Best pellet food?

lebladp · Dec 21, 2014

Hey guys, new to R2R, and some what new to reef aquariums. "Adopted" a 39 gallon red sea max 130d a few months back. She had two picasso trigger fish and a bunch of nitrates and algae.
(Talk about a weekends worth of work.)
After lots of scrubbing and water changes, and selling the trigger fish to a LFS, every thing is back in shape!

I now have 1 clownfish
(forgot which kind)
1 lawnmower blenny
1 diamond goby
6 nassarusis snails
(spell check??)
3 margarita snails
1 ruby red mithrax crab
3 blue legged hermit crabs
2 feather dusters
5 small kenya trees
1 green ricordea yuma shroom
1 frag of blue sympodium
1 green with blue spots shroom
1 head of australian dendrophyllia
1 small peice of blueberry gorgonian
1 frag of lava chalice
And a small cluster of pulsing Xenia

I've been having the fish for probably a month now with the kenya trees and xenia. Got the rest of the coral a week and a half ago.

But anyways, back to the point. I feed frozen brine shrimp once a day, but i would like to start doing pellets also. Suggestions please?

sawdonkey · Dec 21, 2014

I feed Spectrum pellets and all of my fish like them. I feed the big ones for my tanks, Angels, and triggers, and small ones for my clowns. I also feed a ton of nori, but the clowns don't eat it. I hardly ever feed frozen because it is just too messy.

Rudy16189 · Dec 21, 2014

I tried alot of them but im stick with ocean nutrition .

lebladp · Dec 21, 2014

sawdonkey said:
I feed Spectrum pellets and all of my fish like them. I feed the big ones for my tanks, Angels, and triggers, and small ones for my clowns. I also feed a ton of nori, but the clowns don't eat it. I hardly ever feed frozen because it is just too messy.

Yeaaaa, that's why i don't like frozen that much. I use a turkey baster and i try to put it a few shrimps at a time, but sometimes more slip out.

What exact kind do you use?

lebladp · Dec 21, 2014

Rudy16189 said:
I tried alot of them but im stick with ocean nutrition .

Haven't heard of that kind before, is that the brand name?

sawdonkey · Dec 21, 2014

lebladp said:
Yeaaaa, that's why i don't like frozen that much. I use a turkey baster and i try to put it a few shrimps at a time, but sometimes more slip out.

What exact kind do you use?

Large Fish Formula (3mm) and Community Fish Formula (1mm)

I so feed hikari freeze dried krill. The bigger fish go nuts for it and the little guys get the scraps.

lebladp · Dec 21, 2014

sawdonkey said:
Large Fish Formula (3mm) and Community Fish Formula (1mm)

I so feed hikari freeze dried krill. The bigger fish go nuts for it and the little guys get the scraps.

Thankyou! I think imma order some today!

Damon · Dec 21, 2014

I feed spectrum also and use their :

Thera+
Finicky Fish
Algeamax

I switch up between them as much as i can with the animals, though not necessary, as any of the spectrum, my animals have always gone nuts over..

lebladp · Dec 21, 2014

What's the thera+ ??

I was literally just about to order some.

Damon · Dec 21, 2014

It's their medicated product.. It had garlic and i can't remember what else in it. I've been using that one for a while(probably the longest if i remember correctly).