Looking for a hungry fish

[Copingwithpods]

If you are feeding so much you are getting leftovers just feed less, adding more fish might cause you too feed even more compounding your problem. Most fish won't touch food once it hits the bottom anyway.

 

[Caleb1266]

If you are feeding so much you are getting leftovers just feed less, adding more fish might cause you too feed even more compounding your problem. Most fish won't touch food once it hits the bottom anyway.

Its a minute amount of excess by the time things are all said and done its just something I obsess about.

 

[Copingwithpods]

Its a minute amount of excess by the time things are all said and done its just something I obsess about.

No worrys man just feed a tad less or increase your feed mode time a bit and allow all your crabs and snails to have at them.

 

[ca1ore]

What fish do you have now, and how much do you feed at a time? What do you feed? Food going over the weir sounds like too much per feeding. Tangs and angels will typically eat food off the substrate. I feed enough per feeding to last 20-30 seconds.

 

[Caleb1266]

What fish do you have now, and how much do you feed at a time? What do you feed? Food going over the weir sounds like too much per feeding. Tangs and angels will typically eat food off the substrate. I feed enough per feeding to last 20-30 seconds.

I currently have a yellow tang, a pair of black mocha clowns, a falco hawkfish, and 3 chromis. I feed slow sinking pellets, mysis, and clipped nori. I just bought the chromis and am getting what I was after. The clowns and tang don’t eat a consistent amount day to day so some days they lose interest quickly. The chromis should do the trick I believe.

 

[Miller535]

Thanks I will look into potentially getting a few

This is what Liveaquaria says about goatfish, which again if it's just a large fowler tank, sounds perfect for you. They are pretty awesome to watch sift the sand.

The Bicolor Goatfish has a burgundy anterior and yellow posterior divided by a white band. There is a black dot on the posterior portion and a pair of white stripes on the anterior portion giving it the name Dash and Dot Goatfish. Both head and tail also have blue markings. Goatfish are relatively new to the hobby, but fast growing in popularity. If you’re looking for the unexpected, consider the Bicolor Goatfish. These hardy characters introduce energetic activity to the aquarium bottom as they actively patrol the sand bed to satisfy their appetites, making them a unique addition to your aquarium.
An established 125 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of swimming room is recommended, and it needs non-aggressive tank mates. The bottom of the aquarium should have a moderate substrate layer so the Bicolor Goatfish may use its barbels to sift through the substrate in search of food (invertebrates, small crustaceans, worms). Because it eats the invertebrates, the nitrogen load capacity of the sand will be reduced and it will be well-oxygenated due to the sifting. Goatfish prefer to be housed with less aggressive tank mates.

 

[AmaleeC]

Melanarus Wrasse. Mine eats everything, is always checking the rockwork/sand bed and is very active. Also, add some hermits to your CUC - those guys are amazing scavengers in my tank. However, I agree with the aforementioned. If there’s a lot of food falling to the ground you may just want to feed less because the long term affects of uneaten food will really mess with your water chemistry. Happy reefing!

 

[Webslinger]

My crew is running pretty well as is I just hate seeing uneaten fish food go through my overflow. Thanks for the advice.

turn off pumps when feeding

 

[ca1ore]

I currently have a yellow tang, a pair of black mocha clowns, a falco hawkfish, and 3 chromis. I feed slow sinking pellets, mysis, and clipped nori. I just bought the chromis and am getting what I was after. The clowns and tang don’t eat a consistent amount day to day so some days they lose interest quickly. The chromis should do the trick I believe.

You just need more fish LOL …...

 

[jeffchapok]

Are there non-hungry fish? I don't have any.

 

[Frysize]

My kole tang eats fish poo for breakfast. I watch him do it but he poops like a cow.

 

[Silentdeath5]

My vote would be for a flame hawkfish. Mine always like to forage the sandbed after getting what it could from the water column.

 

[drblakjak55]

Bristletooth and Yellow Tangs constantly eating off the sand. Nassarius snails. hermits.

 

[Blknovass]

Diamond golby they are constantly turning the sand bed over and do a great job at cleaning the sand bed. For the rocks tang or fox face.

 

[s1rk1118]

My two black mollies are the hungriest fish I have. It took me two weeks to acclimate them. They are also the most active fish . Cardinals, clowns, chromis and a court jester goby are my other fish.

 

[Todd1white]

Not sure if its typical for the speices but my Exquisite fairy wrasse is like a bolt of lightning during feeding, snagging food right infront of my other fishes mouths. Wont go for the really small pieces of food though.

what are the fishies with the purple nose?

 

[Gernader]

what are the fishies with the purple nose?

Purple firefish

 

[Todd1white]

Purple firefish

Kinda figured that. Thanks