What do you feed your blue regals?

dous · 07/25/2006, 11:20 AM

What do you guys normally feed them as staple? How often. I know occasionally they need to feed on sea weed wrap and greens soaked in garlic to boost immune system.. what are your thoughts?

reeferman06 · 07/25/2006, 11:29 AM

I have had mine since he was like 2 weeks old, and now he is 2 years old next month! But anyway I feed green dry seaweed soaked in garlic guard twice a week, I just clip the food on a veggie clip and he goes to work. I feed my other fish brine and mysis shrimp and he also eats that twice a week! He is my favorite fish of all! amazing bold color.

dous · 07/25/2006, 11:36 AM

thanks, Marrell.

so you basically just feed your tank 2x a week.. no daily feedings? Are you talking about the dry sea weed sheets?

Also, does your blue and yellow fight at all?

dous · 07/25/2006, 11:38 AM

oh where do you get garlic guard?

reeferman06 · 07/25/2006, 11:39 AM

yes I am talking about the sheets, and yes only twice a week, wendsday and sunday! and no the blue and yellow dont fight at all!

reeferman06 · 07/25/2006, 11:43 AM

you can get it from your lfs, some companys call it garlic xtrem, and some call it garlic guard<< is made by Seachem!

whiteshark · 07/25/2006, 12:02 PM

I have had mine for 6 yrs now. I feed half a sheet of nori every day, sometimes soaked in vitamins, sometimes not. Other foods include mysis, spirulina and omega 3 enhanced brine, prime reef, marine cuisine, emerald entree, formula 2, krill, plankton, ocassionally cyclopeeze mixed in, among some others... I feed one cube of one of the frozen foods about every other day. Hes a fat, happy fish

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dous · 07/25/2006, 02:22 PM

That seems a lot of food on a daily basis, no? But thats what I want.. fat, happy fish, but my tank is still fairly new at 3+ months and i get algae growth when I feed too much. Did you have that problem at first as well?

whiteshark · 07/25/2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by dous
Did you have that problem at first as well?

Yes...

I added a bigger skimmer (ASM G-2), a small fuge, and a phosban reactor. That along with rinsing the food really well before feeding pretty much took care of the problem.

whiteshark · 07/25/2006, 02:32 PM

OH, and so there is no confusion...

In addition to the nori I add 1 cube of frozen food a day/ every other day. Be it brine, mysis, ect... I DON'T feed 1 of every cube every day/other day. That would be way overkill.

dous · 07/25/2006, 03:27 PM

i guess the only option I have is to get a bigger skimmer.. I have a HOB coralife SS65.. shouldve gotten the 125.. can i have a fuge w/o a sump?

MCary · 07/25/2006, 03:45 PM

If your tank is a 55 gallon as listed in your profile its way too small for a blue hippo. I bought one about 6 months ago and he's at least doubled in size already. Never seen a fish grow so fast. My purple and yellow seem to graze alot on the rocks and eat alot of algae, but my blue stays in the water column more and eats anything I throw in the tank. I have alot of frozen food, but formula 2 flakes seem to be a good staple for for them. And my LPS corals like it too.

Mike

Amphiprion · 07/25/2006, 04:12 PM

55 is on the small side. At any rate, I would make sure the tang gets a high proportion of zooplankton (meaty foods like mysis) in its diet versus algae. While they eat algae in the wild, they eat much more zooplankton by comparison.

dous · 07/25/2006, 05:38 PM

i agree and thank you for pointing the tank size out (I knew this was going to arise at some point), but this 55 is my starter tank and I wanted to get familiar with the hobby first before I build my custom 300gal tank in my basement next year which is in its planning stages.

At this point I'm still doing research on the tang before I buy it (as this would be the right thing to do). I will most likely purchase a baby hippo and eventually place him in the 300 once its set up and cycled.

Thanks for the input on the feedings! I really appreciate it.

Dubbin1 · 07/25/2006, 05:45 PM

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Originally posted by whiteshark
I have had mine for 6 yrs now. I feed half a sheet of nori every day, sometimes soaked in vitamins, sometimes not. Other foods include mysis, spirulina and omega 3 enhanced brine, prime reef, marine cuisine, emerald entree, formula 2, krill, plankton, ocassionally cyclopeeze mixed in, among some others... I feed one cube of one of the frozen foods about every other day. Hes a fat, happy fish .

I pretty much feed mine the same way. I add some nori every day and feed the meaty foods every 2 days. Oh I also drop in some Formula 2 pellets every day. I pretty much just do that to watch the fish chase them down in the current

AquaReeferMan · 07/25/2006, 06:02 PM

Yeah I purchased my Hippo when it was the size of a dime. Its in my 55g right now untill he gets a little bigger then it will get transfered to the bigger tank. I feed a sheet of nori and some prime reef everyday. Every other day I will feed either brine, mysis, or formula 1. Mine didnt eat nori at first untill I started soaking it in garlic. Now it just eats it fine. Ive had it for about a year and a half.

Ti · 07/25/2006, 07:22 PM

nori, spirulina, krill, mysis, jsut about everything

07/25/2006, 11:20 AM	#1
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	What do you feed your blue regals? What do you guys normally feed them as staple? How often. I know occasionally they need to feed on sea weed wrap and greens soaked in garlic to boost immune system.. what are your thoughts? __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 11:29 AM	#2
reeferman06 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Raleigh/Down by the river side Posts: 440	I have had mine since he was like 2 weeks old, and now he is 2 years old next month! But anyway I feed green dry seaweed soaked in garlic guard twice a week, I just clip the food on a veggie clip and he goes to work. I feed my other fish brine and mysis shrimp and he also eats that twice a week! He is my favorite fish of all! amazing bold color. __________________ Marrel Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef- 2x 110w Actinic VHO's 2x 175w 14k Metal Halides, Pair of Saddle back Clowns, SPS, Colt Coral, shrooms, LPS, Bubble coral, Hammer, Crocea, Zoanthinds, Xenia, Blasto

07/25/2006, 11:36 AM	#3
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	thanks, Marrell. so you basically just feed your tank 2x a week.. no daily feedings? Are you talking about the dry sea weed sheets? Also, does your blue and yellow fight at all? __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 11:38 AM	#4
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	oh where do you get garlic guard? __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 11:39 AM	#5
reeferman06 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Raleigh/Down by the river side Posts: 440	yes I am talking about the sheets, and yes only twice a week, wendsday and sunday! and no the blue and yellow dont fight at all! __________________ Marrel Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef- 2x 110w Actinic VHO's 2x 175w 14k Metal Halides, Pair of Saddle back Clowns, SPS, Colt Coral, shrooms, LPS, Bubble coral, Hammer, Crocea, Zoanthinds, Xenia, Blasto

07/25/2006, 11:43 AM	#6
reeferman06 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Raleigh/Down by the river side Posts: 440	you can get it from your lfs, some companys call it garlic xtrem, and some call it garlic guard<< is made by Seachem! __________________ Marrel Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef- 2x 110w Actinic VHO's 2x 175w 14k Metal Halides, Pair of Saddle back Clowns, SPS, Colt Coral, shrooms, LPS, Bubble coral, Hammer, Crocea, Zoanthinds, Xenia, Blasto

07/25/2006, 12:02 PM	#7
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	I have had mine for 6 yrs now. I feed half a sheet of nori every day, sometimes soaked in vitamins, sometimes not. Other foods include mysis, spirulina and omega 3 enhanced brine, prime reef, marine cuisine, emerald entree, formula 2, krill, plankton, ocassionally cyclopeeze mixed in, among some others... I feed one cube of one of the frozen foods about every other day. Hes a fat, happy fish . __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

07/25/2006, 02:22 PM	#8
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	That seems a lot of food on a daily basis, no? But thats what I want.. fat, happy fish, but my tank is still fairly new at 3+ months and i get algae growth when I feed too much. Did you have that problem at first as well? __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 02:32 PM	#10
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	OH, and so there is no confusion... In addition to the nori I add 1 cube of frozen food a day/ every other day. Be it brine, mysis, ect... I DON'T feed 1 of every cube every day/other day. That would be way overkill. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

07/25/2006, 03:27 PM	#11
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	i guess the only option I have is to get a bigger skimmer.. I have a HOB coralife SS65.. shouldve gotten the 125.. can i have a fuge w/o a sump? __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 03:45 PM	#12
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	If your tank is a 55 gallon as listed in your profile its way too small for a blue hippo. I bought one about 6 months ago and he's at least doubled in size already. Never seen a fish grow so fast. My purple and yellow seem to graze alot on the rocks and eat alot of algae, but my blue stays in the water column more and eats anything I throw in the tank. I have alot of frozen food, but formula 2 flakes seem to be a good staple for for them. And my LPS corals like it too. Mike

07/25/2006, 04:12 PM	#13
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	55 is on the small side. At any rate, I would make sure the tang gets a high proportion of zooplankton (meaty foods like mysis) in its diet versus algae. While they eat algae in the wild, they eat much more zooplankton by comparison. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

07/25/2006, 05:38 PM	#14
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	i agree and thank you for pointing the tank size out (I knew this was going to arise at some point), but this 55 is my starter tank and I wanted to get familiar with the hobby first before I build my custom 300gal tank in my basement next year which is in its planning stages. At this point I'm still doing research on the tang before I buy it (as this would be the right thing to do). I will most likely purchase a baby hippo and eventually place him in the 300 once its set up and cycled. Thanks for the input on the feedings! I really appreciate it. __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

07/25/2006, 06:02 PM	#16
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Yeah I purchased my Hippo when it was the size of a dime. Its in my 55g right now untill he gets a little bigger then it will get transfered to the bigger tank. I feed a sheet of nori and some prime reef everyday. Every other day I will feed either brine, mysis, or formula 1. Mine didnt eat nori at first untill I started soaking it in garlic. Now it just eats it fine. Ive had it for about a year and a half. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

07/25/2006, 07:22 PM	#17
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	nori, spirulina, krill, mysis, jsut about everything __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.