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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2007How often should you feed the Fish
The header says it all; Should it be once a day; everyother day? How often should you feed the fish? This is a simple question that doesn't require BS going back and forth like some of the other posts. No Trolls or Troll bashing please > The header says it all; Should it be once a day; everyother day? How often > should you feed the fish? To some extent, it depends on the fish. Carnivores can handle being fed erratically, but every two days is a good schedule. Larger (upwards of 3") omnivores can easily handle being fed once a day. Morning is best, since that gives them all day to "graze" on the leftovers. Small fish prefer two or three feedings a day. One can usually set up some arrangement which allows vegetarian fish to eat all day. At present, the piscine population of my tank consists of small omnivores. They get fed twice a day; occasionally thrice. George Patterson If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess to anything. yep, it depends on the fish, but for most fish, once a day is standard. They will also graze on live food in the reef through the day. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com George Patterson wrote on 2/23/2007 11:11 PM: >> The header says it all; Should it be once a day; everyother day? How >> often [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess > to anything. How often should I add Seaweed for the grazer fish I have a Coral Beauty Angel. Foxface and a Powder blue tang? > yep, it depends on the fish, but for most fish, once > a day is standard. They will also graze on live food [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess > > to anything. > How often should I add Seaweed for the grazer fish I have a Coral Beauty > Angel. Foxface and a Powder blue tang? I had nori once or twice a day. Yea but I think he was asking how often the fish get the seaweed, not how often you have it :-) Yea most people ad it about once a day, and give enough for the fish to graze on through the day. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com KurtG wrote on 2/24/2007 11:53 PM: >> How often should I add Seaweed for the grazer fish I have a Coral Beauty >> Angel. Foxface and a Powder blue tang? > > I had nori once or twice a day. I'm obviously doing something wrong here with the seaweed; I'm just not sure what it is. I'm using Julian Springs Sea Veggies (green seaweed) They come in sheets that have lines on it from top to bottom. In the morning I break off a strip and place it on a clip and put said clip into the tank. Within minutes the strip I broke off is gone either eaten away by the grazers or free floating because one of the fish tore at it and ripped the area attached to the clip. I wind up adding more to the clip several times through out the day. My question is; what am I doing wrong here? Thanks > Yea but I think he was asking how often the fish get > the seaweed, not how often you have it :-) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > I had nori once or twice a day. > I wind up adding more to the clip several times through out the day. My > question is; what am I doing wrong here? I use a rubber band to hold nori on a polished oyster shell. I hung the oyster shell about halfway up the tank with some fishing line and another rubber band. It makes it harder for the Tang to just wolf down or rip off a bunch of nori. Instead of 10 minutes, the Nori usually lasts about 6 hours. I replenish whenever I see it empty which is about twice a day. I also learned to cut the nori into 4" by 1/2" strips. It seems to work better. It only takes me a minute with a scissors. > The header says it all; Should it be once a day; everyother day? How often > should you feed the fish? > This is a simple question that doesn't require BS going back and forth like > some of the other posts. No Trolls or Troll bashing please Well, you're sure going to get a lot of back and forth and different answers on this. I know the way I've always done it is in the total mibority but - I feed every other day only. I feed Taetramin Tropical Flakes - yes tropical - and then I wait 2 days and feed Frozen cubes of Reef Variety. I know this is not the norm, but it's always worked for me. All my tanks are skimmerless, so I am very careful of how much I feed. And most of my fish - gs clown, pseudo, lemonepeel, damsels, blennie, hawk - are all old - some going on 9 years. > Well, you're sure going to get a lot of back and forth and different answers on this. I know the way I've always done it is in the > total mibority but - I feed every other day only. I feed Taetramin Tropical Flakes - yes tropical - and then I wait 2 days and feed > Frozen cubes of Reef Variety. I know this is not the norm, but it's always worked for me. All my tanks are skimmerless, so I am very > careful of how much I feed. And most of my fish - gs clown, pseudo, lemonepeel, damsels, blennie, hawk - are all old - some going on > 9 years. My fish are living well. They get small amounts 3 time/day. No more then what will disappear in 2 minutes. --Kurt > The header says it all; Should it be once a day; everyother day? How > often > should you feed the fish? > This is a simple question that doesn't require BS going back and forth > like > some of the other posts. No Trolls or Troll bashing please I say 3 times a day. Your question is so devoid of data as to be almost useless. 3 small feeds a day at least is best but 1 feed a day works for most people fish are tough but grazers eat non stop predators can go ages my eels got food once or twice a week but thats different to a grazing tang little fish need more frequent and bigger fish can go for longer |
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