I don't think I'm feeding enough.

[Jdbrusseau]

I have a 125 gallon tank with the following population
Molly's 5/24/22
• Needle pin cushion urchin 6/5
• flame scallop
• blue damsel 6/10
• 2- pajama Cardinals
• scooter blenny
• 3- snails 6/23
• conch snail
• perculated clownfish 7/1
• fire Goby
• 2- peppermint shrimp 7/7
• Banggi cardinal
• large Zoa fragment
• 2- Camelback shrimp
• banded Coral shrimp
• scooter blenny
• mono fish
• 2- conch snail
• pom pom crab
• false yellow watchmen goby 7/19
• 2- zebra crab
• 2- pink feather duster
• long spine sea urchin
• nassarius vibex snail
• 2 large Zoa frags 7/29
• pink feather duster 8/4
• flame scallop
• turban snail
• carpet anemone
• tail spot blenny 8/10
• decorator crab 8/15
• maroon clownfish
• sunrise Dottie
• Hawaiian feather duster
• Brown feather duster
• black clownfish
• mandarin goby 8/18
• brain coral
• 4- sea anemones
• 2 sexy shrimp
• 2- pink feather dusters
• lettuce nubibranch
• splendid Dottie 8/22
• red fiddler crab
• red and green carpet anemone
•2 Long tentacle anemone
•large feather duster
•large Zoa frag
•2 Clarke clowns 8/29
Currently I am feeding 1 oz of photo plankton and two frozen cubes of mices and brine shrimp. I alternate sometimes between brine shrimp and bloodworms and I also use the eggs sometimes. I've lost a couple of fish over the last 2 weeks that haven't been visually distressed and my water quality is good I'm thinking I'm not feeding enough. That being said my nitrate is higher than I would like it to be it's sitting in the 50ppm range. I do 20 gallon water changes every 2 weeks and I clean my filter out once a month. I am currently using a fluval 6 with undergravel filtration. So I have massive amounts of bacterial growth.
• file
fish
• cleaner goby

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a 125 gallon tank with the following population
Molly's 5/24/22
• Needle pin cushion urchin 6/5
• flame scallop
• blue damsel 6/10
• 2- pajama Cardinals
• scooter blenny
• 3- snails 6/23
• conch snail
• perculated clownfish 7/1
• fire Goby
• 2- peppermint shrimp 7/7
• Banggi cardinal
• large Zoa fragment
• 2- Camelback shrimp
• banded Coral shrimp
• scooter blenny
• mono fish
• 2- conch snail
• pom pom crab
• false yellow watchmen goby 7/19
• 2- zebra crab
• 2- pink feather duster
• long spine sea urchin
• nassarius vibex snail
• 2 large Zoa frags 7/29
• pink feather duster 8/4
• flame scallop
• turban snail
• carpet anemone
• tail spot blenny 8/10
• decorator crab 8/15
• maroon clownfish
• sunrise Dottie
• Hawaiian feather duster
• Brown feather duster
• black clownfish
• mandarin goby 8/18
• brain coral
• 4- sea anemones
• 2 sexy shrimp
• 2- pink feather dusters
• lettuce nubibranch
• splendid Dottie 8/22
• red fiddler crab
• red and green carpet anemone
•2 Long tentacle anemone
•large feather duster
•large Zoa frag
•2 Clarke clowns 8/29
Currently I am feeding 1 oz of photo plankton and two frozen cubes of mices and brine shrimp. I alternate sometimes between brine shrimp and bloodworms and I also use the eggs sometimes. I've lost a couple of fish over the last 2 weeks that haven't been visually distressed and my water quality is good I'm thinking I'm not feeding enough. That being said my nitrate is higher than I would like it to be it's sitting in the 50ppm range. I do 20 gallon water changes every 2 weeks and I clean my filter out once a month. I am currently using a fluval 6 with undergravel filtration. So I have massive amounts of bacterial growth.
• file
fish
• cleaner goby

Feed what can be consumed in 2-3 minutes
Easier to add than remove

 

[Aqua Man]

I do 20 gallon water changes every 2 weeks and I clean my filter out once a month. I am currently using a fluval 6 with undergravel filtration. So I have massive amounts of bacterial growth.

I would suspect the Maroon clown stressing some of your fish. They are kinda mean and territorial.

Are you running your under gravel filter with reverse flow??
How dirty is your filter after 1 month? Do you turn it off for feeding?

2 cubes of food for all those mouths is not that much, IMO. 1 oz of phyto in 125 gallon is very small amount.

 

[moz71]

I agree with aqua man that the deaths could be due to stress as I see you have many clowns. Even the Clark is can be quit abusive. I would also add more variety to diet as brine is just a snack not a meal