Hi all, I've been reefing for almost 3 years now starting with a 39 gal long upgrading to a 75gal in December 2019. Have a variety of mushrooms, zoas, and other softies, about 10 different LPS, and 3 little sps frags. For fish I have a clown pair (that lay claim to my patch of 4 BTAs), neon dottyback, and a pink spotted shrimp goby. I had a tailspot blenny who was my first fish, but he passed away 2 months ago at the beginning of the Corona Virus Pandemic... Poor little guy 
But since his passing (and kinda before) I had been deciding what else to add to finish off my fish list, though about one of the smaller bristletooth tangs, or possibly a nice wrasse, but ultimately I decided on a trio of Lyretail Anthias (1 male, 2 female)! I purchased the trio from my local LFS (only place I ever get any lifestock and have never had a complaint) last week (5/21/20). They were very shy at first with big momma clowny being a bit of a bully. And then I had an autofeeder malfunction dump tons of pellets into my tank while I was working which made everyone unhappy for about 36 hours; especially the BTAs and therefore the clowns!
But now that I cleaned up that mess with 50 gallons of new ocean water over 3 days everyone is happy and dancing about the tank again. So now I've got 2 basic questions; 1) what do people feed them for treats (not looking for nutrition, they are eating fine, just like to spoil them a little cuz I know I love treats, the wife loves treats, the bunny loves treats, heck everyone likes treats!) & 2)how do you feed them continuously throughout the day when not around? I've got them eating frozen mysis, frozen spirulina enriched brine, and carnivore feast 3 times a day right now that I am working from home due to C-19, but I will be going back to work and routinely am gone for days or even a couple weeks. My wife is home after work and can do basic maintenance and feed them in the evening, but I need to feed them at least 3 times a day, preferably 5-6 times in very small amounts. I've got a sump with a decently established pod population and they grab spectrum pellets when offered. I have an eheim feeder that should do the trick, but I am not happy with either of my mounting solutions. Option 1 mount in the sump over return pump and have the return distribute through into DT. Option 2 mount on tank cut hole in plastic.
With Option 1 I am worried that not all pellets will be pulled into return and don't want a food build up to cause a nitrogen spike.
With Option 2 I am worried that the Anthias may jump through the opening (but I should be able to minimize this risk with a tiny opening. I am also worried about the food simply floating over to my overflow and just going into sump or sticking to a filter; either way not feeding my fish.
Any suggestions are welcomed as I am still very green to the hobby and always finding out just how little I really know!
But since his passing (and kinda before) I had been deciding what else to add to finish off my fish list, though about one of the smaller bristletooth tangs, or possibly a nice wrasse, but ultimately I decided on a trio of Lyretail Anthias (1 male, 2 female)! I purchased the trio from my local LFS (only place I ever get any lifestock and have never had a complaint) last week (5/21/20). They were very shy at first with big momma clowny being a bit of a bully. And then I had an autofeeder malfunction dump tons of pellets into my tank while I was working which made everyone unhappy for about 36 hours; especially the BTAs and therefore the clowns!
But now that I cleaned up that mess with 50 gallons of new ocean water over 3 days everyone is happy and dancing about the tank again. So now I've got 2 basic questions; 1) what do people feed them for treats (not looking for nutrition, they are eating fine, just like to spoil them a little cuz I know I love treats, the wife loves treats, the bunny loves treats, heck everyone likes treats!) & 2)how do you feed them continuously throughout the day when not around? I've got them eating frozen mysis, frozen spirulina enriched brine, and carnivore feast 3 times a day right now that I am working from home due to C-19, but I will be going back to work and routinely am gone for days or even a couple weeks. My wife is home after work and can do basic maintenance and feed them in the evening, but I need to feed them at least 3 times a day, preferably 5-6 times in very small amounts. I've got a sump with a decently established pod population and they grab spectrum pellets when offered. I have an eheim feeder that should do the trick, but I am not happy with either of my mounting solutions. Option 1 mount in the sump over return pump and have the return distribute through into DT. Option 2 mount on tank cut hole in plastic.
With Option 1 I am worried that not all pellets will be pulled into return and don't want a food build up to cause a nitrogen spike.
With Option 2 I am worried that the Anthias may jump through the opening (but I should be able to minimize this risk with a tiny opening. I am also worried about the food simply floating over to my overflow and just going into sump or sticking to a filter; either way not feeding my fish.
Any suggestions are welcomed as I am still very green to the hobby and always finding out just how little I really know!
