Feeding?

[Breezp]

I had my reef tank set up for a year and a half until it became a tank full of nitrate. So i re did it and its been running for about a week and two days now..... when shoudl i start feeding my corals?

 

[DevIouS]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/12861-coral-feeding.html

 

[Deanos]

1 question, what are your nitrate levels now? What changes did you make? What were you feeding then? Now? And what corals are you feeding?

Dean

 

[Breezp]

:thanks:

 

[DevIouS]

1 question, what are your nitrate levels now? What changes did you make? What were you feeding then? Now? And what corals are you feeding?

Dean

"1" question, huh?....:tongue1:

 

[Breezp]

lol... i dunno, there is always a method to his madness

 

[Tonyscoots84]

breezp spill the beans man, we all wanna no what you did... read over deanos 1 question or was it more like 5.....? ? ? ? ? ?

 

[Breezp]

now my nitrates are 0, i changed from a wet/dry to a sump, the i was feeding micro-vert by kent, im gonna feed phytomax,cromoplex.... stuff like that, i ahve a frogspawn, zoos, colt, mushrooms, hammer, and some leathers

 

[Tonyscoots84]

how much are u feeding of each... i usually feed my tank 2-3x a day but in small portions.. not the stuff u are feeding. i dont like to everdo it but it jus seems my Powder blue tang is always hungry....

2x- 3x a day - omega one flakes (2 drops of garlic)
nori on a clip (2 drops of garlic)
every other day mysis
once a week brine shrimp (nice little treat everything goes crazy for) you even see the cleaner shrimp jumping for them lmao...

 

[Breezp]

i havent fed anything yet... i was told not too

 

[Tonyscoots84]

wait u havent fed ur tank for a week and 2 days.. wow thats a long time not to feed..... i could see the reason behind not feeding for a couple of days but not 1 week.. but what fish do u have in the tank .....

did someone on the board tell u not to feed it or did a lfs tell you that

 

[Breezp]

a friend told me not to, i already posted my corals, and i only have a clownfish, two engineer gobies, and a ranfordi gobi

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hmmmm u guys think not feeding the tank for 1 week is a good idea... i dont but ive heard of a couple of days...

did ur friend give you an explanation why u shouldnt feed the tank for a while.. corals use a couple of things to grow - waste from fishies, light, and food in the water... i would wait and see if anyone has a better way of doing this... i think that is too long. but thats my .02c

 

[Breezp]

k thanx

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

you definately need to feed your tank, especially when your list include the clown and engineer gobby

 

[Tonyscoots84]

dont get me wrong breezp im not flamming you or doing anything like that im just trying to understand it better..

 

[Breezp]

yea i kno, i didnt understand it either, im just gonna feed now

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ok.....

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Me neither-I am not flaming you, just to remind you that a tank of living organisms do need food of some sort.