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Feeding
Reef Fish - What & How Often
What
to feed your fish depends on what you choose to keep for fish. Most fish will
appreciate an all around cold water “soup” mix I offer daily which is
made up of frozen PE Mysis Shrimp along with a few flakes of Ocean
Nutrition Formula 2 flake. Every couple of days I'll add
a tiny
bit of frozen Cyclopeeze bar to the soup.
To
Prepare: Unthaw Mysis in cold freshwater. Only enough to
provide 2 - 3 shrimp per fish. Pour/strain the thawed mysis
through a net, rinse with fresh cold water then backwash net into a
little cup of more cold water. Add a little shave of Cyclopeeze & flake to the Mysis
water. I use a turkey baster to suck up the soup & feed.
How
Much & How Often To Feed: Make & feed only as much food as can
be consumed in a minute or two (remember ... most fish's bellies are
only as big as their eyeballs!!) & feed
only once a day.
Feeding
Tangs & Foxface: You’ll also want to offer a bit of Nori
seaweed once a day too. Only as much as can be consumed in a couple
hours. Remove any not eaten and reduce the amount fed if much is
left on the rock. Notice in the picture here all the smaller fish
getting their share of the tiny Nori pieces broken off by the bigger
fish. Note the fat fish bellies but NO nuisance algae. Your
fish & tank should look like this when a proper feeding regimen is
followed. Click on the picture to see a more detailed version.
Feeding
Anemones & LPS Corals: Once a week is all they need.
On the days they are fed I will add a bit more Mysis & Cyclopeeze.
I will give a bit to the fish first then go to my anemone &/or corals.
Never target feed
shrimp,
Emerald Crabs, feather dusters, clams, scallops or anything other than
the above!
Never save unused
soup food!
Discard any not used, just prepare less
the next feeding. Always prepare new food for every feeding!
Lastly,
you might want to consider turning off your powerheads/pumps during
feeding so the food isn't blown into your rocks only to end up as excess
nutrients! This is when the Red Sea Wavemaker Pro comes in handy
as it has a fish feeding button & with one push turns off all powerheads
connected to it. Thankfully (because I have a 2 second memory!) it
will turn itself back on in 20 minutes. :c)
For
information on what can happen if we over feed our tanks see Self Help
Topic:
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