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11-09-2007, 03:34 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 136
Karma: 15

| I feed once per day sometimes even skip a day. Just a pinch between my fingers. 2 wrasse, 1 coral beauty, 1 butterfly, 1 anglefish, 2 blems, 1 damselfish, 2 shrimp, 1 scooter. Just feed flake mostly, once in a while frozen. They don't need much. All are healthy and colorful and tank water is clear, clear, clear. _________ 125gal Reef/Fish,40gal sump,Reefmania calcium reactor,MH,UVH,Moon,Aquazone plus 100,Auto Topoff,CoraLife 125 skimmer,GHL Profilux computer & special effects lighting.
Fish:Coral Beauty,Yellow Wrasse,African Clown Wrasse,BiColor Anglefish,Banded Goby,Psycodelic Mandarin Goby,Spotfin Angelfish
Inverts:Long-spinned Urchin,Crowned Urchin,Feather Dusters,Fire shrimp,Banded Shrimp,Brittle Star,snails
Corals:Cup,Frogspawn,Pink Open Brain,Yellow Dot
Zoanthid,White Tree,Leathers |
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11-09-2007, 03:38 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
Karma: 4600

| thanks bulltrader for your response. I was always wondering. My fish are healthy and are spawning twice a month. thanks for your info.... |
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11-09-2007, 03:47 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
Posts: 756
| I feed 2x per day small portions of fresh artemia (approx. 1ml of culture). Next day I prepare 3-4 small granules of spirulina (by Hikari) soaked in the water from tank + garlic extract. So far I've got only one clownfish and it's crazy about this food ... Water parameters are also ok |
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11-09-2007, 03:56 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
Karma: 4600

| thanks camilsky appreciate you info... |
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11-09-2007, 04:31 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,788
| Quote:
Originally Posted by baugherb I was wondering how often you guys and gals feed your fish. My lfs says 2 times a day sparingly... Give me your suggestion. I have 2 clown, 1 neon red caribean goby.. Thanks in advance for your help.... | Is what I have always done. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott")
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11-09-2007, 04:35 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
Karma: 4600

| thanks omard. |
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11-09-2007, 05:24 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Posts: 198
| i was told only ONCE to THREE time a week from my LFS. My fish are still fat and colorful. I was also told the same with my corals as well! _________  It's Spilting time/Millertime! MY TANK- JBJ 3 GAL PICOTOPE MY CORAL- STILL CYCLING |
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11-09-2007, 05:29 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
Karma: 4600

| I've heard that a couple of times. thanks for your words of wisdom millertime..... |
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11-09-2007, 08:57 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,158
| Feed the fish one, sometimes twice a day....Some of the corals(plates, orange polyps, open brain, Blastomussa, frogspawn, etc..) get direct feeding 3-4 times a week, I add Phytoplankton a couple of times a week... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html
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