Feeding Trays?

stricknine · 03/20/2009, 05:24 PM

Saw it for the first time while reading up yesterday. Is this common? Lot of people use them? Is it just turning the flow off and putting the container in the tank?

Thanks

rayjay · 03/20/2009, 08:32 PM

I use shallow vases with rounded sides that tend to keep the food in the vases more than something strait sided.
Each feeding, I vacuum out the remaining previous food before I recharge the vases with the new food using a 1" dia. tube.(uplift tubes off an old undergravel filter plate)
I use an automotive battery filler (large bulb with narrow tube) to put the food into the tubing, slowiy adding tank water to drift the food into the bowl.
(Battery filler works much better than turkey baster for me)

pledosophy · 03/20/2009, 11:46 PM

Many people do use feeding dishes, many people don't. There are advantages to a dish IMO which is why I use one.

I glues a shell to a magfloat and suspend it off the back tank wall. Keeps the bristle worms out and there population down.

I don't suck out extra food unless I have an algae issue, my peppermint shrimp come out at night and clean it off for me.

I do not turn off or even down the flow in my tank when feeding. The flow was designed specifically not to blow food out of the dish. Much thought went into the planning. Took a few trials, but is worth it IMO.

HTH

stricknine · 03/21/2009, 11:17 AM

Thanks all, maybe I'll have to try one out!

03/20/2009, 05:24 PM	#1
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	Feeding Trays? Saw it for the first time while reading up yesterday. Is this common? Lot of people use them? Is it just turning the flow off and putting the container in the tank? Thanks

03/20/2009, 08:32 PM	#2
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	I use shallow vases with rounded sides that tend to keep the food in the vases more than something strait sided. Each feeding, I vacuum out the remaining previous food before I recharge the vases with the new food using a 1" dia. tube.(uplift tubes off an old undergravel filter plate) I use an automotive battery filler (large bulb with narrow tube) to put the food into the tubing, slowiy adding tank water to drift the food into the bowl. (Battery filler works much better than turkey baster for me) __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

03/20/2009, 11:46 PM	#3
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	Many people do use feeding dishes, many people don't. There are advantages to a dish IMO which is why I use one. I glues a shell to a magfloat and suspend it off the back tank wall. Keeps the bristle worms out and there population down. I don't suck out extra food unless I have an algae issue, my peppermint shrimp come out at night and clean it off for me. I do not turn off or even down the flow in my tank when feeding. The flow was designed specifically not to blow food out of the dish. Much thought went into the planning. Took a few trials, but is worth it IMO. HTH __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

03/21/2009, 11:17 AM	#4
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	Thanks all, maybe I'll have to try one out!