radiolotek
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I have 1 flame hawk, 1 firefish, 1 coral beauty. I am currently feeding flake (omega one with garlic) and frozen mysis shrimp. What else ehould I feed? I have sea weed sheets. Will they eat that?
What should I feed these guys?
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promisetbg
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Here is what I currently have for my fish/corals/inverts.
Frozen:
Piscine mysis shrimp
fresh shrimp
fresh squid
fresh live clams
krill
silversides
H20 mini mysis
Cyclop-eeze
Dt's oyster eggs
Rotifers
Ocean Nutrition's: Formula 1,formula 2, spirulina,formula VHP, Prime Reef, Invert formula, angel formula.
Refrigerated:
Phyco-pure
Selcon
Zoe
Garlic extreme
Chroma-Maxx
Sweetwater Zooplankton
Dry:
Nori sheets
Coral Vibrance
2 little fishes phytoplankton
Prime reef flake
Ora-glo pellets
Brine shrimp flake
Spectrum Thera-A pellets
Frozen:
Piscine mysis shrimp
fresh shrimp
fresh squid
fresh live clams
krill
silversides
H20 mini mysis
Cyclop-eeze
Dt's oyster eggs
Rotifers
Ocean Nutrition's: Formula 1,formula 2, spirulina,formula VHP, Prime Reef, Invert formula, angel formula.
Refrigerated:
Phyco-pure
Selcon
Zoe
Garlic extreme
Chroma-Maxx
Sweetwater Zooplankton
Dry:
Nori sheets
Coral Vibrance
2 little fishes phytoplankton
Prime reef flake
Ora-glo pellets
Brine shrimp flake
Spectrum Thera-A pellets
radiolotek
Member
I feed the coral a mix of marine snow and dt's. I tried to feed fresh shrimp, squid, clam, and others and the fish never ate it.
dmitry
Member
The wider the variety of foods you feed the better! The Angel will probably appreciate seaweeds. I feed my fish Formula One, Prime Reef, Special Formula VHP, Emerald Entree, Marine Cuisine, Mysis. These are all frozen foods, although I think Formula One and Prime Reef also come in flake form.
I always soak things like Mysis, Emerald Entree and Marine Cuisine in garlic extract or vitamins like Zoe, etc. Also, for some reason my fish only devour all of Prime Reef if soaked in garlic extract; otherwise half of it goes floating away uneaten.
At least one company also recently started producing arcti-pods. (Do a search on google.) You store these in a bottle in a fridge. They're bright red and larger than cyclop-eeze. And all of my fish go crazy for them. In the water column they look like live brine shrimp, but are very nutritious.
At least one company also recently started producing arcti-pods. (Do a search on google.) You store these in a bottle in a fridge. They're bright red and larger than cyclop-eeze. And all of my fish go crazy for them. In the water column they look like live brine shrimp, but are very nutritious.
radiolotek
Member
Ok another feeding question. What about my hammer and gsp's? I am feeding marine snow right now but what will promote growth? Oh yeah xenia too.
promisetbg
Active Member
LPS should be fed meaty food once in awhile.
radiolotek
Member
Lps ? Sorry I don't know what that means.
promisetbg
Active Member
Originally Posted by Radiolotek
Lps ? Sorry I don't know what that means.
Your hammer is an LPS.
Lps ? Sorry I don't know what that means.
Your hammer is an LPS.
radiolotek
Member
oh ok. Sorry I don't know all the terms yet. What do I do spot feed it. And how? I've had it for 3 months and have never fed it (lfs said you didn't have to). I have been using marine snow just incase and I have a few little unknown things in there too.
promisetbg
Active Member
Just give it a piece of shrimp or meaty food that you feed your fish once in awhile. I don't think marine snow will directly benefit it..I don't think so. It's more for filter feeders is'nt it?
radiolotek
Member
Have you ever read borneman's book. I was thinking of making the coral food he describes there and doing the same with food for the fish. I'm gonna pick up a blender and the fresh foods this weekend. Oh on a side note I took a serynge(sp) and fed the hammer with some mysis and oh man did the heads realy open up today. Now how often should I feed it?
promisetbg
Active Member
I go by the "hey I have'nt fed that in a few days " philosophy...that way I don't overfeed, or worry . Once a week or so. A warning about making your own food, it stinks up the kitchen!
Borneman's work is great...nice guy too.
radiolotek
Member
I'm watching his fragging video right now. And I can put up with a stinky kitchen for healthy stuff in my tank. I love my tank.
anthropo
Member
Originally Posted by Radiolotek
I have 1 flame hawk, 1 firefish, 1 coral beauty. I am currently feeding flake (omega one with garlic) and frozen mysis shrimp. What else ehould I feed? I have sea weed sheets. Will they eat that?
the the only thing that would eat the sea weed sheets is possibly the coral beauty, but sometimes they don't take to it.
I have 1 flame hawk, 1 firefish, 1 coral beauty. I am currently feeding flake (omega one with garlic) and frozen mysis shrimp. What else ehould I feed? I have sea weed sheets. Will they eat that?
the the only thing that would eat the sea weed sheets is possibly the coral beauty, but sometimes they don't take to it.
radiolotek
Member
Yeah he didn't look twice at it. The hermits liked it though.