Food

[adam robinson]

So as my wife and i begin to explore what fish we will be keeping in our reef setup i wanted to get an idea of what foods people are feeding and why

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

New life spectrum

 

[Reef Hero]

I have a mixed reef 75g with the following livestock for fish...
2 clowns
3 chromis
2 cardinals
1 copperbanded butterfly
1 mimic tang
1 foxface

I am feeding new era algae and marine pellets and flakes. Also mysis shrimp daily and on occasion some brine shrimp or cyclopeeze.....i do not feed any coral food.
You will get a lot of mixed answers.....also will depend on your own livestock....

 

[unibob]

Nls pellets and mysis are my main two.

 

[Thmh]

I hope there is no fish police on there..... I feed 4x nls pellets and 1xnori daily and 3x frozen home mix a week.
3flame wrasse(1male2female)
Mystery wrasse
Red Line wrasse
2clowns
1 manderian
Yellow tang
Tomini
5 dispar anthias
1purple dart fish
Midas blenny


-Tony

 

[J_T]

^ lots of fish, but all fat and healthy!I feed:nls pelletsNew era algae ring (comes with a suction cup)Frozen brineFrozen mysisCyclopsTreats;Live brine, algae flake gut loadedFresh scallops etc from the fish counter of the grocery store
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[J_T]

Sorry, board express thinks walls of text are cool... I will try to remember to edit that later
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[TangPolice]

I hope there is no fish police on there.....

You rang?

 

[Thmh]

Re: Re: Food

[quote author=Thmh link=topic=5161.msg48682#msg48682 date=1366302151]
I hope there is no fish police on there.....

You rang?
[/quote]
Eekkkk!

-Tony

 

[adam robinson]

thanks for the help right now we have a pair of clowns and a bunch of snails, a shrimp and a halloween crab, bought NLS pellets because its what i fed my africans (marine of course).

 

[Poseidon]

thanks for the help right now we have a pair of clowns and a bunch of snails, a shrimp and a halloween crab, bought NLS pellets because its what i fed my africans (marine of course).

id bet you prob could feed them the cichlid food for a bit
when i first started out in saltwater, i had alot of tetra fish food left and i fed my fish that...
was fine til about 3 months and my yellow tang started turning red lol...
nutrient deficiency or something, so then i did research and switched to nls and supplement with flakes or algae sheets.

 

[Reef Hero]

thanks for the help right now we have a pair of clowns and a bunch of snails, a shrimp and a halloween crab, bought NLS pellets because its what i fed my africans (marine of course).

Most clowna are omnivores.....they will eat algal or marine pellets/flakes.....they will not graze though so im doubtful they would pick at algae sheets but who knows....the shrimp and crabs will clean up the leftover.....watchout keeping crabs in a reef tank tho....i know they claim most to be reef safe but not in my experience.....i personally keep none