How often to feed / how much?

thestaton

thestaton

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I have a 55 gallon HEX and am curious as to how much / how often I should feed my critters?
List:
Fish
2 Firefish Goby - Purple / they are in love.
1 Stupid Damsel
1 Bi-Color Blenny
Shrimp
1 Coral Banded - caught his first worm this morning and had the look of I'm the man pretty much all day.
Crabs
1 Decorator Crab
1 red crab
Urchin
1 something urchin.
Bottom feeders:
10 turbo snails
10 Nassarius Snail
10 hermits
10 blue leg hermits
Starfish
1 sand sifting star - got him today.
I bought a multi-pack of frozen food at the LFS and so far I have been feeding them once a day by cutting one block in half.
Should I be spot feeding the urchin, decorator? The Coral is the man and he eats like a champ.
thanks for the help.
--staton
 
poniegirl

poniegirl

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My first thought is keep that coral banded fed or he will be the ONLY man.
Lots of algae eaters there, but also some pretty solid carnivores.
I would get some silverside and cut it fairly small. Blocks of Formula two. Blocks of mysis.
Thaw what you think is one feeding of the combined above. Then feed only 1/4 of it and see how long it takes. Remember that in their natural habitat, these creatures feed (or try to) very small amounts ALL DAY.
Decaying food will be a problem, so you need to watch what they do. IMO the urchin and the will need the food put right under their (?)nose.
 
poniegirl

poniegirl

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Originally Posted by CGRANT
general rule of thumb seems to be whatever they can eat in ~2 minutes...
Good point.
It's experience with your particular livestock. Pay attention to each one.
 
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