What's your feeding ritual?

[Fisherman Joe]

Hi all.

On the back of losing a small red spot Cardinal and 2 cleaner shrimp in the last month, I'm worried I'm underfeeding.

I feed every other day fish flake from ocean nutrition. Then in between flake I feed the corals, alternating phyto and nutra gamma plus.

So Monday its flake, Tuesday just phyto, Wednesday flake again and Thursday Nutra Gamma etc.

Everyone and then I mix up the flake with some frozen mysis and I also sometimes swap the nutra gamma for reef roids and target feed my SPS corals.

Is that enough? Too much? Not enough?

Advice please. What do you do?

 

[saltyphish]

I feed my fish some type of frozen food once daily. I spot feed my corals coral frenzy or reef chili twice a week. No more broadcast feeding for me since I believe that led to a algae bloom.

 

[kevinsmixed90]

I feed every day as much as the fish will eat in a few minutes. I do this once in the morning and once in the evening. I also throw some pellets in around midday just because the fish follow me around when I'm near the tank and I can't help it.the corals I feed every three days by way of target feeding, but I feed the fish first so the corals get some. If you are losing cleaners and fish could it be for another reason? Are water parameters all good? We're the cleaners crawling on the fish you lost or any others? they will eat almost anything including flake food.(at least mine do).

 

[hejjo]

I feed frozen mysis twice a day n feed Coral every few days. I also feed my pep shrimp a mysis pellet otherwise he goes rouge and starts popping the heads of my hammer head frog spawn.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I feed Mysis once a day, and Mysis and Romaine Lettuce every other day.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

Lettuce? Good idea. Might start feeding a little and more often.

 

[megisawesome06]

Who eats the lettuce? I thought it had no nutritional value. Just curious.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Maybe not, but if it doesn't, my Tangs sure got pretty dog gone big eatin it.

 

[megisawesome06]

Cool! If it makes them happy... Mayhaps I'll try that too!

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Frozen about once a day. Sometimes I will skip a day, so probably 6 times per week.

 

[BryanS4]

LRS twice a day. Reef Chili to the tank twice a week.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

I'm over in the UK and I know this is a U.S. site but you certainly tell from the language you chaps use that you American lol

 

[ilovereefing <3]

I feed a small amount of frozen (mysis, brine, LRS Reef Frenzy to name a few) once a day, and flakes or pellets once a day so they get fed twice a day. At each feeding, I add a sheet of nori as well. All food is usually eaten within the first couple of minutes. All food is soaked in vitamins and a drop of garlic. I usually don't feed on Sundays. All my fish ALWAYS look hungry, but I (usually) fight the temptation to overfeed them! My corals are spot fed twice a week with (phyto, marine snow, reef roids) or whatever I am feeding the fish. Hope this helps!

 

[NicksMixedReef]

I feed three times a day lol automatic fish feeders are amazing

 

[joshbbert]

Flakes once a day and a small chunk of rods that I spread out through the day reef roids twice a week and live tigger pods twice a week

 

[Fisherman Joe]

How do you know when your fish is getting enough food?

 

[ilovereefing <3]

How do you know when your fish is getting enough food?

Honestly, I think the fish are always hungry. They have really small stomachs, so feed as much as the fish can consume in a couple of minutes. If the food hits the sand, it's probably too much. If the fish look healthy, poop looks normal, no bones showing, tummies aren't sunken in, are energetic and curious about their surroundings...I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[theblackpearl]

pellets in the morning when my whites com on, then frozen emerald entree right before bedtime daily......I feed my corals reef chili twice a week......I also use romaine but havent picked up any in awhile......I also like to keep a steady supply of copopods for my picky eaters......I add selcon to my frozen food daily and sometimes Arti-pods

i try to keep my dang vegan fish as happy as possible

 

[GrampaDon]

Twice a day with rods. Algae sheets when I think of it. Coral frenzy hardly ever [need to change that and remember to feed twice a week]