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[karlas]

I'm curious about what you all are feeding your fish, inverts, and SPS?

i feed a mix of foods it helps with the diet and health of your fish. i usually feed flake, small pellet, frozen brine (soaked vitamins, or garlic). as treats i add clam, dried nori, and alge disc. most of the fish eat the clam where the tang and lawnmower eat the nori and disc. as far as the inverts crab, shrimp, nass snails they eat the leftover food on the bottom.

Do many of you make your food mixes at home or buy them?

i never got into mixes but maby i should. if you decide to make your own i have seen many recipes on the internet, also for corals if you have the Aquarium Corals book by eric borneman there are recipies for corals in the book

I only have 2 snails and 1 crab, finishing my cycle, should I be feeding hikari granules or something else?

they will eat the hikari the crabs are opertunist and will eat about any food put in the tank so i wouldnt be to worried about what to feed him

What are your opinions on feeding times and schedules?

trying to get your fish on a feeding schedule would be a good thing they learn what time it is to eat. a lot of my fish hide but when it comes time to eat they all come out and go to there sides of the tank.

Last but not least, what are some of your personal proven, tested, and successful methods of feeding?

for the dried nori i use a plastic alge clip and always put it in the same spot. the lawnmower and tang actually fight over it. when i feed brine shrimp i have to use a turkey baster and feed on opposite sides of the tank. the faster aggressive feeders hang out on the right side so i feed them first. when they are busy at that i feed on the left side where the slower fish are like the bangaii, firefish, and scooter. this is when i put alge disc in for the lawnmower because my tang is a total hog and when hes busy with the food on the right i throw it in and the lm gets his share first. also when they see the baster they go right into there feeding spots sort of like everybody knows where to go