How often to feed

[edfern1115]

Hi everyone. Im looking for some advice on how often to feed my fish. I have a 90 gallon cube tank. I used to feed them 2x/day but my local fish store suggested that I only geed them 1x/day. Thisbadvice was based on phosphate levels and an algae bloom that i recently had to deal with. I only feed them feozen food. I'be listed the fish below:
Powder blue tang
Scooas tang
Black fin angel
Lyretail anthia
Citron goby
Flame angel
Maroon Clown

Suggestions?

 

[JumboShrimp]

In a nutshell, if you have the luxury of a work-from-home setting, I'd feed 4-6 times a day... but probably what they consume in about 30-seconds each feeding. The LFS was correct about not throwing off your parameters, so do keep an eye on that. And place the food where it's not going straight down the overflow.

Watch out, though. Rule #1: "Fish ALWAYS look hungry!" Lol!

 

[JumboShrimp]

(Also if you rinse that frozen food first, you'd be amazed of what was otherwise about to cloud your water.)

 

[W31Olds]

Depends a lot on how big they. Small (juvenile) fish need to feed more that larger ones and I believe Anthia need to eat multiple times a day but don't quote me on that.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I have 2 auto feeders that give a total of 8 feedings per day. :)

 

[exnisstech]

I feed a lot of small meals almost snacks. I don't really keep track. I flood all the tanks with unrinsed frozen at least twice a day and toss pellets and flake in throughout the day. Fish are eating constantly in the wild so I'm not a fan of feeding once or even twice a day much less every other day like some do.
I also don't find a connection between higher N and P levels causing nuisance algae in my tanks. My worst GHA outbreak was a tank that ran at or near zero N and P
Sunday this tank tested NO4 26.6 and PO4 0.53 and I have zero nuisance algae. I do have a lot of herbivores tho

EDIT: The reason i don't rinse frozen is because I often see a feeding response from dome corals when I dump the liquid in.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I feed my tanks 3 or 4 times a day.

I agree with above statement to rinse the frozen food. Algae blooms involve uneaten food that is allowed to rot in the water, not about how much the fish eat. Feed small amounts often.

 

[twentyleagues]

You have anthias you need to feed more often, smaller meals. Like others have said if phosphates are getting out of control rinse the frozen food first.

 

[Bartanto]

2 planks feeding a mix of TDO, hikari and reef jerky a total of 10x + 1 cube + 1/2 sheet nori daily.

The aptasia in my overflow have never looked better.

 

[afboundguy]

I would have to echo what everybody else is saying and try and break up the feedings multiple times throughout the day for best results. I am trying to do an automatic pellet feeder and make a frozen food feeder as well to split it up multiple times a day...

 

[get-salty]

I have Hawaiian YT, Mimic tang, magnificent foxface, orange shoulder, two clowns, yellow coris wrasse, splendid blenny, and a sixline wrasse.

For the last 4 yrs, I feed mysis and a half sheet of nori Once a day, everyday.
All of my fish/tangs are fat and healthy. No ich breakouts ... knock on wood.