No food beyond this point! Do you focus on keeping the food out of the overflow?

[Peace River]

No food beyond this point! Do you focus on keeping the food out of the overflow?

Some reef keepers prefer target feeding where corals are feed individually, others prefer broadcast feeding where the food is scattered with the current in the tank, and still others use a mixture of both approaches. One approach to setting up flow includes limiting spots where food and detritus can collect and designing the current so that those items are moved up and out of the tank. However, we also want to make sure that the food gets to the fish and coral and doesn’t get removed from the tank to quickly. Of course, it is also important to clean your mechanical filtration so that the food isn’t breaking down there either. When you are setting up the flow and when you are choosing how to add food to your aquarium, do you focus on keeping the food out of the overflow? Please share your thoughts in the related discussion!

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[Jasonak]

I use the plastic down spouts to feed. Ehiem feed station , I just looked them up couldn't remember the name

 

[Reefer Matt]

All flow to all my tanks is turned off for 12 minutes during feeding time. Every other day.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

I have never worried about food going into the overflow.

 

[Paul B]

None of the food I use floats and besides, I don't have an overflow.

 

[GARRIGA]

You'd think with the persistent issues surrounding bottomed out nutrients that reefers would encourage feeding the overflow and not being so judicious with overuse of socks

 

[Reef By Steele]

I shut down my returns for 45 minutes and my internal flow goes to 10% when I feed for 10 minutes.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I have a display refugium sump with lots of clean up crew so I don't worry about food going through the over flow, but I do try and avoid it. I feed the refugium separate

 

[randomfishdude]

I use a little rind for pellets.
I stoped worrying for mysis.
But the nori I feed the fangs just rip open the little cage it's I'm and let it get sucked against part of the overflow.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I never turn off my pumps, only for waterchanges, if food goes in the overflow I don't worry about it, I change socks on a regular basis, and it breaks down and feeds anyway. I don't worry about issues like this.

 

[Garf]

I just throw it in. Overflow Aiptasia are pets too! I have no mechanical filtration. Pumps stay on.

 

[Dburr1014]

There's worms and pods in my refuge and that will help clean up any food that goes down there, so I don't mind where my food goes.

 

[shakacuz]

pumps stay on for me. i broadcast feed my own DIY fish food daily. fish poop inadvertently feeds my corals so as long as my fish are fed, i’m good

 

[nursingcoral]

Most of the food sinks but some does make it over.

 

[vlangel]

You'd think with the persistent issues surrounding bottomed out nutrients that reefers would encourage feeding the overflow and not being so judicious with overuse of socks

I actually have a rescued aged clownfish in my sump so I want some food to go into the overflow. I added some nassarius snails and there is a naughty pistol shrimp in the sump as well and they all should have food so I do not worry about what ends up in the sump. I do not even use filter socks and only add floss when something needs filtered out.

 

[Stealthreefer]

I count on the overflow to make up for my over feeding.

 

[threebuoys]

I turn the return pump to a trickle and place the wave pumps on "feed". Otherwise, the fish do not have enough time to eat before the food is sucked into the overflow.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I utilize the water flow to distribute food in the tank. With about 40 hungry mouths, its impossible to target feed the tank

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Is there a way to turn off these random poll threads and such from hitting our alerts? If not I am afraid I will have to mute/block @Peace River

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Is there a way to turn off these random poll threads and such from hitting our alerts? If not I am afraid I will have to mute/block @Peace River

but first........do you worry about food going into the overflow lolololol!!! it is kinda frequent with the polls lately!