What do YOU turn off when feeding?

lawrenceparrish · 02/14/2007, 06:37 AM

I'm upgrading to a drilled 90Gal with a sump and a closed loop using a sequence dart. Sump has an external rps-2000 pacific coast skimmer. closed loop is being fed thru 2 drilled holes in back of tank to the dart pump.Keeping mostly LPS. When feeding should you turn off dart? what about skimmer? what about sump return pump? questions questions questions

What do YOU do?

cowboyswife · 02/14/2007, 07:09 AM

I have to turn off my return pump and skimmer.

syrinx · 02/14/2007, 08:55 AM

The television. We have a rule about not watching while we eat. Its family time. We don`t answer the phone either.

hmello@bermexin · 02/14/2007, 09:00 AM

Anything that makes flow in the tank is what I turn off.

jbittner · 02/14/2007, 09:43 AM

I leave everything on. But that just me it looks like

sunfish11 · 02/14/2007, 09:47 AM

I turn off the closed loop, otherwise the food goes everywhere.

MiddletonMark · 02/14/2007, 09:52 AM

Don't turn off a thing.

sophia101 · 02/14/2007, 09:56 AM

I dont turn off anything either..it really depends on your system and fish/coral.

jag1979 · 02/14/2007, 10:07 AM

I leave everything on, I like to see the fish swim around after food

J. Montgomery · 02/14/2007, 10:09 AM

I just turn off the skimmer (b/c all the flake food seems to go straight for it).

notoriousB · 02/14/2007, 11:37 AM

I turn off my closed loop and powerhead, but leave my sump running.

The fish seem to know that when the flow stops it's feeding time.

Once I kick the CL & PH back on all the food that hit the sand is blown up and it's like a 2nd course for the fish.

E-A-G-L-E-S · 02/14/2007, 11:43 AM

I only turn off return pump, and that's if it is a bigger meal...

eckrynock · 02/14/2007, 11:58 AM

Nothing here either. Leave it all on. It's great to watch fish go crazy catching food in the flow.

ahullsb · 02/14/2007, 12:22 PM

I turn off the return and all my powerheads. When the water goes still all my fish, crabs and shrimp know its feeding time. Plus I don't want anything clogging my overflow.

Bkndsdl · 02/14/2007, 12:26 PM

Return pump and skimmer. If I don't turn off the return, the food gets into the overflow and either rots in there or goes to the sock to rot.

Only reason I turn off my skimmer is bc it shares the switched outlet w/the return pump......

dkh0331 · 02/14/2007, 12:28 PM

I turn off the streams. When they kick back on, the few food pieces that have settled fly around the tank - I make my fish work for their dessert.

volunteerguy · 02/14/2007, 12:30 PM

I leave everything on

ambaratur · 02/14/2007, 01:46 PM

I leave everything on as well.

mjm1969 · 02/14/2007, 03:02 PM

Same. I leave everything on. The fish eat and get their exercise all at the same time...

cristhiam · 02/14/2007, 03:05 PM

I leave everything on too, that way feeds everything including corals.

shoura · 02/14/2007, 03:08 PM

Yep--I leave it all on too....

everl0ng · 02/14/2007, 04:14 PM

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

mwwhite · 02/14/2007, 05:21 PM

We leave everything on.....

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

WaterKeeper · 02/14/2007, 06:00 PM

It usually turns off my girlfriends but in most cases you can let everything but a mechanical filter run.

dippin61 · 02/14/2007, 06:12 PM

nothing

02/14/2007, 06:37 AM	#1
lawrenceparrish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: north carolina Posts: 60	What do YOU turn off when feeding? I'm upgrading to a drilled 90Gal with a sump and a closed loop using a sequence dart. Sump has an external rps-2000 pacific coast skimmer. closed loop is being fed thru 2 drilled holes in back of tank to the dart pump.Keeping mostly LPS. When feeding should you turn off dart? what about skimmer? what about sump return pump? questions questions questions What do YOU do?

02/14/2007, 07:09 AM	#2
cowboyswife Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 2,187	I have to turn off my return pump and skimmer. __________________ "The voice of the sea speaks to the soul." - Kate Chopin ~Becca Current Tank Info: Out of the hobby for the time being. But Im sticking around anyway!

02/14/2007, 08:55 AM	#3
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	The television. We have a rule about not watching while we eat. Its family time. We don`t answer the phone either. __________________ My views are based on 49years as an aquarist, 25 years as a pro reef consultant, 10 years of owning a LFS, and the results of thousands of customers tanks. But I am always learning.

02/14/2007, 09:00 AM	#4
hmello@bermexin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205	Anything that makes flow in the tank is what I turn off. __________________ Henry Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known. Current Tank Info: 29g BioCube, AI SOL 12" Super Blue

02/14/2007, 09:52 AM	#7
MiddletonMark Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14,441	Don't turn off a thing. __________________ read a lot, think for yourself Current Tank Info: 58g stony reef [250w10k, 250w 20k MH, 2x vho act, Octopus150, 6060 + 6000] ; 60g mixed tub

02/14/2007, 09:43 AM	#5
jbittner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Humboldt, NE Posts: 1,014	I leave everything on. But that just me it looks like

02/14/2007, 09:47 AM	#6
sunfish11 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Weyauwega, WI Posts: 2,365	I turn off the closed loop, otherwise the food goes everywhere.

02/14/2007, 09:56 AM	#8
sophia101 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 318	I dont turn off anything either..it really depends on your system and fish/coral.

02/14/2007, 10:07 AM	#9
jag1979 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 982	I leave everything on, I like to see the fish swim around after food __________________ clowns, bi-color pseudo, coral beauty, yellow tang GBTA, crocea clam xenia, various polyps/zoa's, candy cane, tree leather, frogspawn, torch, various mushrooms, green/red plate, birdsnest Current Tank Info: 180 AGA, tunze 6100, 6025 and 6060, 3 x 250 mh's, 3 x 80 t5's, ASM G4+

02/14/2007, 10:09 AM	#10
J. Montgomery Mouth Pipetting Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 6,278	I just turn off the skimmer (b/c all the flake food seems to go straight for it). __________________ Josh

02/14/2007, 11:37 AM	#11
notoriousB Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 81	I turn off my closed loop and powerhead, but leave my sump running. The fish seem to know that when the flow stops it's feeding time. Once I kick the CL & PH back on all the food that hit the sand is blown up and it's like a 2nd course for the fish.

02/14/2007, 11:43 AM	#12
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	I only turn off return pump, and that's if it is a bigger meal... __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

02/14/2007, 11:58 AM	#13
eckrynock Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 733	Nothing here either. Leave it all on. It's great to watch fish go crazy catching food in the flow. __________________ Ed Genesis 1:21 Current Tank Info: 90 gal

02/14/2007, 12:22 PM	#14
ahullsb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 2,729	I turn off the return and all my powerheads. When the water goes still all my fish, crabs and shrimp know its feeding time. Plus I don't want anything clogging my overflow. __________________ Andy Sacramento, CA Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef w/20 gallon sump/ER135/ 75 pounds of live rock, 4 in sandbed, 2 b&w ocellaris clowns, yellow watchman/pistol, rosy scaled wrasse, Mystery wrasse, Copperbanded Butterfly, Lighting 48" outer orbit 2 150 mh/ 4 t5 actinics

02/14/2007, 12:26 PM	#15
Bkndsdl Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 532	Return pump and skimmer. If I don't turn off the return, the food gets into the overflow and either rots in there or goes to the sock to rot. Only reason I turn off my skimmer is bc it shares the switched outlet w/the return pump...... __________________ -Mike from Alabama Boss: 'I'm sorry, we're going to have to let you go. You're too argumentative.' Former Employee: 'No I'm not.' Current Tank Info: 180g reef, 3g nano

02/14/2007, 12:28 PM	#16
dkh0331 Es gibt keinen ersatz Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Close to the edge, down by a river Posts: 3,581	I turn off the streams. When they kick back on, the few food pieces that have settled fly around the tank - I make my fish work for their dessert. __________________ Just found out that grandpa has a drug addiction. He is addicted to viagra. No one is taking it harder than grandma.

02/14/2007, 12:30 PM	#17
volunteerguy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 587	I leave everything on

02/14/2007, 01:46 PM	#18
ambaratur Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 776	I leave everything on as well. __________________ "God is dead." - Nietzsche "Nietzsche is dead." - God Click my red house for my 125 gal. tank build thread. Member of Northern Arizona Marine Aquarium Society (NAMAS) Current Tank Info: 125g AGA MegaFlow - 150lbs Fiji live rock - 50g DIY sump/fuge - Tunze 9010/9015 Skimmer - Eheim 1260 - 2x Seio 1500 - 5x 80w IceCap T5 Retro - PhosBan Reactor 150 - AC Jr. Controller - Typhoon III RO/DI - Mixed Reef

02/14/2007, 03:02 PM	#19
mjm1969 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 99	Same. I leave everything on. The fish eat and get their exercise all at the same time... __________________ Michael Current Tank Info: 120RR FOWLR Awaiting release from storage

02/14/2007, 03:05 PM	#20
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	I leave everything on too, that way feeds everything including corals. __________________ 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

02/14/2007, 03:08 PM	#21
shoura Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 107	Yep--I leave it all on too.... __________________ Shoura Current Tank Info: new tank 150 US gallons. Also upgrading to MHs shortly...

02/14/2007, 04:14 PM	#22
everl0ng Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lima, OH Posts: 782	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 __________________ Nick Kohrn Current Tank Info: Mixed NC24

02/14/2007, 05:21 PM	#23
mwwhite Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Land O Lakes, FL Posts: 690	We leave everything on..... syrinx -- i laughed out loud at your answer.... LOL

02/14/2007, 06:00 PM	#24
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	It usually turns off my girlfriends but in most cases you can let everything but a mechanical filter run. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

02/14/2007, 06:12 PM	#25
dippin61 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,897	nothing __________________ Reefers Law: It can take about 48 hours to brown, and 48 weeks to color back up! Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon BB Low Iron Glass, Dual 110w VHO Actinics, 250w PFO MH 20k XM