Feeding a clown
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invertcrazy
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Depending how long your tank is set up, a more established tank has more food for your fish i.e. algae-copepods etc.
Rule of thumb is to feed your fish what they can consume in 1 minute. The thing you want to avoid is overfeeding so imo it is better to feed less than more. A clean up crew is also a good thing to have for any food that reaches the bottom which should be very little.
Clowns are not picky eaters so you should vary the food. Also depends what other fish is in with the clowns as some fish have different requirements.
Rule of thumb is to feed your fish what they can consume in 1 minute. The thing you want to avoid is overfeeding so imo it is better to feed less than more. A clean up crew is also a good thing to have for any food that reaches the bottom which should be very little.
Clowns are not picky eaters so you should vary the food. Also depends what other fish is in with the clowns as some fish have different requirements.
sepulatian
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Originally Posted by saltydad
http:///forum/post/2766016
What and how often do you recommend feeding a maroon clown?
How do you know when a fish is getting enough to eat? How much is too much?
Is this your only fish? If not then what else do you have? How old is the tank?
I have a pair of maroons. They reside in a 15 long QT. I have had them for about six months. The male is too small to go in with my dwarf lions. They will go to the 20 to grow. They eat two small meals per day. I mean small. I feed my display frozen. I grab a piece and shake a little into the clown's tank. If a dot drops off then obviously I drop some more. They eat frozen formula foods dosed in Zoecon or Vitachem.
http:///forum/post/2766016
What and how often do you recommend feeding a maroon clown?
How do you know when a fish is getting enough to eat? How much is too much?
Is this your only fish? If not then what else do you have? How old is the tank?
I have a pair of maroons. They reside in a 15 long QT. I have had them for about six months. The male is too small to go in with my dwarf lions. They will go to the 20 to grow. They eat two small meals per day. I mean small. I feed my display frozen. I grab a piece and shake a little into the clown's tank. If a dot drops off then obviously I drop some more. They eat frozen formula foods dosed in Zoecon or Vitachem.
saltydad
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The clown is the only fish at the moment until I purchase more.
The tank is a 90-gallon UniQuarium over a year old, live rock with newly-installed skimmer. There's a sand-sifting star and about 7 hermit crabs, too.
I'm currently feeding New Life Spectrum Marine Formula sinking pellets and frozen brine shrimp once or twice a day.
I'm a little nervous about feeding the fish enough because the last set of freshwater fish I owned had sunken stomachs no matter how much I fed them.
The tank is a 90-gallon UniQuarium over a year old, live rock with newly-installed skimmer. There's a sand-sifting star and about 7 hermit crabs, too.
I'm currently feeding New Life Spectrum Marine Formula sinking pellets and frozen brine shrimp once or twice a day.
I'm a little nervous about feeding the fish enough because the last set of freshwater fish I owned had sunken stomachs no matter how much I fed them.