & Butterflyfish food -or- frozen tang diet (I have a blue Hippo tang and a queen angel).

Before I close the office at 6pm, I feed either frozen mysis, krill, or plankton. I have plenty of algea that the tang and angel pick at all day.

My parameters are normal and no slime algea, hair algea, etc so I feel I am not over-feeding.

How do you feed? I was always under the impression marine fish feed constantly in the wild and needed frequent feedings to do well. Am I over-doing it?
Mike

[hobogato]

i have frozen food that i made by mixing cyclopeez, ground mysis, ground brine, bloodworms, whole mysis, whole bloodworms and krill. i feed that four times a day (the equivalent of about two cubes per feeding. i clip in two sheets of nori every morning (5"X10")

[msmith619]

Thanx Ace. I feel better now.:blushing:
Mike

[DSAfanatic]

Holy cow. I only feed my fish once or maybe twice a day.

[Gseclipse02]

Thanx Ace. I feel better now.:blushing:
Mike


dont forget how big his tank is

[Gilbert]

i hoping that the meeting on sunday will be able to help me with questions like this. because i feed alot once every other day.


mike just in case you didn't know ace has a 240, i believe, with lots of big fish so unless you have a similar tank i wouldn't follow his receipt exactly.

[mikedelgado]

2 or 3 times a week, not very much at once. no set schedule

[justahobby]

Twice daily. Flakes and pellets for one week, dry enriched brine shrimp for the non-flake eating clown goby. Frozen the next.
As a foot note live foods will contain enzymes to help with digestion.

[wesheltonj]

Wow, I feed once every other day.

[Mrs. z28pwr]

when I remember.... about three times a week

[Texreefer]

I feed usually three times a day. the equivilant of about 5 cubes of food. similar mixture to Aces

[kkiel02]

4 x daily with a combo of pellets and frozens and dried mysis. Oh yeah and a algae clip every other day for the tangs. I just try and vary it up. I feed small amounts each time though.

[OrionN]

My home tank is a 30 g cube with two Percula and an Mandarin with a thick sand/rubble about 5 inches deep. I feed it twice a day with flakes and cyclopeeze. Enough that the two clowns are really full with leftover for the thousands of animals and worms in the sand bed.

[CoryDude]

Wow, I feed once every other day.

Glad I'm not the only one that felt this way. I feed 1 cube of a mixture of frozen foods every other day. The tank's microalgae and pod populations take care of the rest.

[sampsonndelila]

I feed one big feeding a day, I made a mix of food using squid, octopus, and cat fish nuggets. I also occasionally feed flakes, I subsidize mysis shrimp and sea weed once a week for the tangs. I feed the equivalent of 2 heaping tea spoons; I have a number of fish.
I HAVE
295-300 GALLON
SAND BED 2-3 INCHES
I HAVE--
1 YELLOW TANG 3.5 inch
1 PURPLE TANG 4 inch
1 BLUE HIPPO 3.5 inch
2 FOX FACE 5 inch and 4 inch
6 line wrasse
Coral beauty
3 Pseudochomis
Diamond watchman goby
Sleeper gold head goby (messy)
Thread fin butterfly (4 inch)
Singapore angel
3 KEY HOLES?
1 BLUE EYE TANG (I THINK) 4 inch
6 DAMZELS
1 red fish I have no idea the name.
3 CLOWN 2- O’S AND A TOMATO
3 STAR -1 Chocolate CHIP-1- strawberry- 1 BRITTLE GREEN
1- 9 INCH LONG TENTICLE
2 CAMEL SHRIMP/ 6 CLEANER SHRIMP
CLEAN CREW—
1 very large hermit crab
6/ 5 SM HERMIT CRABS
4 LARGE green foot SNAILS -10 TURBO
75% OF THE BOTOM IS ROCK (500 LBS)
125 Dwarf Ceriths
30 Florida Ceriths
46 Nassarius Snails
15 Limpets
2 Chitons
20 Blue Legs
15 Small to Medium Nerites
I dont know if you wanted to know all that I really just wanted to see if I could do it.

[sampsonndelila]

and a flame cardnial.
thats a lot of fish. lol

[sampsonndelila]

Oops I also have a dwarf lion who strangely enough I never feed. I have no idea what he eats. But he have been alive for 8 months and no problem he looks happy. The other fish pretty much leave him alone.

[vman181]

I feed once a day in my 72 BF. I have 5 fish and only feed a half of a cube and a pinch of flake food.

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

We feed daily a frozen mixture of PE Mysis, Brine and Cyclopeez, with added vitamins and nutrients. Add several sheets of Nori for the "Wrecking Crew," of Tangs. This is in the 280G.
My tank, a 54G corner, I also feed ORA Glo pellets for the Naked Clowns....and add a partial sheet of Nori for the Starry Blenny and Chevron Tang, along with the frozen mixture.

[msmith619]

I see a lot of people feed Cyclopeez. I Google'd it and found references to feeding it but no vendors. I have not seen it in the stores. What is it and where do I buy some?
Mike

[sampsonndelila]

I was wondering if I should add more nori to my feeding schedule.

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

I see a lot of people feed Cyclopeez. I Google'd it and found references to feeding it but no vendors. I have not seen it in the stores. What is it and where do I buy some?
Mike

You can purchase the frozen package from B&B, or Dr Fosters and Smith when they have it instock. :) Not sure if any of the other LFS sell it in frozen package.
You can also purchase it freeze dried in a canister, it's a powder form.
Info from Dr Foster and Smith:
* Enhances invertebrate coloring with natural carotenoids * Provides immuno-stimulants to stave off disease * Can be used as an artemia replacement * Promotes growth http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20050817202144/www.drsfostersmith.com/images/logo_liquidlife.jpgA dietary supplement for fresh and saltwater fish for dramatic improvement of color, growth, and disease resistance. Deep frozen and vacuum sealed in plastic pouches to prevent freezer burn, oxidative degradation, and also to preserve maximum nutrition. Deep Frozen CYCLOP-EEZE® are selectively-bred, bio-engineered micro-crustaceans containing the highest known concentrations of Omega-3 fatty acids and natural carotenoids. Can also be used as an artemia replacement. Natural attractants stimulate feeding even by sick fish. 750 gram.

[msmith619]

mike just in case you didn't know ace has a 240, i believe, with lots of big fish so unless you have a similar tank i wouldn't follow his receipt exactly.

OK, as long as he doesn't a BIG tank! :)
Mike

[Mr Cob]

I feed a very small amount once a day and some times I skip a day. I have a small 24 gallon with lots of zoas, a purple firefish, a blue damsel and a green goby. It also has 1 peppermint shrimp and a bunch of snails.

My food is a mix of all kinds of frozen foods that I thaw out mix together and re-freeze into small flat baggies.

I turn the pumps off too, when I feed.

[corydrysdale]

Well, a lot of the way I feed is actually from Ace. I guess you could say im in his store about every week it seems and ive learned alot from him. I currently have a 125 gallon reef tank. I feed mainly frozen shrimp, spirulina brine and cyclopeez. Ive tried pellets but my guys in the tank like to chase their food. I also dose with Vitamine C and garlic to help build their immune systems. I try to feed about 3 times a day with each feeding equilvilant to about 2 frozen cubes. Also clip nori every other day for the tangs and rabbitfish.

[hobogato]

wait, i have a store?


Well, a lot of the way I feed is actually from Ace. I guess you could say im in his store about every week it seems and ive learned alot from him.

i know i am in the local shops often, but it must be bad if someone actually thinks one of em is mine :rofl:

[Texreefer]

wait, i have a store?



i know i am in the local shops often, but it must be bad if someone actually thinks one of em is mine :rofl:

now that right there is FUNNY:lauging: