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OK I have a 50 gallon sw tank with a large amount of live rock.
Fish are now.
Royal Gramma
Flame Angel
High Fin Goby (looks similar to tiger goby)
Question is, I bought the flatpack formua 1 and 2 frozen foods and my Grama and Angel are both picking away at those foods. I haven't seen my Goby do much eating in the tank. I have had him for just a few days.
Im concerned about the goby, not eating so well, is there a particular kind of food he would eat? I know he would eat live brine but that food is in short supply and almost always out of stock. Its just not practical. I would prefer to use a frozen food or I have also feed my fish dried seaweed attached to a small rock.
Second question is, I am seriously considering buying a reef kit that has a bunch of snails, shrimp and hermit crabs. Which should do a good job of cleaning up the tank. However I'm concerned about the available sources of food.
I raised a flame angel that only ate off the live rock for more than a year. I had not given food for more than a year and he survived just fine until I introduced 3 turbo snails into the tank. THey took care of the snails but it also took away lots of the food the fish would pick off the live rock, he finally died.
Im keeping all my live rock, but I am converting to a more fish tank meaning that I will have to feed my fish regularly. Im concerned that adding the reef kit will take away all the food source off the rocks and starve the goby. I would like to find something my goby can eat so I can still add a bunch of crabs and snails as planned.
Fish are now.
Royal Gramma
Flame Angel
High Fin Goby (looks similar to tiger goby)
Question is, I bought the flatpack formua 1 and 2 frozen foods and my Grama and Angel are both picking away at those foods. I haven't seen my Goby do much eating in the tank. I have had him for just a few days.
Im concerned about the goby, not eating so well, is there a particular kind of food he would eat? I know he would eat live brine but that food is in short supply and almost always out of stock. Its just not practical. I would prefer to use a frozen food or I have also feed my fish dried seaweed attached to a small rock.
Second question is, I am seriously considering buying a reef kit that has a bunch of snails, shrimp and hermit crabs. Which should do a good job of cleaning up the tank. However I'm concerned about the available sources of food.
I raised a flame angel that only ate off the live rock for more than a year. I had not given food for more than a year and he survived just fine until I introduced 3 turbo snails into the tank. THey took care of the snails but it also took away lots of the food the fish would pick off the live rock, he finally died.
Im keeping all my live rock, but I am converting to a more fish tank meaning that I will have to feed my fish regularly. Im concerned that adding the reef kit will take away all the food source off the rocks and starve the goby. I would like to find something my goby can eat so I can still add a bunch of crabs and snails as planned.
) I would feed it Amphipods and shaved Scallops. Frozen Mysis Shrimp are readily available and will work equally well.
