Best food for fish and corals?

spleify · 08/30/2007, 07:18 PM

Just wondering what everyone is feeding there tank, and your opinions on what is the best.
Fish:
Yellow Tang
Various Damsels
True and False Percs
Green Chromis
Mandarin goby

Corals:
Various mushrooms
Various Zao's
Various Xenia's
Few SPS
Monti caps
Frog spawn
Hammer
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks Spleify

Kannin · 08/30/2007, 07:43 PM

What do you feed?

Our tanks look almost identical... Similar fish and corals and size. I feed 3 different frozen foods to my fish. Formula 2, Mysis and plankton. 1/3rd cube of each twice a day soaked in garlic and I add selcon every 3rd day. My corals get a shot glass mostly full of tank water with a half cube of brine, full cube of rotifers and some phyto... targeted twice a week, and my anemones get a third of a silverside twice a week.

Agu · 08/30/2007, 07:59 PM

I feed blender mush, there are several recipes out there. Mine is basically several types of seafood, nori, cyclopeze, and selcon chopped up in a blender or food processor.

spleify · 08/30/2007, 07:59 PM

Kannin, I would love to see some pics of you'r tank. I am currently feeding:
Formula 1 and 2 pellets
Formula 1 flake
Dried seaweed
Marine complete
sea veggies
I do add a couple of drops of selcon a few times a week. I also have vita-chem, but don't use it really. I dose DT's once in a while.

NanoReefWanabe · 08/30/2007, 08:14 PM

LOL i have a little wee 20 gal mixed reef
2 clowns a chromis and a goby
i feed once daily and give them what ever i feel like not set regimen..one day they get
Spectra Max flake
or
Nutrafin Max Pellets
or
1/4 cube Frozen Mysis
or
1/4 cube of Brine

daily i feed the corals Ultra MinF

i like to spot feed my mushrooms, it is neat to watch them close up..other then my Yuma it is lazy it just bring the food half way over and then stretches it's mouths to the food..kinda funny to watch..

i will also be buying some Cyclopeeze to throw into the mix of feeding schedule..

sometimes i dose Reef Crew's phyto (once a week)

Kannin · 08/30/2007, 08:42 PM

Here's my tank... I forgot to mention that I feed a strip of nori each morning.

Do you have pics???

Gdevine · 08/31/2007, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kannin
Here's my tank... I forgot to mention that I feed a strip of nori each morning.

Do you have pics???

Honestly, the lower photo here is just spectacular!

pledosophy · 08/31/2007, 01:50 AM

I feed a cube of mysis, a cube of emerald entree, a squrit of artic pods, and a squirt of phyto daily.

I also feed blood worms and brine on occasion maybe three tiems a week.

I currently keep a bi color blenny and a potter's wrasse. As well as about 20 corals, mostly frags.

JME

I plan on adding more fish to the 65g that is running. I will probably feed double by the time I am done, just going slow to keep a good eye on the needs of the tank.

I probably overfeed my system, but it handles the bio load well, so why not.

Neezy · 08/31/2007, 01:38 PM

spleify, i would ditch the flake (or reduce flake feeding to only 1x a week) and go with frozens like Formula 1, mysis, and prime reef. cyclopeeze is also great and if you shoot some phytoplankton and CoralVite in there 2x a week on alternating days you should see excellent growth and coloration from both fish and inverts

Kannin · 08/31/2007, 01:55 PM

This is a good thread because it's nice to see what others are doing. No two reef keepers do it the same... I don't think you can go wrong if you care about them... I over feed a little, maybe, but I export the nutrients and I have a really good clean up crew... 3 cleaner shrimp, 3 emerald crabs, 11 hermits, 25 astrea snails and 13 nassarius snails. My ammonia is 0, nitrite is <.05, nirtate is <.05 and phosphates are <.03.

08/30/2007, 07:18 PM	#1
spleify Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 9,579	Best food for fish and corals? Just wondering what everyone is feeding there tank, and your opinions on what is the best. Fish: Yellow Tang Various Damsels True and False Percs Green Chromis Mandarin goby Corals: Various mushrooms Various Zao's Various Xenia's Few SPS Monti caps Frog spawn Hammer Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks Spleify __________________ Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH

08/30/2007, 07:43 PM	#2
Kannin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fall City, WA Posts: 1,538	What do you feed? Our tanks look almost identical... Similar fish and corals and size. I feed 3 different frozen foods to my fish. Formula 2, Mysis and plankton. 1/3rd cube of each twice a day soaked in garlic and I add selcon every 3rd day. My corals get a shot glass mostly full of tank water with a half cube of brine, full cube of rotifers and some phyto... targeted twice a week, and my anemones get a third of a silverside twice a week. __________________ I used to target feed mojanos... until I found out that they weren't baby bubble tips.

08/30/2007, 07:59 PM	#3
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	I feed blender mush, there are several recipes out there. Mine is basically several types of seafood, nori, cyclopeze, and selcon chopped up in a blender or food processor. __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

08/30/2007, 07:59 PM	#4
spleify Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 9,579	Kannin, I would love to see some pics of you'r tank. I am currently feeding: Formula 1 and 2 pellets Formula 1 flake Dried seaweed Marine complete sea veggies I do add a couple of drops of selcon a few times a week. I also have vita-chem, but don't use it really. I dose DT's once in a while. __________________ Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH

08/30/2007, 08:42 PM	#6
Kannin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fall City, WA Posts: 1,538	Here's my tank... I forgot to mention that I feed a strip of nori each morning. Do you have pics??? __________________ I used to target feed mojanos... until I found out that they weren't baby bubble tips.

08/30/2007, 08:14 PM	#5
NanoReefWanabe Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,639	LOL i have a little wee 20 gal mixed reef 2 clowns a chromis and a goby i feed once daily and give them what ever i feel like not set regimen..one day they get Spectra Max flake or Nutrafin Max Pellets or 1/4 cube Frozen Mysis or 1/4 cube of Brine daily i feed the corals Ultra MinF i like to spot feed my mushrooms, it is neat to watch them close up..other then my Yuma it is lazy it just bring the food half way over and then stretches it's mouths to the food..kinda funny to watch.. i will also be buying some Cyclopeeze to throw into the mix of feeding schedule.. sometimes i dose Reef Crew's phyto (once a week)

08/31/2007, 01:50 AM	#8
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I feed a cube of mysis, a cube of emerald entree, a squrit of artic pods, and a squirt of phyto daily. I also feed blood worms and brine on occasion maybe three tiems a week. I currently keep a bi color blenny and a potter's wrasse. As well as about 20 corals, mostly frags. JME I plan on adding more fish to the 65g that is running. I will probably feed double by the time I am done, just going slow to keep a good eye on the needs of the tank. I probably overfeed my system, but it handles the bio load well, so why not. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

08/31/2007, 01:38 PM	#9
Neezy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 15	spleify, i would ditch the flake (or reduce flake feeding to only 1x a week) and go with frozens like Formula 1, mysis, and prime reef. cyclopeeze is also great and if you shoot some phytoplankton and CoralVite in there 2x a week on alternating days you should see excellent growth and coloration from both fish and inverts

08/31/2007, 01:55 PM	#10
Kannin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fall City, WA Posts: 1,538	This is a good thread because it's nice to see what others are doing. No two reef keepers do it the same... I don't think you can go wrong if you care about them... I over feed a little, maybe, but I export the nutrients and I have a really good clean up crew... 3 cleaner shrimp, 3 emerald crabs, 11 hermits, 25 astrea snails and 13 nassarius snails. My ammonia is 0, nitrite is <.05, nirtate is <.05 and phosphates are <.03. __________________ I used to target feed mojanos... until I found out that they weren't baby bubble tips.