how much to feed 4 fish in a 24 gallon??

[beenbag497]

anybody have any suggestions??on how much to feed them??

 

[mimic]

What kind of fish are they?
Size?
I have two clowns, a snowflake eel and a firefish in my 24ap.
I feed them 1 cube of mysis every 2 days, my eel gets fed first since he is the aggressor and what ever is left the fish gladly eat up.
I may get rid of the eel in a couple of months, he is about 8 inches right now but he is really cool and has alot of personality, very smart fish.

 

[beenbag497]

i would love a snowflake eel how aggresive are they,i was gonna have a stock like that anyway(just with a goby)would you recommend a snowflake???not for all his life of course

 

[beenbag497]

one more thing i got my aquapod about two weeks ago and i did the steps wrong i went
1.sand
2.water and salt mix
3.about 2 hours later the bag the pieces of live rock i bought were was leaking so i put them in(i bought about 25 pounds of base rock and 5 pounds of live rock)then the day after that i put the base rock in,is there any way that could do harm????(and how long is the cycle gonna last????)

 

[itom37]

Hrm... so you've had the tank set up for 2 weeks... do you have fish in it?

 

[beenbag497]

nope,i just plan on having 4 fish

 

[beenbag497]

ok i think i'll go with an eel(till he gets too big)two occelaris and a firefish

 

[beenbag497]

do eels need protien skimmers,and if so what kind

 

[beenbag497]

anyone?

 

[dnraiders]

nothing NEEDs a protein skimmer. its just if you dont plan to change 20% of your water each week. by the way the eel you be a bit too big.
good luck

 

[beenbag497]

ya i plan on changing 20% weekly

and i get rid of the eel when he gets too big

 

[peef]

You don't want to feed much more than your total amount of fish can eat in about 2 1/2 minutes

 

[mimic]

Snowflake Eel is a cool fish, he stays in his den for the most part, they are nocturnal predators so they "sneak up" on the fish at night, usually just cruises by them, sometimes if the fish gets near his opening to the den he kinda comes out, but I dont think he will do harm - If he wanted to eat the fish, he would eat it.
So I keep him well fed, he is hand fed mysis untill he retires back into his den the fish pick up the rest flying debris and late at night he cruises along the sand bed picking at left over food then goes back into his den where he keeps his head out.
They can get up to 36 inches in a big tank, 24 in a smaller they grow bigger with a bigger tank, I more then likely wont keep him forever, probably trade him for some cool corals.
If your using uncured rock, it might take your tank up to a month to cycle.

 

[beenbag497]

its actually cured live rock,

but im still seeing ammonia

but if i wanted could i keep the eel for all his life

and what should be the first to go in of the four fish 2 clowns firefish and eel??

 

[beenbag497]

bump,

 

[beenbag497]

bumpety bump

 

[beenbag497]

Originally Posted by beenbag497
its actually cured live rock,

but im still seeing ammonia

but if i wanted could i keep the eel for all his life

and what should be the first to go in of the four fish 2 clowns firefish and eel??

 

[beenbag497]

nobody

 

[beenbag497]

anybody

 

[mimic]

Sorry, I just got to your thread, I'd put the fire fish, then two clowns then the eel.
Wait till your ammonia goes to 0 after it reaches 0, your nitrite's will start to come down and soon you will get a slight spike if any in nitrates and then those will recede.
SG: 1.026
Temp: 79
I have 9 snails
five turbo
four nassarius
9 hermits
7 blue legged
2 red scarlet
2 false percula clowns
1 fire fish
1 snowflake eel
1 saddlebag anemone
1 rock with a colony of neon green and baby blue polyps (about 75)