Poll: Fish Feeding Frequency

dbl · Oct 10, 2017

I found yesterday's poll on the use of an auto-feeder interesting. Over 62% of responses indicated they do not use an auto-feeder. Not sure why, but I honestly thought more folks used them. So if you're manually feeding the fish, it might be interesting to see how often we are feeding our critters. Even if you do use an auto-feeder, let us know your feeding frequency.

jsker · Oct 10, 2017

Twice a day

Antics · Oct 10, 2017

6 times a day. Pellets once every hour from 11 to 4 and then frozen around 6. Nori is replaced every other day.

Labridaedicted · Oct 10, 2017

I feed twice a day as a supplement to the auto feeder feeding dish food 4x per day. Lots of small feedings makes for happy fish.

DSC reef · Oct 10, 2017

Three times a day with the night feeding being the most with a mix of LRS reef frenzy and PE cyclops. Throughout the day some pellets or fish eggs go in the tank. Does my wife count as an auto feeder? Lol, I kid, I kid.

Brian W · Oct 10, 2017

every other day or so. I may start feeding every day now that I will be using an algae scrubber and an Kessil H380 for the fuge.

Kmsutows · Oct 10, 2017

I don't use pellets at all. Frozen and love foods throughout the evening split into probably 6 feedings. How are people feeding less than once a day? That sounds crazy, these fish would feed constantly all day long in the wild

Flameback Pair · Oct 10, 2017

I feed pellets one rotation 1 pm Monday and Wednesday with the Apex AFS then pellets one rotation at 6pm Sunday through Thursday all automatically. Saturday a cube of frozen Hikari Mega-Marine Angel only and Friday I don't feed at all so the fish will be hungry enough on Saturday to eat as much of the Hikari as possible. They don't like it and I'm trying to use it up, besides my Coral Beauty Angel is said to need sponge in its diet of which the Hikari has.

AJsTank · Oct 10, 2017

When you keep your tank chuck full of angels, it helps to keep the nipping down when you feed 2-3 times per day. So that's what I do :)

revhtree · Oct 10, 2017

Twice a day for me and most days some seaweed as well! I'm feeding 99% frozen as well.

Amoo · Oct 10, 2017

pellets once shortly after the blues come on, frozen mid day. Nori a few times a week randomly.

Flameback Pair · Oct 10, 2017

AJsTank said:
When you keep your tank chuck full of angels, it helps to keep the nipping down when you feed 2-3 times per day. So that's what I do :)

Keeping the nipping down. I like this.

miyags · Oct 10, 2017

fresh raw shrimp cut in small pieces,strips of nori cut in 1/4 in by 4in strips, spirulina brine. 3 times a day, morning, dinner and 1/2hour before lights out. Tangs and Angels

Reef of Fillory · Oct 10, 2017

I feed Hikari/PE mysis once a day most days, with pellets occasionally [3 times a week maybe] included with the frozen.

Sometimes i'll throw in some frozen brine shrimp as well, and I use reef chili once a week about 1hr after lights out for the corals. Some weeks I forget and don't feed the reef frenzy, and some days I don't feed the fish [randomly]

TvanB1 · Oct 10, 2017

I used to feed four times a day with small amounts of frozen food each time (LRS Reef Frenzy, Fertility Frenzy, Nutamar ova, and PE Mysis). I also fed nori once a week since my wrasses love it so much.
Haven’t had as much time lately and have brought it down to twice a day with PE mysis pellet and a mixture of frozen foods.

A Toadstool Leather · Oct 10, 2017

Once a day with frozen food for my bicolor dottyback.

Wankell · Oct 10, 2017

Wow, im surprised people feed so much, im at every other day usually. 100% frozen mysis/brine with a splash of garlic guard and a drop of selcon.

zachxlutz · Oct 10, 2017

My routine (15 or so fish in 120 gallon tank, total volume 150 gallons):

4x Daily - Small amount of Hikari Marine S pellets
1-2x Daily - Assorted frozen foods (PE mysis, SFBB brine, PE calanus, SFBB marine cuisine, SFBB Emerald Entree, SFBB Plankton)
3x Week - Nori (Green, Red, Purple, etc)

Edit: Please add 4x a day to the poll!