What would you do if you were me?

esther · Nov 22, 2020

Curious how all of you would design a food regimen for my tank. I know that there are tons of variables, but assume a perfect world (i.e. nutrient export isn't an issue, home all day, etc).

I'm struggling with figuring out how many times to feed, what to feed and when to feed it, how much to feed, etc. I'm currently trying out a bunch of different things and making sure that nutrient export is good. I may be overthinking this, but I'm really curious how you all would approach this. Thanks in advance for all of your suggestions & tips!

Fish
- Dejardini Sailfin Tang
- 2X Black Ice Snowflake Clowns
- Yellow Belly Blue Tang
- Tomini Tang
- 2X Scooter Blenny
- 2X Mandarin Dragonet
- Loubouti Wrasse
- 3X Borbonias Anthias
- Flame Wrasse
- Lineatus Fairy Wrasse
- Blue Spot Jawfish
- Gem Tang
- Panda Goby

Corals
- Varios Euphyllia
- Various LPS
- Various Goniopora
- Various SPS
- Various Mushrooms
- Various Soft Corals
- Various Gorgonians
- Various Zoas
- Sun Corals

Invertabrates
- 4X Cleaner Shrimp
- 4X Fire Shrimp
- 4X Sand Sifting Stars
- Ultra Maxima Clam
- 2X Rainbow Anemones
- Pistol Shrimp
- 2X Tiger Conch
- Crocea Clam
- Derasa Clam

X-37B · Nov 22, 2020

I have a 120 with 12 fish.
Tomini
Convict
Foxface
Pajama Cardnial
2 clowns
6 blue green chromis

I used to feed 2 cubes a day 4 times a day
I now feed 3+ cubes twice a day.
A blend of mysis, brine, larrys, emerald entree, seaweed delight.
I mix it up daily.
I feed some hikari herbivore pellet but not much as it has an effect on po4. The tangs and foxface love them as they will not eat nori, go figure.
The twice a day feeding has worked well now for around 6 months.

I have over 60 corals most of which are sps.
6 lps.
I do not feed the corals on any regular basis.
Maybe every 2 weeks I squirt in some oyster feast, r.o.e, or reef roids.
I have good growth with both corals and fish.

I do carbon dose a small amonut not to regulate po4 or no3 but to feed the bacteria and corals.
It is a blend of vinegar, sugar, and iron.
Ran tank for 15 moths with no carbon dosing and after 2 months coral color is much better at 8ml a day by hand.

Fishyfish22 · Nov 22, 2020

I add nori every day, the tangs graze on It all day long. Then every other day I add a blend of Hikari mysis and the green mysis with a squirt of garlic. I make sure to feed some mysis to the lps and nems during this time

Then once a week I spot feed a cocktail of supplements ive found work, corals have a brighter color from this. I can post it if requested.

1guydude · Dec 17, 2020

Tangs and anthias unfortunatly are gonna want to eat a lot through out thr day...

1guydude · Dec 17, 2020

Seaweeds and the algeas i dont see being a problem.
Anthias eat a lot of small meals.... i liked the roe in the bottle... cant remember who makes but that would be good. 2 or 3x daily + ur regime.
Up the filtration if needed. Or wc.