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.
Mike

[DSAfanatic]

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

[Gseclipse02]

Thanx Ace. I feel better now.
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