How often do you feed your tank?

[drperetz]

This is a very general question but its still interesting which technics people use to feed their whole system.., how often, and what do u feed with?

 

[bad coffee]

usually once a day using one of the following method.

Put some flake in the tank
Put some flake in a shot glass and add some selcon. let it soak for an hour (or until I remember) and dump in tank
Throw a piece of cyclopeeze in the sump and let the water/pump thaw it and distribute it.
Thaw a piece of mysis out in the sink (no I don't use RO) and dump in tank.

And that's once a day if I remember. . .

 

[ellebelle]

I feed twice per day, and alternate foods between mysis cyclo flake pellets and live baby brine.

 

[benknow]

4 times a week

I'm only feeding 4 times a week. Maybe I'm under feeding?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I feed once a day or once every 2 days.

 

[Henrye]

......Thaw a piece of mysis out in the sink (no I don't use RO) and dump in tank......

Aren't you worried about leaving a chunk of mysis in your sink to defrost and then feed to your fish? Between dishwashing liquid, old food, and Comet residue that remains even with a good rinse, I'm not sure I would trust my sink surface to thaw food resting on it to feed myself.:shocked1:

I usually feed once a day.

 

[House of Laughter]

I fed once a day - but I FED! and did it over a hour or so of time. Meaning, I would feed a little, then 15 mins a little more and then more etc. this way they would eat and relax, eat and elax instead of eating, then relaxing with all the food still in the water column - at least all the food was eaten and didn't have a chance to rot.

House

 

[bad coffee]

Aren't you worried about leaving a chunk of mysis in your sink to defrost and then feed to your fish?

I actually thaw it in a net under running water. then put it in the tank. It never touches the sink.

B

 

[PalmTree]

Usually every other day. I don't have a heavy bio load and I usually do a mix of mysis, flakes, spiralena, or whatever else I didn't finish for dinner. :biglaugh:

 

[masterswimmer]

I feed twice a day. Once early in the day with either flake or pellets. Then once more later with a smorgasboard of frozen (mysis, daphnia, bloodworms, rotifers, enriched brine, ocean plankton, cyclopeeze).

Sometimes I'll even do a 2 am feeding of cyclopeeze & rotifers for the nightime filter feeders.

swimmer

 

[Reefer420]

i feed my 16g one a day at night - pretty much only cyclopeeze and phyto. maybe I should add some variety?

I take a shot glass, add some cyclo and phyto and tank water- and feed over 10-15 mins of time to allow everything time to eat.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

i feed my 16g one a day at night - pretty much only cyclopeeze and phyto. maybe I should add some variety?

I take a shot glass, add some cyclo and phyto and tank water- and feed over 10-15 mins of time to allow everything time to eat.

And the mantis family that is left behind from the one you murdered lies in wait to reak havoc and reveng on you for killing daddy!

 

[duke62]

how often do you feed your tank

i varies.i feed my fish different types of algae 3 times a week and mysis and phytoplankton every day

 

[sporty]

I usually feed once a day in the evenings.I do a little flakes or frozen mysis or I tried some frozen bloodworms --man theese fish go crazy over them.

 

[drperetz]

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this is one of the fastest results i v seen.