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PerfectDark
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OK here goes..IMO and because there are soooo many different opionions about feeding I basically adopted my own schedule based on all I have read. I currently have 2 ocellaris clown fish, one orange and one Black and white. I have a Royal Gramma and my newest addition is a purple fire fish. I had a Midas Blenny up until about 2 weeks ago. She deceided to jump into the back of my tank for the 3rd time and this time she landed on the grate in the middle compartment. Needless to say although the blennys can stay out of the water for a while 10 hours was a bit much. As far as feeding goes my types are Formula 1 by Ocean Nutrition, Salt Water Multi Pack by Sanfransico Bay Brand, Cyclops by the same. The multipack has a variety of foods in it, Marine Cuisine which has Krill Mysis vitamins and minerals, Emerald Entree which includes Krill and Mysis but also a number of different lettuce and some algea. Then threre is Brine shrimp and squid that is also part of the multipack.
My schedule is once a day and that is at night. I always give them Formula 1 but with that I mix in one of the other foods to add variety. Once a week I feed cyclops for my corals. As for quantity, I actually take the time every night and cut slices out of the frozen cubes of food, then I chop the slices up into bite size pieces for the fish. As for quantity, for 4 fish I would have to say 1/4 of a teaspoon of food is a pretty close measurement. It takes about 2 minutes for the fish to consume all the food I place in the tank. Twice a week I place 3 small pieces of raw clam in the tank for my hermits, and every 3 days I feed my anenome shrimp or squid. I hope I answered all your questions if you have any more dont hesitate to ask. Good Luck.
I'm glad you mentioned the anemone. Before I had the percs the anemone would take a peice of shrimp maybe 3/4 of an inch long twice a week. Since the clowns have been there it seems like no matter how big or small the peice is that it won't take it. It will hold it for 5 or 10 minutes, but when I come back it will be somewhere else in the tank. Should I be worried? DO I need to try something else? Do you just use frozen raw shrimp from the grocery or is the a brand specifically made for saltwater animals that you use?
To feed the corals Cyclops, do you use a turkey baster and spot feed or do you use some other method? Which corals do you feed cyclops to, soft, LPS, or SPS?
Last question. Have you been able to find all of these foods at your LFS, one of the big box stores like ***** or Petsmart, or an online vendor?
thanks for all of the info
