Fish feeding

[Leon]

:rolleyes: Hi all just wondering what every one feeds there tanks and how often i ve been having trouble with my nitrate so just curious thanks
Leon

[Kev]

Hi Leon

I use a mix of Ocean Nutrition flake products:

Formula 1, Formula 2, Prime Reef and Brine Shrimp Plus. I also use frozen mysis shrimp.

In general, I normally feed four times a day, varying use of the above.

I have a Yellow Tang, a Bicolour Angel Fish, and a pair of Maroon Clowns.

All in very good health.

Kev

[Leon]

cheers kev just after tips thats all i ve been trying only to feed as little as pos to get nitrates down but canister filter is all stripped of every thing now as we all discussed before just runninig it as extra flow and with water changes have notice a big reduction in nitrate just wanted to check how you feed your tank cheers mate :D looked at your new pics i like the look of your tank with all the corals growing close looks realy natural in my opinion

[SteveS]

hi leon, i use a mix of flake and frozen, few small pinches of flake during the day and frozen on a night.

do you rinse your frozen food in ro water before feeding?

steve

[Kev]

Cheers Leon

All the flake / frozen I put in is gone pretty quickly. There is that much flow in there no food lies in any area to rot away.

Steve, do I rinse frozen food in RO. Nah.

Kev

[Kev]

Leon, forgot, good news about the nitrates. Well done mate!

Kev

[SteveS]

Steve, do I rinse frozen food in RO. Nah.

Kev

tut,tut shame on you kev...

mods, lock this thread so everyone cant admit to it too, were supposed to set an example :D :D :D

lol
steve

[Kev]

Please mods, don't lock this thread. I may be guilty of neglect, but this is only a small misdemeanor. I don't drive down the road through puddles splashing old ladies either, honest.:D

Kev

[course-its-reefsafe]

I feed 2 cubes of frozen and a pinch of new era flake every day in 5' tank.

HTH

Chris :)

[Leon]

thanks for the reply i ve just made a food decanter lol:D gonna keep it in fridge saves me pratting about chopping cubes of frozen shrimp up every night can just squirt it in ill change it every three days filled it with RO as well lol:D beter cover me backdo it right

[Kev]

Too right. Do it right.:D

Kev

[Reefer]

Eh whats this new one on me? Wash your frozen food in R.O. ? really? never heard that one! Dont know anyone whos ever done that either, chucked a cube in frozen before a few times no probs, sometimes you can just worry and fuss too much, dont forget they came halfway around the world in a plastic bag they arent that weak!

[Leon]

very true :rolleyes:

[flying Jock]

Hi

I do agree with Leon.

I used to was my frozen with ro water but i often thought how much phospahte and nitrate is it really putting in my tank?

I feed 4 times every day with 4 mixtures of flak via a ehien auto feeder and i feed once every 2 days with a mixture of around 6 frozen foods.

Nori gets fed to my tangs most days as well.

I have 45 fish and have no detectable nitrates.

I would look at other reasons as to high nitrates:

Under skimming, too much LR, not enough circulation, poor ro water, not enough water changes, wrongly set up DSB, external cannisters, adding liquid foods, dead stock will all help to elevate nitrates.

Good luck

FJ