What do YOU turn off when feeding? - Page 2

lawrenceparrish · 02/15/2007, 07:23 AM

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Originally posted by SpankinNew
We leave everything on.....

syrinx -- i laughed out loud at your answer.... LOL

It was FUNNY

E-A-G-L-E-S · 02/15/2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally posted by everl0ng
i leave everything on too. in the ocean you can't just flip a switch to turn off the current. i like waching my fish chase their food. it keeps them fit ha

very true, but.....food going down overflow is wasted, that's why i keep my flow going but turn off overflow.

JStorey · 02/15/2007, 11:01 AM

I have my return pump and power heads connected to a wavemaker. I just press the feed button and those are turned off for 30 minutes so the food doesn't go into the overflow. The nice thing is it is connected to a timer so in case I forget it automatically kicks back on in 30 minutes.

cristhiam · 02/15/2007, 11:28 AM

I feed like this too, very little is wasted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwVS9f9kjE

jdieck · 02/25/2007, 03:26 AM

When feeding fish I turn off all pumps. When feeding corals I leave everything on except the skimmer which I turn off for a couple of hours.

02/15/2007, 11:28 AM	#29
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	I feed like this too, very little is wasted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwVS9f9kjE __________________ 2 yellows tail damsels, yellow watchman goby, tail spot blennie, purple pseudocromis, starry blennie, 2 clowns, 1 black clown, mandarine & Yellow tang Current Tank Info: 125 AGA, 3 40W 6500K, 3 110W URI Actinics, running on 2 IceCaps 660, CSS125

02/25/2007, 03:26 AM	#30
jdieck Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maumee, OH Posts: 15,673	When feeding fish I turn off all pumps. When feeding corals I leave everything on except the skimmer which I turn off for a couple of hours. __________________ Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium

02/15/2007, 11:01 AM	#28
JStorey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 457	I have my return pump and power heads connected to a wavemaker. I just press the feed button and those are turned off for 30 minutes so the food doesn't go into the overflow. The nice thing is it is connected to a timer so in case I forget it automatically kicks back on in 30 minutes.