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Unread 03/28/2017, 08:33 PM   #1
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What do you feed your fish?

After years of feeding only frozen foods such as Rod's or PE Mysis I was talking with another reefer with a very nice tank who said he only feeds flake.

I am curious what others are feeding, and if you have a non frozen food you would recommend.

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Unread 03/28/2017, 08:52 PM   #2
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I use rods, PE mysis, formula one pellets, omega flakes and hikari seaweed extreme.

I would say Rods is my most used followed by the formula one pellets.


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Unread 03/28/2017, 09:17 PM   #3
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LRS reef frenzy, LRS fish eggs, nutramar ova, PE mysis, live amphipods/copepods, calan-eeze soaked in selcon, cyclopeeze, PE mysis pellet, nori, and freshly hatched bbs.


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Unread 03/28/2017, 09:39 PM   #4
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Do you feed all of that because you want to, or because you think you have to?


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Unread 03/28/2017, 09:46 PM   #5
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Do you feed all of that because you want to, or because you think you have to?
Little bit of both. Feeding a varied diet of nutritious foods is good for your fish.


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Unread 03/28/2017, 09:52 PM   #6
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LRS reef frenzy, LRS fish eggs, nutramar ova, PE mysis, live amphipods/copepods, calan-eeze soaked in selcon, cyclopeeze, PE mysis pellet, nori, and freshly hatched bbs.


Where did you find cyclopeez?


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Unread 03/28/2017, 10:38 PM   #7
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Where did you find cyclopeez?


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I still have some leftover from before they disappeared. Running out soon though.


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Unread 03/28/2017, 11:10 PM   #8
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Where did you find cyclopeez?


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My LFS had some today. Twice the price of my sis though


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Unread 03/28/2017, 11:27 PM   #9
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Personally I like to make my own frozen and also feed flake occasionally. ...
I goto Asian or Spanish markets and get a blend of shrimp, mussels, squid, and scallops( I try to avoid stuff with Krab since it has food coloring and other weird named additives. ..) I thaw it partially and toss into food processor with garlic cloves and Nori sheets ( cut to strips) or some spinach...
Fish seem to love it and it also makes some fine chopped stuff that I assume the corals are enjoying to ! ( Torch, frogspawn and Anemones enjoy when direct fed..lol)
And it costs less than $5 for about a pound of food...

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Unread 03/28/2017, 11:54 PM   #10
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Due to laziness and years in the hobby... I eventually settled on tank mates that all would accept pellets. So I have a 180 with aggressives and all love pellets... queen emperor tangs clowns etc. Fed multiple times a day with an auto feeder. I add seaweed sheets every couple days but that's all I supplement. Vacation is easy.


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Twice the price of my sis though


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LRS reef frenzy
I feed a relatively generic pellet along with reef frenzy twice a week. That stuff is legit. The fish go crazy for it.


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I still have some leftover from before they disappeared. Running out soon though.


My fish used to do tricks for those back in the day. Have you tried calanus?


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Unread 03/29/2017, 09:45 AM   #14
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NLS pellets/flakes and Nori everyday and PE Mysis twice a week.


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Unread 03/29/2017, 09:55 AM   #15
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Pellets if I'm crunched for time and don't have food defrosted. Mysis, Brine, marine mix frozen that i defrost and mix together. Did some chopped up clams, shrimps and scallops before.


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