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Unread 03/28/2012, 12:50 PM   #1
ken1977
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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?

1 Midas blenny, 1 mystery wrasse, 1 twin spot goby, 2 clowns, 3 chromises and 2 fire shrimp. All in a 50G cube.


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Unread 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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Unread 03/29/2012, 08:07 AM   #3
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I feed my fish once a day.


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Unread 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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Unread 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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Unread 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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Unread 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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Unread 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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Unread 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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