How often to feed fish

[Kokanuty]

I used to feed a few times a week with pellets and frozen two a week but on occasion had some pretty thin fish. Less algae but really like the look of well fed fish.

How often do you feed yours?

I now have an auto feeder which is nice so I don’t skip any feedings when I’m gone for the day etc, but I think it’s easy to go overboard with the availability for multiple feedings per day. I bumped it up to two per day and frozen twice a week as my Royal Gramma only eats the frozen and will wait till then to eat.

I do have a large skimmer so I don’t notice a big problem and it’s actually noticeably working now with the higher bioload.

 

[LPS Bum]

I feed 3 times a day. NLS pellets in the morning, frozen food in the afternoon and nori in the evening. But I work from home, so that’s not a problem.

Just like with humans, most fish seem to do a lot better with multiple smaller meals rather than a single big one. Helps cut down on aggression too.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I also feed about 3 times a day, just small amounts that are gone in less than a minute. I do believe that fish should be fed daily.

 

[Nordy]

5 small meals a day. All a different type of food. Mostly frozen. I’ll plan out meals like a bodybuilder preparing for a contest.

 

[EnterName]

5 small meals a day. All a different type of food. Mostly frozen. I’ll plan out meals like a bodybuilder preparing for a contest.

I'm eagerly awaiting your article on Creatine dosing in reef tanks

 

[Waters]

I feed once a day with a mixture of mysis and pellets....unless i have some more demanding fish like anthias.

 

[The Ugly Phase]

i use to feed ALOT but i have cut down to twice a day as nitrates went sky high

 

[Nordy]

I have some picky eaters, also a pencil wrasse that is elusive, and spends time in the sand bed a lot throughout the day. Having a purple tang, inhabiting a 158.5 gallon DT with 14 others keeps the aggression down. Also a seaweed clip or two added. The Foxface eats anything and everything, and I have a well hidden watchman goby that does not venture out too far, so a complete feeding throughout the water column and a couple of fish that nab morsels not eaten by finicky eaters works out well. I like putting in a lot of frozen with spirulina and other ingredients to target different nutritional requirements of specific fish. A mixable non flavored creatine powder is in the ATO,

 

[Seansea]

3 times a day my own home made concoction of cod, shrimp, squid, scallops nori and reef roids. Nori twice a day. Algae scrubber and good skimmer a must.

 

[Nordy]

Keep those small active fish with smaller intestinal capacity and a higher metabolism fed a lot. For health, vitality, coloration. Small meals, like throwing a log on a hot burning fire to keep it hot. No overfeeding to snub out that fire, just add a little log to the fire to keep it hot regularly.

 

[Blitheran]

I'm eagerly awaiting your article on Creatine dosing in reef tanks

So you mix it with your reef jerky as well?

 

[Nordy]

The Picasso Percula I have that paired with a Darwin Clown blew up in size so fast. She is Not really aggressive, but I suspect performance enhancers in use.