feeding

[chillea]

Hi all,

I am new hobbyist and have a 56 gallon tank with 5 peppermint shrimps, feather duster, 1 turbo, 1 mexican and sally lightfoot. how much food do I put for them and is it daily?

 

[trigger40]

hey,

you should never haft to feed your cuc. what kind of fish do you have?

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by chillea http:///t/397739/feeding#post_3546218
Hi all,

I am new hobbyist and have a 56 gallon tank with 5 peppermint shrimps, feather duster, 1 turbo, 1 mexican and sally lightfoot. how much food do I put for them and is it daily?

Hi,

I can only tell you what I would do.....All the critters you have are part of a CUC (clean up crew) they SHOULD have enough algae and wasted food to eat. The 5 peppermint shrimp, unless you have a ton of aptasia should get a half cube of Mysis shrimp every other day, until you add fish.

 

[chillea]

hi
thanks for responding but I don't have algae yet my rocks are now turning a tan color

 

[chillea]

how can keep my sand bag clean? I didn't get a skimmer yet but are there any invertebrates that will eat the poop?

 

[geridoc]

Nassarius snails will stir the sand bed and consume leftover food and fish poop as well. it is also a neat sight to see them emerge from the sand bed when they detect that you are feeding the fish.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by chillea http:///t/397739/feeding#post_3546251
hi
thanks for responding but I don't have algae yet my rocks are now turning a tan color

Hi,

The color change is a natural normal thing in a new tank... it will go away on it's own. The CUC you have will devour any algae that crops up. You might add an algae sheet attached to a rock for them to eat. You should only get your CUC after algae appears... I know..."too late now"

GeriDoc is right, Nassarius snails will indeed stir the sand for you... but don't get them until you have some fish to poop and waste food.