Please give input....am i feeding to much????

jugger

jugger

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heres my setup:
20 gallon
dual cyclone backpak
50 lbs LR
30 lbs LS
1 6-line
1 clown
3 shrimp
5 various crabs
6 hermits
6 snails
and 7 various corals
my question is, am i feeding to much or not enough if im cutting up 1 reef supliment cube a day and feeding a 3rd of it each feeding 3 times a day???? (meaning a total of 1 cube a day) amonia has always been 0, nitrates always 0 (test kit always shows clear) , nitrites aways 0....
the reason i ask is everytime i feed, every living thing in the tank goes crazy like Ethiopians in a grocery store... but im also not sure if its to much and the water conditions will slowly creep...
this is my first aquarium of any kind so i cant judge really
please help me out with your opinions thanks
 
jlem

jlem

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As long as your fish are not fat or skinny then you probably are doing good. Do you turn off your filters when you feed? In my 125 gallon reef I feed half a square once a day. I also have the reef that the fish feed off of also.
 
phil1964

phil1964

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Ethiopians in a grocery store :eek:
That is a new one. What about Iraqs at a ...:cool:
Probably get some complaints about that one!
Anyway, I don't know how big a reef supliment cube is but I feed a 1/2" square cube a day to my guys and I worry that is too much.
I am no expert but sounds like you got a heck of a lot of stuff in a 20 gal.
 
jugger

jugger

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i dont turn my filters off but that might be good....... wow if you guys are feeding that much in ALOT bigger tank it almost seems like im feeding to much in my little 20.... hmmmm
o.... my cubes are 1/2 aswell..... brine, mysnis shrimp and reef sup
 
cb

cb

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Feeding three times a day seems like an awful lot, here( I have 9 tanks mostly fw) but even if I just fed and my husband happens to walk by the tank they all act like they are starving.They lie ya know:D Actually you are probably feeding more than enough..
 
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