Plank Users: What Do You Feed?

[dangles]

I’m curious what other Plank users are feeding.

I’ve been using a mix of Avast’s Reef Jerky, Hikari Seaweed Extreme pellets, Hikari Carnivore pellets, and RN TDO pellets.

Yes my phosphate is high lol. I’m thinking I need to scale back on the Reef Jerky.

Anyway I’m looking for some other ideas on how I can switch things up some.

 

[Dburr1014]

I’m curious what other Plank users are feeding.

I’ve been using a mix of Avast’s Reef Jerky, Hikari Seaweed Extreme pellets, Hikari Carnivore pellets, and RN TDO pellets.

Yes my phosphate is high lol. I’m thinking I need to scale back on the Reef Jerky.

Anyway I’m looking for some other ideas on how I can switch things up some.

Do you find reef jerky high in po4?

 

[SpyC]

I use the reef jerky and I definitely see an increase in algae which I assume is due to po4.

I have been thinking about trying other options, but unsure what.

 

[dangles]

Do you find reef jerky high in po4?

I’ve only ever fed RJ with my Plank (plus the other pellets) so I have nothing to compare it to. But I assume since it has coral food mixed in it’s decently high. I have nothing else to base that on though.

 

[Dburr1014]

I’ve only ever fed RJ with my Plank (plus the other pellets) so I have nothing to compare it to. But I assume since it has coral food mixed in it’s decently high. I have nothing else to base that on though.

Thanks, I was just curious to know.
I have RJ on an auto feeder 3x a day.
I think it's lower than say flakes or pellets.

 

[dangles]

Thanks, I was just curious to know.
I have RJ on an auto feeder 3x a day.
I think it's lower than say flakes or pellets.

I would consider doing just RJ but I have more need for fish food than coral food. If I feed enough RJ to feed all my fish I’ll be WAY overdoing the coral food

 

[Dburr1014]

I would consider doing just RJ but I have more need for fish food than coral food. If I feed enough RJ to feed all my fish I’ll be WAY overdoing the coral food

I have a couple bellus angles that enjoy the multiple plankton feedings. Also adding some wrasse when they are done with qt that will enjoy it also.

 

[Tcook]

Have used TDO small for years. Recently added RJ to the mix and definitely have noticed increased PO4. Fish love it so I will probably reduce the amount of RJ rather than getting rid of it.

 

[VintageReefer]

I have elevated phosphate levels - significant - since adding a plank with reef jerky

My tank is always .02-.08. Since adding a plank I am stuck at .4 to .5

I am using plank 2x a day, one minute each time. They say one min is equal to one cube. I have reduced from 3 cubes a day to zero cubes, or one at the most to compensate for the plank feedings.

I am thinking about taking the plank offline and going back to my normal feeding to see if it is the source of my phosphate spike

Currently have only tried reef jerky food in the plank.

 

[Tcook]

I have elevated phosphate levels - significant - since adding a plank with reef jerky

My tank is always .02-.08. Since adding a plank I am stuck at .4 to .5

I am using plank 2x a day, one minute each time. They say one min is equal to one cube. I have reduced from 3 cubes a day to zero cubes, or one at the most to compensate for the plank feedings.

I am thinking about taking the plank offline and going back to my normal feeding to see if it is the source of my phosphate spike

Currently have only tried reef jerky food in the plank.

I’m going back to just plain TDO small for the same reason. Will supplement with frozen PE calanus for the anthias.

 

[VintageReefer]

I’m going back to just plain TDO small for the same reason. Will supplement with frozen PE calanus for the anthias.

My anthias have been very picky eaters. I was happy to see they (and everyone else) love the reef jerky. Shocked to see what it did to my phosphates though

My algae scrubber normally has no problem keeping up if I want to feed 4 cubes a day, or target feed corals a slurry of products. Nothing I’ve ever done has ever spiked my phosphate like this. Nitrates are 6.4 which is slightly elevated but not concerning

 

[aaron186]

I’m curious how much reef jerky I should be feeding? I have a 100 gal tank with 8 fish:
Purple Tang
White tail bristletooth tang
Foxface
melanarus wrasse
Coral beauty
Bicolor blenny
2 clowns
(Mandarin eating pods)

I’m currently running my feeder 7x per day every 2 hours for 45 secs . Total of 5.25 minutes. Per avast marine this is equivalent to 1.75 cubes of frozen food

My phosphates have been high at about .35. Should I scale down?

 

[dmsc2fs]

36G Mysis
20G mix pellets - Nyos True Algae, Wild Goji, Sweet Aloe, NSL AlgaeMax
20G mix powder - TM Zooton, TM Phyton, TM Reef-ACtiv, Benereef
8G Calanus
2G Rotifers

In one of my 3 tanks I will also add 1G Reef-Roids to the above.

 

[Tcook]

I’m curious how much reef jerky I should be feeding? I have a 100 gal tank with 8 fish:
Purple Tang
White tail bristletooth tang
Foxface
melanarus wrasse
Coral beauty
Bicolor blenny
2 clowns
(Mandarin eating pods)

I’m currently running my feeder 7x per day every 2 hours for 45 secs . Total of 5.25 minutes. Per avast marine this is equivalent to 1.75 cubes of frozen food

My phosphates have been high at about .35. Should I scale down?

I would. I have anthias and only have 3 times a day. Then supplement with frozen at night. I am switching to just tdo small and no jerkey. Will use frozen calanus/eggs/mysis.

 

[dangles]

I’m curious how much reef jerky I should be feeding? I have a 100 gal tank with 8 fish:
Purple Tang
White tail bristletooth tang
Foxface
melanarus wrasse
Coral beauty
Bicolor blenny
2 clowns
(Mandarin eating pods)

I’m currently running my feeder 7x per day every 2 hours for 45 secs . Total of 5.25 minutes. Per avast marine this is equivalent to 1.75 cubes of frozen food

My phosphates have been high at about .35. Should I scale down?

What’s your filtration like?

 

[aaron186]

What’s your filtration like?

It’s pretty good. I have a filter roller, refugium, octo elite skimmer, UV, and I just started carbon dosing

 

[dangles]

It’s pretty good. I have a filter roller, refugium, octo elite skimmer, UV, and I just started carbon dosing

Ok. Do you run an opposite lighting schedule for your fuge or 24/7?

 

[aaron186]

Ok. Do you run an opposite lighting schedule for your fuge or 24/7?

Opposing

 

[dangles]

Opposing

You could try increasing the photo period to address the nutrients instead of reducing feeding if you feel like your feeding is appropriate.

 

[aaron186]

You could try increasing the photo period to address the nutrients instead of reducing feeding if you feel like your feeding is appropriate.

Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind. I honestly don’t know what’s appropriate though