How much food and clown question

cvrle1 · 11/18/2006, 02:17 PM

Hi,

I have 2 false percs in my 33 gallon. They are only fish. I was wondering how much and how often should I feed. Right now I feed every 2nd day 1/3 of a square of frozen brine. Is this enough or should I add more food.

Also, just noticed last night that one of my clowns got kinda shy. He is hiding in the back of the tank. He was swimming all over the place since I got him (2 weeks ago) but as of last night he has become shy. I can't really see anything wrong with him. It seems that his mouth is open a bit wider then with the other clown. When I fed the fish today, both were chasing the food and ate regularly. As soon as the food was gone, one of them went back behind the rock and is floating there.

I was using RODI water for top-offs till yesterday morning, however whole lover mainland has water advisory going on (too much rain) so I was forced to use Safeway's RODI unit (the one where you manually fill up you bottles) I tested the water with the TDS meter and got a reading of 1 which is fine. Not sure if I should test water for anything else. Not sure if I should try and use the RODI filter since water that we are getting is brown, so filter will just get destroyed.

Any ideas and help would be appreciated.

Bebo77 · 11/18/2006, 02:59 PM

you want to feed so that there is no left over food 30 sec to 1 min after feeding.. so long as they are eating most of what you put in you are fine..

and good idea not using your rodi filter... wait till you water is at least clear before you use it.. or else it will distroy you membrain like you said.

11/18/2006, 02:17 PM	#1
cvrle1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Surrey, BC Posts: 454	How much food and clown question Hi, I have 2 false percs in my 33 gallon. They are only fish. I was wondering how much and how often should I feed. Right now I feed every 2nd day 1/3 of a square of frozen brine. Is this enough or should I add more food. Also, just noticed last night that one of my clowns got kinda shy. He is hiding in the back of the tank. He was swimming all over the place since I got him (2 weeks ago) but as of last night he has become shy. I can't really see anything wrong with him. It seems that his mouth is open a bit wider then with the other clown. When I fed the fish today, both were chasing the food and ate regularly. As soon as the food was gone, one of them went back behind the rock and is floating there. I was using RODI water for top-offs till yesterday morning, however whole lover mainland has water advisory going on (too much rain) so I was forced to use Safeway's RODI unit (the one where you manually fill up you bottles) I tested the water with the TDS meter and got a reading of 1 which is fine. Not sure if I should test water for anything else. Not sure if I should try and use the RODI filter since water that we are getting is brown, so filter will just get destroyed. Any ideas and help would be appreciated.

11/18/2006, 02:59 PM	#2
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	you want to feed so that there is no left over food 30 sec to 1 min after feeding.. so long as they are eating most of what you put in you are fine.. and good idea not using your rodi filter... wait till you water is at least clear before you use it.. or else it will distroy you membrain like you said. __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams