how often do you feed your reef

[william swann]

i’ve fed as much as twice a day to as little as once a week, my question is how much do you guys feed your fish and what fish do you have, if you have corals how often do you feed them and what types of corals

thanks for all inputs

 

[xxkenny90xx]

My fish get one real fresh seafood feeding a day.

Also, seaweed once a day. Pellets occasionally once later in the day if I think about it. And baby brine shrimp every other day for the dragonette and wrasses

 

[Alaeriel]

I feed my firefish two small meals per day,

 

[maceto]

Hi,

I feed the corals once a week, and my small clownfish brine shrimp every other day and some pellets occasionally. My pico reef is too small to do more feeding.

I have different corals

 

[william swann]

Hi,

I feed the corals once a week, and my small clownfish brine shrimp every other day and some pellets occasionally. My pico reef is too small to do more feeding.

I have different corals

oooo nice tank and ok thanks for ur input

 

[william swann]

Hi,

I feed the corals once a week, and my small clownfish brine shrimp every other day and some pellets occasionally. My pico reef is too small to do more feeding.

I have different corals

out of curiosity what’s your nutrient export system

 

[maceto]

out of curiosity what’s your nutrient export system

Hi,
Sorry what do you mean for ”nutrient export suatem”?

 

[william swann]

Hi,
Sorry what do you mean for ”nutrient export suatem”?

like how often do you do water changes if any, protein skimmer, ect

 

[Hugh Mann]

Hippo Tang and Maroon Clownfish I feed a mix of brine and flake with finely chopped shrimp, squid and scallop 3x daily. And always have a sheet of nori in there.

Marine Betta gets mysis and my seafood medley once a day.

Eel gets fed large bits of various seafood once every 2-3 days depending on his appetite.

Yes, I overfeed, and yes I have higher than optimal nitrates (30), and yes I have a bubble and film algae problem. But I am also managing ich, so they need to be fed lots of good food.

As for my two corals, aussie star and green star, I don't feed them at all and both are doing great.

 

[maceto]

like how often do you do water changes if any, protein skimmer, ect

30% water changes every week, I do have skimmer and refugium which I created with a hang-on filter.

Small tank without water changes will be impossible.

 

[william swann]

30% water changes every week, I do have skimmer and refugium which I created with a hang-on filter.

Small tank without water changes will be impossible.

ok got it

 

[HB AL]

i’ve fed as much as twice a day to as little as once a week, my question is how much do you guys feed your fish and what fish do you have, if you have corals how often do you feed them and what types of corals

thanks for all inputs

I have 16 fish, and feed them 12 Hikari cubes a day. I have tons of corals of all kinds mostly lps and sps(acros mostly) and well they mostly get fed fish poop. Once a week I feed the corals 50ml of zooplankton and phytoplankton. Heres some pics as its easier to see the corals versus listing them all with some of the fish.

 

[william swann]

omg yo

I have 16 fish, and feed them 12 Hikari cubes a day. I have tons of corals of all kinds mostly lps and sps(acros mostly) and well they mostly get fed fish poop. Once a week I feed the corals 50ml of zooplankton and phytoplankton. Heres some pics as its easier to see the corals versus listing them all with some of the fish.

ur tank is insane, thanks for your input lol 84 cubes week..

 

[Tcook]

I have 16 fish, and feed them 12 Hikari cubes a day. I have tons of corals of all kinds mostly lps and sps(acros mostly) and well they mostly get fed fish poop. Once a week I feed the corals 50ml of zooplankton and phytoplankton. Heres some pics as its easier to see the corals versus listing them all with some of the fish.

Beautiful. All those triggers too. Do you have an undulatus in that tank? Or maybe that's a blue line?

 

[HB AL]

Beautiful. All those triggers too. Do you have an undulatus in that tank? Or maybe that's a blue line?

Its a Blueline, no undulated or queen triggers ever will go in my tank again as I learned that lesson the hard way decades ago, especially a queen trigger.

 

[Tcook]

Its a Blueline, no undulated or queen triggers ever will go in my tank again as I learned that lesson the hard way decades ago, especially a queen trigger.

LOL. I was wondering as I have tried keeping an undulatus several times many years ago and it never worked out.

 

[CookieRdReef]

I feed about 3 out of every 4 days. I was feeding 1/2 cube or so but now up to 3/4 to a full cube. My tank is simple with hob equipment. It's also less than a year old. I will feed more as my tank matures and the fish grow.

 

[jaxteller007]

I overfeed I'm sure. But our tangs get along and don't try to kill each other, all the fish are fat and happy and even the 3 corals we have seem happy.
I also have an overpowered skimmer, bio pellets and UV to make sure our water stays acceptable to our little guys.

 

[X-37B]

3x a day at 3 cubes per. 120 with 11 fish.
I drop in some oyster feast or reef roids once a week if I remember.
My fish feed the corals.
I run a no water change system on my 120 and 45 frag system.
Good export is a must.

 

[SMSREEF]

I feed twice a day, mix of frozen LRS fish frenzy and chroma boost pellets.
I’m trying to keep my nutrients up though.