How frequently do you feed your tank?

cato · 02/04/2006, 08:27 PM

roons · 02/04/2006, 08:30 PM

every 3 days , heavy

ste6168 · 02/04/2006, 08:38 PM

monday - wednesday - friday = pellets, flake, or frozen (whichever i am feeling like) and then sunday i usually (90% of the time) feed live brine but sometimes i feed frozen.

LOTUS50GOD · 02/04/2006, 08:46 PM

3X a day.. but I have a heavy bioload....

ste6168 · 02/04/2006, 08:48 PM

whoa.... 3 times a day?? are you feeding seahorses or a moorish idol? lol thats alot, what do you have in the tank?

reefD · 02/04/2006, 08:53 PM

i feed once a day sometimes i skip a day on the weekends. anyways with the right filtration you can feed 5 times a day. the key is filtration (skimmer, charcoal,macro,etc). also if you have alot of fish/coral this food gets gobbled up fast.

krismist · 02/04/2006, 09:44 PM

I feed everyday. I change it up. Flakes, pellets, frozen. I do skip aday every once in a while.

ACBlinky · 02/04/2006, 10:56 PM

I feed my fish twice a day, and skip one day a week. I spot feed some of the corals every other day. I feed the tank phyto every few days.

supertech3 · 02/04/2006, 11:32 PM

I feed once a day changing between frozen types, pellets and flakes

Mishap · 02/04/2006, 11:41 PM

Twice a day flake, twice a week live brine, anenomes twice a week.

Anemone gets 2 feedings of krill one week, the next week 2 feedings of silversides, then the next week 2 feedings of squid. I like to rotate his meals cause hey, nobody likes the same thing day in day out.

- Matt

AquaReeferMan · 02/04/2006, 11:45 PM

I feed Flake once a day Live Brine once a day and krill for shrimp/anemones 3 times a week

Anemonebuff · 02/04/2006, 11:50 PM

Tank once a day and the anemone and LPS once to twice a week.

collective21 · 02/04/2006, 11:52 PM

Every other day. DT's Phyto, Marine Snow, Frozen Cyclopeze, Vitamins and amono acid and a little flake.

Anemonebuff · 02/04/2006, 11:53 PM

All frozen and live food.

Frozen-mysis, brine shrimp, blood worms and cyclopese. I mix it up.

Live-brine shrimp and black worms.

Anemone and LPS get silver sides or are target fed the above.

roons · 02/05/2006, 07:49 AM

you guys making your own live brine? is it worth the time ?

MiddletonMark · 02/05/2006, 07:54 AM

Feed every day, skip one every now and then.
On weekends, often feed a couple times in the day.
Spot feed my hungry LPS once or twice a week.
[`fish mush' - homemade food, else mysis or squid]

Compared to what others do [or what I did when I fed less often] - I feed a lot less quantity now, more often.

IMO, it's closer to having food in circulation all the time, make sure all the small fish can eat regularly.

Provided you're not giving yourself nutrient problems ... IMO feed as regularly as you can.

02/04/2006, 08:27 PM	#1
cato New England Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,450	How frequently do you feed your tank? How frequently do you feed your tank? __________________ -Cato I swear it's an illness... Current Tank Info: On Hiatus

02/04/2006, 08:46 PM	#4
LOTUS50GOD Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,210	3X a day.. but I have a heavy bioload.... __________________ Vertex Alpha 300 Skimmer, AI SOL Blue, Neptune Apex Controlled 360 gallon Reef Current Tank Info: born 6/26/2008- 340 reef + 100 fuge, 300lbs of figi LR

02/04/2006, 08:53 PM	#6
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	i feed once a day sometimes i skip a day on the weekends. anyways with the right filtration you can feed 5 times a day. the key is filtration (skimmer, charcoal,macro,etc). also if you have alot of fish/coral this food gets gobbled up fast. __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

02/04/2006, 10:56 PM	#8
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I feed my fish twice a day, and skip one day a week. I spot feed some of the corals every other day. I feed the tank phyto every few days. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

02/04/2006, 11:45 PM	#11
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	I feed Flake once a day Live Brine once a day and krill for shrimp/anemones 3 times a week __________________ 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

02/04/2006, 08:30 PM	#2
roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	every 3 days , heavy

02/04/2006, 08:38 PM	#3
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	monday - wednesday - friday = pellets, flake, or frozen (whichever i am feeling like) and then sunday i usually (90% of the time) feed live brine but sometimes i feed frozen.

02/04/2006, 08:48 PM	#5
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	whoa.... 3 times a day?? are you feeding seahorses or a moorish idol? lol thats alot, what do you have in the tank?

02/04/2006, 09:44 PM	#7
krismist Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 76	I feed everyday. I change it up. Flakes, pellets, frozen. I do skip aday every once in a while.

02/04/2006, 11:32 PM	#9
supertech3 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: El Paso Posts: 1,206	I feed once a day changing between frozen types, pellets and flakes

02/04/2006, 11:41 PM	#10
Mishap Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 977	Twice a day flake, twice a week live brine, anenomes twice a week. Anemone gets 2 feedings of krill one week, the next week 2 feedings of silversides, then the next week 2 feedings of squid. I like to rotate his meals cause hey, nobody likes the same thing day in day out. - Matt

02/04/2006, 11:50 PM	#12
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	Tank once a day and the anemone and LPS once to twice a week.

02/04/2006, 11:52 PM	#13
collective21 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 217	Every other day. DT's Phyto, Marine Snow, Frozen Cyclopeze, Vitamins and amono acid and a little flake.

02/04/2006, 11:53 PM	#14
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	All frozen and live food. Frozen-mysis, brine shrimp, blood worms and cyclopese. I mix it up. Live-brine shrimp and black worms. Anemone and LPS get silver sides or are target fed the above.

02/05/2006, 07:49 AM	#15
roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	you guys making your own live brine? is it worth the time ?

02/05/2006, 07:54 AM	#16
MiddletonMark Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14,441	Feed every day, skip one every now and then. On weekends, often feed a couple times in the day. Spot feed my hungry LPS once or twice a week. [`fish mush' - homemade food, else mysis or squid] Compared to what others do [or what I did when I fed less often] - I feed a lot less quantity now, more often. IMO, it's closer to having food in circulation all the time, make sure all the small fish can eat regularly. Provided you're not giving yourself nutrient problems ... IMO feed as regularly as you can. __________________ 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