How much should I be feeding?

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I have set up my first saltwater tank ever. It is a 90 gallon tank with live rock and live sand. I am adding fish slowly. Introduced the first inhabitants on November 1st... they were 2 Clownfish. After almost 3 weeks with good parameters on the water, on November 21st, I added 1 Coral Beauty Angelfish. For feeding, I am alternating every three days mysis shrimp, brine shrimp and marine s pellets. I feed the fish once daily. The clown fish are eager eaters and devour the food immediately. The angelfish is a slower eater, but it is also rather new to the tank, so perhaps that will change. How much of each type of food should I be feeding them? The guy at the LFS told me 1/2 cube of the frozen shrimp when I feed those foods and about 15 pellets when I feed them the pellets. The Clownfish are still looking for food after they finishing eating everything in sight, and I don't know how much the Angelfish is getting. How much is enough? And how much is too much? Any other feeding suggestions welcome. I am able to feed more than once per day if that recommended.
 
You will have to monitor how much food they eat. Basically you should only be feeding enough food that the fish can eat in a couple minutes and no more otherwise water parameter issues will occur the longer the uneaten food remains in your tank.
I feed my fish 1-2 times a Day is all...
Trust me when I say this, you can feed and a few minutes later walk over to your tank again and the fish will swim to the top like they haven’t eaten in days. They will continue to eat if you keep feeding them. Refrain and only feed them small amounts 1-3 times a day. Smaller feedings over larger feedings snack size NOT Thanksgiving meal size. Vary the type of food you feed as well. Offer GREENS and proteins...they make an Angel food that includes sponge and Urchin eggs etc. that you should feed periodically, especially with your a Centropyge Angel.
 

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