Feeding Techniques

[pepbill]

For those who have an AF4 auto feeder and a lot of fish. What’s your schedule look like? A large feeding once a day, multiple small feedings?

I have a school of 8 chronic that a savage eaters. I worry my other fish aren’t getting enough.

 

[EnterName]

Bumping this up because it's unanswered since Friday.

Seems like a tough question because usually multiple smaller feedings is the more natural approach for fish, but I get that having less food flying around may have certain fish struggle getting something for themselves. Maybe it can help to have a mixture of pellets that drop to the ground and flakes that float around so the chromies might focus on one thing and the other fish get the other stuff.

 

[obanarama]

I've got an af4 and have it feed my 180g tank three times per day, on the smallest feed setting. I also have a Neptune auto feeder that feeds various pellets two additional times a day. So five feedings per day, starting at 9:15am and then feeding every 2 hours and 15 minutes. All of fish seem fat and happy, and even my Purple Queen Anthias are getting what they need, while N and P aren't elevated (12 and .09) I also put some Benereef in the af4 so that my corals get something out of the af4 feedings as well.