How Much food is enough?

rcbc3384

rcbc3384

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Hello
I have a 55 gal w/60lbs of LR. It's not a coral tank yet. I've populated my tank with:
1 yellow Tang,
1 Hippo Tang (Yes I know that they will evetually out grow the tank)
2 Pecula Clowns,
2 Cardnals,
a Shrimp Goby and a Hawk fish.
I also have a good collection of inverts ranging from a blood shrimp and emerald crabs to a serpant star. All are kind of small. I feed them the following daily:
1 - 1" x 4" piece of Algae in the morning. At night i feed them a variety of frozen foods: Formula One and Two, Prime Reef and Mysis shrimp. The quantity is usually a half cube of 2 above items and a piece of food for my Feather dusters. Is that too much daily? Once I put the food in for the main feeding it takes about 10 minutes for the tank to clear. I just bought a Remora Aqua C Protein Skimmer but i'm still in the break-in period and high Nitrates are still a constant problem. Any thoughts?
 
hot883

hot883

Active Member
Originally Posted by rcbc3384
Hello
I have a 55 gal w/60lbs of LR. It's not a coral tank yet. I've populated my tank with:
1 yellow Tang,
1 Hippo Tang (Yes I know that they will evetually out grow the tank)
2 Pecula Clowns,
2 Cardnals,
a Shrimp Goby and a Hawk fish.
I also have a good collection of inverts ranging from a blood shrimp and emerald crabs to a serpant star. All are kind of small. I feed them the following daily:
1 - 1" x 4" piece of Algae in the morning. At night i feed them a variety of frozen foods: Formula One and Two, Prime Reef and Mysis shrimp. The quantity is usually a half cube of 2 above items and a piece of food for my Feather dusters. Is that too much daily? Once I put the food in for the main feeding it takes about 10 minutes for the tank to clear. I just bought a Remora Aqua C Protein Skimmer but i'm still in the break-in period and high Nitrates are still a constant problem. Any thoughts?
yes, you are way over feeding. I would go 1/2 cube of 1 of those and just alternate the feedings. 1 type today, different type tomorrow.
Not part of the question but you will hear it I am sure about the tangs. They can't stay in there long. I will leave it at that.
 
rcbc3384

rcbc3384

Member
I know about the tangs One of two things are going to happen with them. I am either going to go to a bigger system or return them to the LFS. The guy there is cool and has said he would take them back.
About the food; That little huh? it just seems like a miniscule amount!
 
hot883

hot883

Active Member
Originally Posted by rcbc3384
I know about the tangs One of two things are going to happen with them. I am either going to go to a bigger system or return them to the LFS. The guy there is cool and has said he would take them back.
About the food; That little huh? it just seems like a miniscule amount!
I feed mine a small pinch of food (flake), next day 1 cube of frozen, next day cyclo-ppeze etc. They are very healthy, look up my threads and see some pics. of my fish. Overfeeding is a very easy way to kill fish and also creates high nitrates. Nori sheets are the most important thing for the tangs until you can relocate them.
 
engineer

engineer

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Originally Posted by xDave
It should only take 2-3 minutes for all the food to be consumed.

I second that!!!!!
 
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