How much to feed

[reefertank]

I have
4 inch hippo
4 inch yellow tang
2 clowns
And 5 other random small fish

How much and how often should I feed?

 

[ndrwater]

A standard rule of thumb is a couple times a day, what the fish will eat in 2-3 minutes.
If there is food left after 2-3 minutes, you are feeding to much

 

[cracker]

That's a lot of hungry fish. You will have to feed a good amount.

 

[reefertank]

Right now I am doing pellets in the am
1 frozen cube when I get off work
1 frozen cube and sea weed before lights ou

 

[PatW]

A well fed fish should plump, active, alert, brightly colored with good fins. A good diet will help with that.

For tangs, I really think one should feed nori, the flat sheets of sea weed. Tangs are vegetarians. I cut the sheet into strips, stack the strips and cut them into little rectangles. I stack the rectangles and clip it. That way a tang has to work and cannot rip off a huge piece to go down the over flow.

Pellets are good because they are made up of various foods.

I also feed frozen enriched brine and mysis.

You want the fish to eat most of the food but some needs to go to your clean up crew.

 

[HotRocks]

Right now I am doing pellets in the am
1 frozen cube when I get off work
1 frozen cube and sea weed before lights ou

The best thing for seaweed or nori sheets is to put it on a clip in the am, so that fish can graze upon it throughout the day (3/4 of your lighting period is a good place to start). I put 2 full sheets in my DT per day, I have lots of tangs, Moorish idol, a few angels, and then a few wrasse that eat it as well.

 

[reefertank]

Ok Thanks everyone

 

[Jesterrace]

A standard rule of thumb is a couple times a day, what the fish will eat in 2-3 minutes.
If there is food left after 2-3 minutes, you are feeding to much

Agreed. My Reef Frenzy package says 1-2 minutes, but I think that's a little too conservative. 2 small feedings twice a day is ideal for most fish though.

 

[Neo Jeo]

I have 9 fish. I do 1 cube per day or every other day and seaweed for my 2 tangs. Every other day or everyday normally.

 

[skilos1]

I feed up to 6 cubes a day in the 300, I have 6 tangs in there and various small fish. Lots and lots of nori for the tangs to keep them full.

 

[dimidragos]

I have a yelow tang around 3' and he don't want to eat any pelets or flakes. I get him two weeks before. he eat only some algae from ocean nutrition and frozen artemia....any sugestion? thanks