feed questions

i currently am going to start a 75g tank with about 25g sump and 15g ref and plan on adding over a period of time 2clowns, 3 to 4 anthias, a yellow tang, and the normal cleanup crew and would love to hear some oppions on what to feed them flake pellets or frozen thank you

 

I would feed frozen
but you will need to get a food clip and put up some nori or broccoli for the tang

 

low phosphate flakes if they'll eat it, and a lot people like to mix up their foods once in a while with live or frozen or add vitamin and garlic supplements to keep the fish looking colorful and healthy.

 

how ofter and how much frozen food would you feed them

 

I would feed them a mix of frozen, preferably a WIDE variety with little brine.. Too many people feed a majority of the diet as brine shrimp and it is not too nutritious!! Mix up some plankton, mysis, as well as the PE mysis which is larger and a freshwater mysis, chopped up nori, fish eggs, clam, chopped squid and krill. If you are planning on keeping anthias be prepared to feed AT A MINIMUM 3 times a day with 5 being mush better!! Same goes with chromis and other planktivores....
I like to stay away from flakes as IME they are too easy to over feed and are too much of a pollutant issue, but again I am also a "Purist" and don't feed any terrestrial foods like lettuce or broccoli either.

Make sure when using commercial frozen that you rinse the food out first as they are preserved with a high PO4 preservitive!!

Happy feeding!!

 

thank you very much where can you get a lot of these foods i know my lfs has some frozen foods not sure what but would you just get a variety of different ones and maybe some garlic juice and dried seaweed for the tang any other advise would be very appreciated thank you

 

I take all my different kinds of food, thaw them, then mash them all together and freeze it in bags. That way I have a wide variety of food every time!

 

thank you can you use some foods from walmart if so please list what to do thank you