Questions on Food Amount

[Bophy]

Hi!!!,

I have been struggling trying to figure out if I have been giving my ocean babies enough food.

What I have in my 75 gal tank:
-3 Banggai Cardinals (2 babies, 1 adult)
-2 Wyoming White clowns
-2 baby Darwin clowns
-2 Green Clown gobies
-1 Coral Beauty
-1 Golden Headed Sleeper goby
-1 Ornate wrasse
-1 Leopard wrasse

Currently, I have been making a blend of:
-1 cube of brine shrimp
-1 cube or spirulina/shrimp
-1 cube of Mega Marine Angel
- A chunk of krill that I break off from my krill sheets
- 1 capful of “Nourish”
-5’ish drops of “Garlic Guard”

When feeding time comes around, I have been giving them around 2tsp of the blend^, once a day in the late afternoon. It seems like a lot when it goes in the tank but i’m not sure everyone is eating. My female Clown eats like a hog and i’m not sure if it is enough for everyone else. I also do not want to over feed so I feel a bit stumped. My sleeper goby has a pinched stomach and I try to target feed him but i’m just worried it’s simply not enough. I lost my Diamond goby a while back, to an internal parasite that starved him, and I would absolutely hate to lose my sleeper goby as well.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks guys.

 

[blaxsun]

I feed my ~50 fish 1/4 cube of calanus, 1 cube of brine and 2 cubes (equivalent) of mysis and reef frenzy twice per day. So 6.5 cubes for 50 fish. Plus they get a good helping of pellets four times a day as well.

 

[Bophy]

I feed my ~50 fish 1/4 cube of calanus, 1 cube of brine and 2 cubes (equivalent) of mysis and reef frenzy twice per day. So 6.5 cubes for 50 fish. Plus they get a good helping of pellets four times a day as well.

I saw the clips you can get for your tank, for seaweed and such, do any of my fish eat any types of seaweed to your knowledge? I was r thinking about purchasing some algae wafers as well.

 

[blaxsun]

I saw the clips you can get for your tank, for seaweed and such, do any of my fish eat any types of seaweed to your knowledge? I was r thinking about purchasing some algae wafers as well.

Any herbivore will (tangs, angels and occasionally one of the other types). I have a few wrasses that do "queue" up for a quick bite as well.

 

[Bophy]

Any herbivore will (tangs, angels and occasionally one of the other types). I have a few wrasses that do "queue" up for a quick bite as well.

Last question, are there any other good foods besides seaweed that you can put onto a clip to last them a while?

 

[blaxsun]

Last question, are there any other good foods besides seaweed that you can put onto a clip to last them a while?

I wrap my seaweed to small rocks with rubberbands and they polish it off in about 5 minutes... The only other thing that I feed them are algae pellets (which they seem to really love) and I've started adding LRS Herbivore Frenzy to their diet.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

For feeding times I have adjusted over the months, years, I have all the food available from frozen to live and have worked out what works best in my aquriam.
I honestly could not tell you how to feed YOUR aquarium life.
I find a variety of food, just mix it up abit, keeps them happy

 

[Bophy]

I wrap my seaweed to small rocks with rubberbands and they polish it off in about 5 minutes... The only other thing that I feed them are algae pellets (which they seem to really love) and I've started adding LRS Herbivore Frenzy to their diet.

Great info, thanks!

 

[blaxsun]

Great info, thanks!

Np. I find autofeeders are great for maintaining consistent feeding schedules in addition to providing exercise for the fish in the form of a "mad dash".

 

[Roatan Reef]

Wet food mix twice a day with Pellets twice a day. Feed wet food, wait for 10 minutes, add Pellets twice a day.

 

[Roatan Reef]

I use a combination of LRS Reef Frenzy, Plankton and Formula 1 ocean nutrition for my wet pre-made frozen foods, then I add TDO Chroma Boost Pellets once the wet food is eaten up....been great for me so far!

 

[Reef.]

I would say it’s on the low side, especially when you are feeding 2 types of brine shrimp which are low in nutrients, good food but not a high nutrient food.

There are lots of different frozen foods, you can even buy from the fish counter things like octopus, clams etc, freeze then grate them.

I don’t think you are under feeding tho, just keep an eye on your tank parameters and if they are good, feed as much as they will eat.

A side note, not sure if true but I’ve heard these vitamin supplements don’t attach to frozen foods that good so I would probably concentrate on actual foods and just see the vitamin supplements as a bonus.

 

[homer1475]

Just a word of caution on garlic.....

While it's great to get picky eaters to try different foods, it has been shown to cause liver damage in long term use.

 

[laezur]

Just a word of caution on garlic.....

While it's great to get picky eaters to try different foods, it has been shown to cause liver damage in long term use.

The majority of the foods you can buy off the market are coated in garlic to make them more attractive to our fish, and that includes a lot of the more expensive/high end brands.

Obviously, out of curiosity and nothing more, are you able to provide proof of this for my own research so I can decide for myself whether or not I wish to keep feeding my ocean nutrition food?