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My question is how often should I feed my 2 clowns in a 20g tank? I feed them frozen 1/3 of a cube every other day right now, but when I get near the tank they seem very active expecting food. Should I be feeding them daily? My local reef store recommended once every other day. I just want to make sure they’re getting a proper diet! They’re new to the tank about a week in and seem to be doing well! I’m about to turn my wave pump on as I feel they’ve acclimated very well. I plan to do a 2-3 gal water change every week as I want to make sure nothing spikes too much. Any other advice that you may also have I’m here for it! My wave maker is set to the lowest settings as I learned very quickly that it was powerful. I then turned it off for them to acclimate. Thanks for the tips!

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They will beg all day long but remember, you are the one that needs to clean the tank - not them. They can wait. Three small feedings daily is more than sufficient. Small = what they can consume in 2-3 minutes.

Also please refrain from posting a topic like this as Emergency. An emergency is regarded as someone who has lost all of their fish or are losing them, coral is dying, one who accidentally added too much alk or has a tank leak as examples.
Posting this as an emergency is taking away from those who really need immediate attention.
 
I feed 2-3 times daily my tank.
What I did and what helped me tremendously was before I set up my tank,did lots off research on what I wanted to keep as livestock and what needs and what would benifit or hinder my livestock ,stuff like feeding,flow,amount off rock,sand,caves, under hangs,over hangs,lights,filtration and stuff like this.
Reason I did this was as if have a plan set up before commencing then is much easier to run the tank,and when researching the basics,I then came across possible problems so then when they start to happen or have happenned,it's easier to notice or to remedy problem quicker etc.
I found using search option on r2r a great thing and choose something I was interested in then read that thread then went to bottom off page and picked another thread and kept reading a few a day on all kinds off things then my knowledge grew quickly.

Reason I feed 2-4 times a day ( each feeding what the fish can eat in couple off minutes) is because bought a copperband butterfly fish and read/researched they can be finnicky eaters so decided to feed clams/oysters and the like and feed often but little as its biggish fish and very active so use tweezers to hand target feed the cbb and what he pulls off and doesnt get the other fish get and I feel /think fish appreciate the clams/shellfish more than dry food or frozen cube food.

Btw not being arsey saying do research and making out you know nothing as that's not Reason why wrote above,I just believe doing lots off research and having plan is best approach ,worked wonders for me anyway ,still had problems and the like ( mainly coral pests) but that's another story ha ha.

Anyway good luck and hope you and your family get great enjoyment from your tank
 
Couple off guides about hitch hikers and algaes incase ^_^
 

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