Am I feeding too much?

[Reefer Dan]

Tank is 75 gallon + 20 gallon sump.

Stock list:
2x Dispar anthias
Gladiator clownfish
Pink streaked wrasse
Yellow coris wrasse
Sunburst anthias
Court jester goby
Magnificent foxface
Purple firefish
3x zebra bar goby

Feeding per day (these are throughout the day):
1” by 1-1.5” reef frenzy
2” by 3-4” dried seaweed
Just under 1/8 tsp of pellets (mix of tdo small, algae maxx, and NLS)
~1/8-1/4 cube of frozen calanus
~1/8-1/4 cube HiKari spirulina brine shrjnp
~1/4 cube mysis shrimp
~1/16-1/8 tsp reef nutrition ROE

I’m trying to figure out how much I should be feeding, any insights would be helpful. Am I feeding too little, too much, or about right? Thanks!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Tank is 75 gallon + 20 gallon sump.

Stock list:
2x Dispar anthias
Gladiator clownfish
Pink streaked wrasse
Yellow coris wrasse
Sunburst anthias
Court jester goby
Magnificent foxface
Purple firefish
3x zebra bar goby

Feeding per day (these are throughout the day):
1” by 1-1.5” reef frenzy
2” by 3-4” dried seaweed
Just under 1/8 tsp of pellets (mix of tdo small, algae maxx, and NLS)
~1/8-1/4 cube of frozen calanus
~1/8-1/4 cube HiKari spirulina brine shrjnp
~1/4 cube mysis shrimp
~1/16-1/8 tsp reef nutrition ROE

I’m trying to figure out how much I should be feeding, any insights would be helpful. Am I feeding too little, too much, or about right? Thanks!

I'm no expert but I noticed my filters was getting more dirtier than normal when I tried variety of foods for 4 weeks, I just assumed the more waste was from over feeding, so I reduced the amount of food, I also turn off all filters when adding live copepods, artemia.

I have small aquarium so I can adjust easily.

 

[doubleshot00]

Depends on how stable your tank is. How are your nitrates and phosphates?

That magnificent i bet is a pig and will out grow that tank in mo time if you keep feeding like that I bet. I feed 2x a day maybe 3 but most of the time its snacks and one heavy feeding.

 

[Reefer Dan]

Depends on how stable your tank is. How are your nitrates and phosphates?

That magnificent i bet is a pig and will out grow that tank in mo time if you keep feeding like that I bet. I feed 2x a day maybe 3 but most of the time its snacks and one heavy feeding.

Nutrients are a little high but just implemented a refugium to help control it. Nitrate: 6 phosphate 0.13

100% agree. The Foxface is a pig, the reason I’ve been feeding so much is for the Anthias and zebra bar gobies, they are very active fish and need to be fed multiple times per day, but seem to always have flat stomachs.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Tank is 75 gallon + 20 gallon sump.

Stock list:
2x Dispar anthias
Gladiator clownfish
Pink streaked wrasse
Yellow coris wrasse
Sunburst anthias
Court jester goby
Magnificent foxface
Purple firefish
3x zebra bar goby

Feeding per day (these are throughout the day):
1” by 1-1.5” reef frenzy
2” by 3-4” dried seaweed
Just under 1/8 tsp of pellets (mix of tdo small, algae maxx, and NLS)
~1/8-1/4 cube of frozen calanus
~1/8-1/4 cube HiKari spirulina brine shrjnp
~1/4 cube mysis shrimp
~1/16-1/8 tsp reef nutrition ROE

I’m trying to figure out how much I should be feeding, any insights would be helpful. Am I feeding too little, too much, or about right? Thanks!

Cant determine by a list but let your test kits answer this. If you have a sudden rise in nitrate and ammonia- may be a chance yes.
Feed what they can consume within two minutes. You can repeat if necessary but it is easier to add than to remove food. These fish will act hungry all day - Just limit too many

 

[Reefer Dan]

Cant determine by a list but let your test kits answer this. If you have a sudden rise in nitrate and ammonia- may be a chance yes.
Feed what they can consume within two minutes. You can repeat if necessary but it is easier to add than to remove food. These fish will act hungry all day - Just limit too many

Is this 2 minutes per feeding or 2 minutes per day? They currently get 4 feedings throughout the day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is this 2 minutes per feeding or 2 minutes per day? They currently get 4 feedings throughout the day.

two minute feedings and four feedings per day is literally my schedule

 

[Reefer Dan]

two minute feedings and four feedings per day is literally my schedule

Awesome, that is about what I have been doing also. Thanks for the insights.

 

[JM302]

If you can sustain 6 ppm Nitrates and .13 PO4, I'd keep feeding as you are. Those are not high nutrients. If you start a fuge at those levels, I don't anticipate you'll see a lot of growth with the macro. If anything, you may be able to feed even more How long has the tank been running?

 

[Reefer Dan]

If you can sustain 6 ppm Nitrates and .13 PO4, I'd keep feeding as you are. Those are not high nutrients. If you start a fuge at those levels, I don't anticipate you'll see a lot of growth with the macro. If anything, you may be able to feed even more How long has the tank been running?

Tank has been going about 18 months. I’m trying to use red ogo in the sump so I can use it as food for the whitetail tang (last fish I plan to add) and Foxface. From what I’ve red red ogo is less helpful at reducing nutrients than chaeto, but also did that to try and not have the fuge overcompensate. Pics attached.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Tank has been going about 18 months. I’m trying to use red ogo in the sump so I can use it as food for the whitetail tang (last fish I plan to add) and Foxface. From what I’ve red red ogo is less helpful at reducing nutrients than chaeto, but also did that to try and not have the fuge overcompensate. Pics attached.

Tank looks fine. Keep up feeding and Do monitor levels here and there

 

[doubleshot00]

Nutrients are a little high but just implemented a refugium to help control it. Nitrate: 6 phosphate 0.13

100% agree. The Foxface is a pig, the reason I’ve been feeding so much is for the Anthias and zebra bar gobies, they are very active fish and need to be fed multiple times per day, but seem to always have flat stomachs.

Those levels don’t look high to me. I would keep up with what your doing.

 

[JM302]

Tank has been going about 18 months. I’m trying to use red ogo in the sump so I can use it as food for the whitetail tang (last fish I plan to add) and Foxface. From what I’ve red red ogo is less helpful at reducing nutrients than chaeto, but also did that to try and not have the fuge overcompensate. Pics attached.

Your tank looks healthy. Don't mess with a regimen that is producing stable results. That's when you'll start running into problems. If you do start cranking on a fuge, make sure you don't allow the tank to zero out. Test often until you understand the affects.

That's how my dumb self ended up with an enormous coolia dino outbreak.