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03/28/2012, 12:50 PM | #1 |
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How many times a day and how much do I feed them?
How many times a day should I feed them and how much?
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03/29/2012, 07:38 AM | #2 |
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It's better to feed less but more often than more but only evey once in a while. I think 1-3 times per day is average.
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03/29/2012, 08:07 AM | #3 |
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I feed my fish once a day.
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03/29/2012, 09:16 AM | #4 |
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I do two very small feeding a day. Some fish have high metabolisms and do better with several small feedings. But only feed as much as can be completely consumed in a couple of minutes, if everything is not eaten quickly you're overfeeding.
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03/29/2012, 05:02 PM | #5 |
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I feed once per day. Sometimes I feed once every other day. I feed as much as they can polish off in a few minutes. I turn the return pump off and sometimes some of the powerheads too. I like to keep the food in the tank for the fish and clean up crew. I'm not trying to feed my skimmer
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03/29/2012, 05:42 PM | #6 |
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i feed my fish every 2 days. i give them half a square of seaweed and a cube of brine shrimp. (vlamingi tang, hippo tang, coral beauty, yellow tang, green chromis, tomato clown)
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03/29/2012, 07:07 PM | #7 |
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Once a day is fine. Unless your feeding some other creature, try to make sure nothing hits the ground or goes over the flows... Be safe. Pinpoint accuracy is the key... HTH.
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03/30/2012, 01:10 AM | #8 |
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Some fish are very picky about food and need to be feed 2 or 3 times a day (like Anthias), so learn what your fish need. But most fish and inverts will do just fine if fed once a day or even every other day. I typically feed 4-5 times a week, missing a day here and there.
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03/30/2012, 01:12 AM | #9 |
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I feed 2-3 times a day but running biopellets :P
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