feeding

[uncle deisel]

how often would you recommend feeding 6 small damsels. They are in a 225 gal tank that just finished cycling.also does anyone recommend a particular auto feeding system. I want to buy once so if it is pricey i will still give it a chance. Id rather spend once.

 

[vio]

if i was u, i will feed 1 a day, or less, just to make sure, i keep low nutrition inside the tank.

 

[uncle deisel]

Thx vio

 

[Fasthackem]

If it's stand alone the Eheim feeder is great. For some reason now they are marketing it as a turtle feeder, but it was a fish feeder first.

 

[thanktank]

are flake food enough for the fish i have yellow tang and small angle fish?

 

[Fasthackem]

From a personal perspective, with a mixed reef system I'm not a huge fan of flake food. It tends to break apart and not be fully consumed.. Not to mention clouding the water.
I started out with Spectrum Thera +A, which is granular, and less apt to disintegrating. Once Neptune Systems came out with the Crossover Diet (also granular) which is high quality fish food coated in a coral food coating that dissolves in contact with the water, I've never looked back.
My tank is doing extremely well.

 

[oh207]

I personally don't like flakes. They tend to float and go down the overflow before fishes can get to most of them.
Best food for tangs is nori sheets. And there are also some Spirulina pellets that are good as well.

 

[oh207]

OP: that's a nice size tank. You should not feed more than once per day. Every other day would be fine as well.
I would also recommend the eheim auto feeder. It will be consistent with the feeding time, location, and amount. I think my fishes know when it's feeding time due to the consistency.
Lastly, almost everyone will tell you to get rid of the damsels. They are cute at first but then becomes the devils of the tank. Although I have no idea what they will be like in a 225. Maybe they will play nice.

 

[Reef lover24]

Worst mistake I ever did was put a few damels into my 57g before I put in other fish.. Yes they are sometimes termed as "tester fish", but once they get comfortable that are hard to get out especially if you have a lot of rock work and corals. These guys get territorial and nasty.